Autocracy :: Autocracy (n.) Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat..
Autocracy :: Autocracy (n.) Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.
Autocracy :: Autocracy (n.) The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar)..
Autocrat :: Autocrat (a.) One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.
Autocratorical :: Autocratorical (a.) Pertaining to an autocrator; absolute.
Autocratrix :: Autocratrix (n.) A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.
Autocratship :: Autocratship (n.) The office or dignity of an autocrat.
Bell Crank :: Bell crank () A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery..
Bescratch :: Bescratch (v. t.) To tear with the nails; to cover with scratches.
Bescrawl :: Bescrawl (v. t.) To cover with scrawls; to scribble over.
Bucranium :: Bucranium (n.) A sculptured ornament, representing an ox skull adorned with wreaths, etc..
Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system..
Bureaucracy :: Bureaucracy (n.) Government officials, collectively..
Bureaucrat :: Bureaucrat (n.) An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine.
Bureaucratical :: Bureaucratical (a.) Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy..
Bureaucratist :: Bureaucratist (n.) An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy..
Canton Crape :: Canton crape () A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape..
Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God..
Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop..
Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor..
Consecrate :: Consecrate (v. t.) To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time..