AERATING
A'ERATING, participle present tense Combining with carbonic acid.
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AERATION
AERA'TION, noun The act or operation of combining with carbonic acid.
AERIAL
AE'RIAL, adjective [Latin aerius. See Air.]1. Belonging to the air, or atmosphere; as, aerial regions.2. Consisting of air; partaking of the nature of air; as, aerial particles....
AERIANS
AE'RIANS, noun In church history, a branch of Arians, so called from Aerius, who maintained, that there is no difference between bishops and priests.
AERIE
A'ERIE, noun The nest of a fowl, as of an eagle or hawk; a covey of birds.
AERIFICATION
AERIFICA'TION, noun1. The act of combining air with; the state of being filled with air.2. The act of becoming air or of changing into an aeriform state, as substances which are...
AERIFIED
A'ERIFIED, participle passive Having air infused, or combined with.
AERIFORM
A'ERIFORM, adjective [Latin aer, air, and forma, form.]Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic, invisible fluid. The gases are aeriform fluids.
AERIFY
A'ERIFY, verb transitive To infuse air into; to fill with air, or to combine air with.
AEROGRAPHY
AEROG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. air, and to describe.]A description of the air or atmosphere; but aerology is chiefly used.
AEROLITE
A'EROLITE, noun [Gr. air, and a stone.]A stone falling from the air, or atmospheric regions; a meteoric stone.
AEROLOGICAL
AEROLOG'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to aerology.
AEROLOGIST
AEROL'OGIST, noun One who is versed in aerology.
AEROLOGY
AEROL'OGY, n [Gr. air, and description.]A description of the air; that branch of philosophy which treats of the air, its constituent parts, properties, and phenomena.
AEROMANCY
A'EROMANCY, noun [Gr. divination.]Divination by means of the air and winds. [Little used.]
AEROMETER
AEROM'ETER, noun [Gr. air, and measure.]An instrument for weighing air, or for ascertaining the mean bulk of gases.
AEROMETRY
AEROM'ETRY, noun [as above.] The science of measuring the air, including the doctrine of its pressure, elasticity, rarefaction, and condensation.Rather, aerometry is the art or ...
AERONAUT
A'ERONAUT, noun [Gr. a sailor, from a ship.]One who sails or floats in the air; an aerial navigator; applied to persons who ascent in air balloons.
AERONAUTIC
AERONAUT'IC, adjective Sailing or floating in the air; pertaining to aerial sailing.
AERONAUTICS
AERONAUT'ICS, noun The doctrine, science, or art of sailing in the air, by means of a balloon.
AERONAUTISM
A'ERONAUTISM, noun The practice of ascending and floating in the atmosphere, in balloons.
AEROSCOPY
AEROS'COPY, noun [Gr to see.] The observation of the air. [Little used.]
AEROSTAT
A'EROSTAT, noun [Gr. sustaining, from to stand.]A machine or vessel sustaining weights in the air; a name given to air balloons.
AEROSTATIC
AEROSTAT'IC, adjective Suspending in air; pertaining to the art of aerial navigation.
AEROSTATION
AEROSTA'TION, noun1. Aerial navigation; the science of raising, suspending, and guiding machines in the air, or of ascending in air balloons.2. The science of weighing air.
AERY-LIGHT
A'ERY-LIGHT, in Milton, light as air; used for airy light.
AETHEL
ATHEL, ADEL or AETHEL nobel of illustrious birth.