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autodescriptive
self-destructive (that causes injury to oneself or harm to one's interests)
autodestruction
noun, feminine
self-destruction (voluntary destruction of something by itself)
autodidacte
noun, masculine/feminine
autodidact
autodidacte
adjective
self-taught
autodidactic
autodiffusion
noun, feminine
autodiffusion
autodirecteur
adjective
self-seeking
autodiscipline
noun, feminine
self-discipline
autodissolution
noun, feminine
self-dissolution (of a parliament etc)
to dissolve oneself (of a parliament etc)
autodiegetic
autodrome
noun, masculine
autodrome
autodualité
noun, feminine
autoduality
autoduplication
noun, feminine
self-replication
autodynamique
adjective
autodynamic
autodéclaré
adjective
self-declared
autodéfense
noun, feminine
self-defense
autodegradable
autodénommé
adjective
self-styled
autodérision
noun, feminine
self-mockery, self-deprecation
autodétermination
noun, feminine
self-determination
to self-determine
to self-destruct
self-extinguishing
autofellation
noun, feminine
autofellatio (oral stimulation of one's own penis)
autofiction
noun, feminine
faction (blend of fact and fiction)
autofictional
autofinancement
noun, masculine
self-financing, self-funding
to self-finance
autofocus
noun, masculine
autofocus (lens system)
autoformation
noun, feminine
autodidacticism, self-education
autogame
adjective
autogamous
autogamie
noun, feminine
autogamy
autogestion
noun, feminine
self-management (joint control by workers and management)
autogestionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
a person who is in favour of joint control by workers and management
autogire
noun, masculine
autogiro
self-aggrandizing
autoglorification
noun, feminine
self-aggrandizement
autographe
noun, masculine
autograph
autographie
noun, feminine
autography
to autograph (write a document using handwriting)
autographique
adjective
autographic
autoguidé
adjective
self-guided, homing
autogène
adjective
autogenous
to self-manage; to run oneself
autoharpe
noun, feminine
autoharp
autoinductance
noun, feminine
self-inductance
autoinoculable
autointoxication
noun, feminine
autointoxication
autojustification
noun, feminine
self-justification
autolavable
adjective
self-cleaning
autolaveur
noun, masculine
dishwasher for laboratory glassware
autolaçant
adjective
self-lacing
autolimitation
noun, feminine
self-limitation
autolissant
adjective
self-levelling
autologique
adjective
autological (of an adjective, describing itself)
autologue
adjective
autologous
self-lubricating
autolyse
noun, feminine
autolysis (the destruction of a cell by its own enzymes); suicide