Vocabulary : Aerating to Aerially
Aerating : of Aerate
Aeration : Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc. ;; A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization. ;; The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
Aerator : That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water. ;; That which supplies with air or gas ;; An apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water. ;; A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
Aerenchym : Alt. of Aerenchyma
Aerenchyma : A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.
Aerial : 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. ;; Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal. ;; Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires. ;; Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants. ;; Light as air; ethereal.
Aerial railway : A stretched wire or rope elevated above the ground and forming a way along which a trolley may travel, for conveying a load suspended from the trolley. ;; An elevated cableway.
Aerial sickness : A sickness felt by aeronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.
Aeriality : The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
Aerially : Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner.
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