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   air bubble
         n 1: a bubble of air

English Dictionary: arbovirus by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arbovirus
n
  1. a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
    Synonym(s): arbovirus, arborvirus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8A89rophobia \[d8]A`[89]r*o*pho"bi*a\, A89rophoby
   \A`[89]r*oph"o*by\, n. [A[89]ro- + Gr. [?] fear: cf. F.
      a[82]rophobie.] (Med.)
      Dread of a current of air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air pipe \Air" pipe`\
      A pipe for the passage of air; esp. a ventilating pipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Buffa \[d8]Buf"fa\, n. fem. (Mus.) [It. See {Buffoon}.]
      The comic actress in an opera. -- a. Comic, farcical.
  
      {Aria buffa}, a droll or comic air.
  
      {Opera buffa}, a comic opera. See {Opera bouffe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Challenge \Chal"lenge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Challenged}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Challenging}.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF.
      chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L.
      calumniar to attack with false accusations. See {Challenge},
      n., and cf. {Calumniate}.]
      1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to
            defy.
  
                     I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by
                     right of fatherhood.                           --Locke.
  
      2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by
            personal combat.
  
                     By this I challenge him to single fight. --Shak.
  
      3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.
  
                     Challenge better terms.                     --Addison.
  
      4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]
  
                     He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged
                     them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from
                     them.                                                --Holland.
  
      5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who
            attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged
            us, with [bd]Who comes there?[b8]
  
      6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the
            accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.
  
      7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or
            member of a court.
  
      8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the
            ground that the person in not qualified as a voter. [U.
            S.]
  
      {To challenge to the} {array, favor, polls}. See under
            {Challenge}, n.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arbovale, WV
      Zip code(s): 24915
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