Vocabulary : Airometer to Aisle
Airometer : A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water.
Airsick : Affected with aerial sickness
Air-slacked : Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime.
Air-tight : So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder. ;; A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off.
Airward : Alt. of Airwards
Airwards : Toward the air; upward.
Airwoman : A woman who ascends or flies in an aircraft.
Airy : Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies. ;; Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial; as, an airy flight. ;; Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy; as, an airy situation. ;; Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike. ;; Relating to the spirit or soul; delicate; graceful; as, airy music. ;; Without reality; having no solid foundation; empty; trifling; visionary. ;; Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. ;; Having an affected manner; being in the habit of putting on airs; affectedly grand. ;; Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.
Ais : of Ai
Aisle : A lateral division of a building, separated from the middle part, called the nave, by a row of columns or piers, which support the roof or an upper wall containing windows, called the clearstory wall. ;; Improperly used also for the have; -- as in the phrases, a church with three aisles, the middle aisle. ;; Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open.
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