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  • English Word Aeriality Definition The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
  • English Word Aerially Definition Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner.
  • English Word Aerie Definition The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.
  • English Word Aeriferous Definition Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.
  • English Word Aerification Definition The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
  • English Word Aerification Definition The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.
  • English Word Aeriform Definition Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
  • English Word Aerify Definition To infuse air into; to combine air with.
  • English Word Aerify Definition To change into an aeriform state.
  • English Word Aero- Definition The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.
  • English Word Aerobies Definition Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.
  • English Word Aerobiotic Definition Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.
  • English Word Aerocyst Definition One of the air cells of algals.
  • English Word Aerodynamic Definition Pertaining to the force of air in motion.
  • English Word Aerodynamics Definition The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects.
  • English Word Aerognosy Definition The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.
  • English Word Aerographer Definition One versed in aeography: an aerologist.
  • English Word Aerographic Definition Alt. of Aerographical
  • English Word Aerographical Definition Pertaining to aerography; aerological.
  • English Word Aerography Definition A description of the air or atmosphere; aerology.
  • English Word Aerohydrodynamic Definition Acting by the force of air and water; as, an aerohydrodynamic wheel.
  • English Word Aerolite Definition A stone, or metallic mass, which has fallen to the earth from distant space; a meteorite; a meteoric stone.
  • English Word Aerolith Definition Same as A/rolite.
  • English Word Aerolithology Definition The science of aerolites.
  • English Word Aerolitic Definition Of or pertaining to aerolites; meteoric; as, aerolitic iron.
  • English Word Aerologic Definition Alt. of Aerological
  • English Word Aerological Definition Of or pertaining to aerology.
  • English Word Aerologist Definition One versed in aerology.
  • English Word Aerology Definition That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.
  • English Word Aeromancy Definition Divination from the state of the air or from atmospheric substances; also, forecasting changes in the weather.