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Aeration: Definition and part of speech

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Aeration

  1. n. The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
  2. n. Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
  3. n. A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

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.

Aerognosy: Definition and part of speech

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Aerognosy

  1. n. The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature.

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.

Aerator: Definition and part of speech

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Aerator

  1. n. That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda 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.

Aerial: Definition and part of speech

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Aerial

  1. a. Light as air; ethereal.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aerial regions or currents.
  3. a. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
  4. a. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
  5. a. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants.

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.

Aerie: Definition and part of speech

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Aerie

  1. n. 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.

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.