authority /ö-thorˈi-ti/

1. Legal power or right
2. Power derived from office or character or prestige
3. Weight of testimony
4. Permission
5. A person or body holding power
6. An expert
7. A passage or book referred to in witness of a statement
8. The original bestower of a name (biology)

authoritāˈrian adjective

1. Setting authority above freedom
2. Relating to, governed by, or stressing the importance and power of authority, or of a small group representing it
3. Domineering, disciplinarian

An authoritarian person

authoritāˈrianism noun

authoritative /ö-thorˈit-āt-iv or ö-thorˈit-ət-iv/ adjective

1. Having the sanction or weight of authority
2. Accepted, approved
3. Definitive, reliable
4. Dictatorial

authorˈitatively adverb

authorˈitativeness noun

• urinaries
• urinary
• urinate
• urinated
• urinates
• urinating
• urination
• urinations
• urinative
• urinator
• urinators
• urine
• urined
• urines
• uriniferous
• urining
• uriniparous
• urinogenital
• urinology
• urinometer
• urinometers
• urinoscopy
• urinose
• urinous
• urite