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Aino: Definition and part of speech

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Aino

  1. n. One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies.

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.

Ain’t: Definition and part of speech

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Ain’t

  1. A contraction for are not and am not; also used for is not. [Colloq. or illiterate speech]. See An’t.

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: Definition and part of speech

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Air

  1. n. The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  2. n. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.
  3. n. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile.
  4. n. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc.
  5. n. Any aeriform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air.
  6. n. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind.
  7. n. Odoriferous or contaminated air.
  8. n. That which surrounds and influences.
  9. n. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent.
  10. n. Intelligence; information.
  11. 1n. 1 The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  12. 1n. 1 The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable.

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.

Airing: Definition and part of speech

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Airing

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Air
  2. n. A walk or a ride in the open air; a short excursion for health’s sake.

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 bladder: Definition and part of speech

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Air bladder

  1. A sac or bladder full of air in an animal or plant; also an air hole in a casting.
  2. An air sac, sometimes double or variously lobed, in the visceral cavity of many fishes. It originates in the same way as the lungs of air-breathing vertebrates, and in the adult may retain a tubular connection with the pharynx or esophagus.

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.

Ailantus: Definition and part of speech

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Ailantus

  1. n. A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.

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.