Helen Fenton

Air hole: Definition and part of speech

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Air hole

  1. A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of air; a blowhole.
  2. A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in the ice not frozen over.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Airiness: Definition and part of speech

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Airiness

  1. n. Lightness of spirits; gayety; levity; as, the airiness of young persons.
  2. n. The state or quality of being airy; openness or exposure to the air; as, the airiness of a country seat.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Air jacket: Definition and part of speech

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Air jacket

  1. A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Airless: Definition and part of speech

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Airless

  1. a. Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Airometer: Definition and part of speech

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Airometer

  1. n. A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.