Ataturk
         n 1: Turkish statesman who abolished the caliphate and founded
               Turkey as a modern secular state (1881-1938) [syn:
               {Ataturk}, {Kemal Ataturk}, {Kemal Pasha}, {Mustafa Kemal}]

English Dictionary: auditory nerve	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auditor n someone who listens attentively [syn: hearer, listener, auditor, attender] a student who attends a course but does not take it for credit a qualified accountant who inspects the accounting records and practices of a business or other organization
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auditorium n the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
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auditory adj of or relating to the process of hearing; "auditory processing"; "an audile person" Synonym(s): auditory, audile, auditive
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auditory agnosia n inability to recognize or understand the meaning of spoken words
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auditory aphasia n an impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing loss Synonym(s): auditory aphasia, acoustic aphasia, word deafness
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auditory apparatus n all of the components of the organ of hearing including the outer and middle and inner ears
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auditory area n the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body Synonym(s): auditory area, auditory cortex
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auditory canal n either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane Synonym(s): auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal, external auditory canal
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auditory center n the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve
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auditory communication n communication that relies on hearing
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auditory cortex n the cortical area that receives auditory information from the medial geniculate body Synonym(s): auditory area, auditory cortex
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auditory hallucination n illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds Synonym(s): auditory hallucination, acousma
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auditory hyperesthesia n abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels Synonym(s): hyperacusis, hyperacusia, auditory hyperesthesia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auditory image n a mental image that is similar to an auditory perception
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auditory meatus n either of the passages in the outer ear from the auricle to the tympanic membrane Synonym(s): auditory meatus, acoustic meatus, ear canal, auditory canal, external auditory canal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auditory modality n the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" Synonym(s): hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality
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auditory nerve n a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea Synonym(s): acoustic nerve, auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve, nervus vestibulocochlearis, eighth cranial nerve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auditory ossicle n ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear
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auditory perception n the perception of sound as a meaningful phenomenon [syn: auditory perception, sound perception]
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auditory sensation n the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" Synonym(s): sound, auditory sensation
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auditory sense n the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired" Synonym(s): hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality
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auditory system n the sensory system for hearing
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auditory tube n either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum Synonym(s): Eustachian tube, auditory tube
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
auto tire n a tire consisting of a rubber ring around the rim of an automobile wheel Synonym(s): car tire, automobile tire, auto tire, rubber tire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autotroph n plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances Synonym(s): autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism
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autotrophic adj of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis Synonym(s): autotrophic, autophytic Antonym(s): heterotrophic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
autotrophic organism n plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances Synonym(s): autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Additory \Ad"di*to*ry\, a.       Tending to add; making some addition. [R.] --Arbuthnot.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adiathermic \Ad`i*a*ther"mic\, a. [Gr. 'a priv. + [?] through +       [?]heat.]       Not pervious to heat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Audit \Au"dit\, n. [L. auditus a hearing, fr. audire. See       {Audible}, a.]       1. An audience; a hearing. [Obs.]                         He appeals to a high audit.               --Milton.          2. An examination in general; a judicial examination.          Note: Specifically: An examination of an account or of                accounts, with the hearing of the parties concerned, by                proper officers, or persons appointed for that purpose,                who compare the charges with the vouchers, examine                witnesses, and state the result.          3. The result of such an examination, or an account as             adjusted by auditors; final account.                         Yet I can make my audit up.               --Shak.          4. A general receptacle or receiver. [Obs.]                         It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more                      than the revenues of a little cloud.   --Jer. Taylor.          {Audit ale}, a kind of ale, brewed at the English             universities, orig. for the day of audit.          {Audit house}, {Audit room}, an appendage to a cathedral, for             the transaction of its business.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditor \Au"di*tor\, n. [L. auditor, fr. audire. See {Audible},       a.]       1. A hearer or listener. --Macaulay.          2. A person appointed and authorized to audit or examine an             account or accounts, compare the charges with the             vouchers, examine the parties and witnesses, allow or             reject charges, and state the balance.          3. One who hears judicially, as in an audience court.          Note: In the United States government, and in the State                governments, there are auditors of the treasury and of                the public accounts. The name is also applied to                persons employed to check the accounts of courts,                corporations, companies, societies, and partnerships.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditorial \Au`di*to"ri*al\, a.       Auditory. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditorium \Au`di*to"ri*um\, n. [L. See {Auditory}, n.]       The part of a church, theater, or other public building,       assigned to the audience.          Note: In ancient churches the auditorium was the nave, where                hearers stood to be instructed; in monasteries it was                an apartment for the reception of strangers.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditorship \Au"di*tor*ship\, n.       The office or function of auditor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, n. [L. auditorium.]       1. An assembly of hearers; an audience.          2. An auditorium. --Udall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, a. [L. auditorius.]       Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of       hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}.          {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus             or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditory \Au"di*to*ry\, a. [L. auditorius.]       Of or pertaining to hearing, or to the sense or organs of       hearing; as, the auditory nerve. See {Ear}.          {Auditory canal} (Anat.), the tube from the auditory meatus             or opening of the ear to the tympanic membrane.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tentaculocyst \Ten*tac"u*lo*cyst\, n. [Tentaculum + cyst.]       (Zo[94]l.)       One of the auditory organs of certain medus[91]; -- called       also {auditory tentacle}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Auditress \Au"di*tress\, n.       A female hearer. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autotransformer \Au`to*trans*form"er\, n. [Auto- + transformer.]       (Elec.)       A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as       a secondary winding, or vice versa; -- called also a       {compensator} or {balancing coil}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autotrophic \Au`to*troph"ic\, a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant       Physiol.)       Capable of self-nourishment; -- said of all plants in which       photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasitism       or saprophytism.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Autotropism \Au*tot"ro*pism\, n. [Auto- + Gr. [?] to turn.]       (Plant Physiol.)       The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when       uninfluenced by external stimuli.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Atwater, CA (city, FIPS 3162)       Location: 37.35328 N, 120.60001 W       Population (1990): 22282 (7422 housing units)       Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 95301    Atwater, IL       Zip code(s): 62511    Atwater, MN (city, FIPS 2692)       Location: 45.13547 N, 94.77686 W       Population (1990): 1053 (438 housing units)       Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 56209    Atwater, OH       Zip code(s): 44201