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   air pump
         n 1: a pump that moves air in or out of something [syn: {air
               pump}, {vacuum pump}]

English Dictionary: Arabian tea by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian
adj
  1. relating to or associated with Arabia or its people; "Arabian Nights"; "Arabian Sea"
  2. of or relating to Arabian horses
n
  1. a member of a Semitic people originally from the Arabian peninsula and surrounding territories who speaks Arabic and who inhabits much of the Middle East and northern Africa
    Synonym(s): Arab, Arabian
  2. a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia
    Synonym(s): Arabian, Arab
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian camel
n
  1. one-humped camel of the hot deserts of northern Africa and southwestern Asia
    Synonym(s): Arabian camel, dromedary, Camelus dromedarius
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian coffee
n
  1. shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee
    Synonym(s): Arabian coffee, Coffea arabica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Desert
n
  1. a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea
    Synonym(s): Arabian Desert, Eastern Desert
  2. a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia
    Synonym(s): Arabian Desert, Great Arabian Desert
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Gulf
n
  1. a shallow arm of the Arabian Sea between Iran and the Arabian peninsula; the Persian Gulf oil fields are among the most productive in the world
    Synonym(s): Persian Gulf, Arabian Gulf
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian jasmine
n
  1. East Indian evergreen vine cultivated for its profuse fragrant white flowers
    Synonym(s): Arabian jasmine, Jasminum sambac
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Nights
n
  1. a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
    Synonym(s): Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Nights' Entertainment
n
  1. a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
    Synonym(s): Arabian Nights' Entertainment, Arabian Nights, Thousand and One Nights
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Peninsula
n
  1. a peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; strategically important for its oil resources
    Synonym(s): Arabian Peninsula, Arabia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian Sea
n
  1. a northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arabian tea
n
  1. the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
    Synonym(s): kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea, African tea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
area bombing
n
  1. an extensive and systematic bombing intended to devastate a large target
    Synonym(s): carpet bombing, area bombing, saturation bombing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arpent
n
  1. a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pimpernel \Pim"per*nel\, n. [F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela,
      It. pimpinella; perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula
      two-winged, equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather,
      wing. Cf. {Pen} a feather.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Anagallis}, of which one species ({A.
      arvensis}) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes
      purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach
      of bad weather.
  
      {Water pimpernel}. (Bot.) See {Brookweed}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rophone \A"[89]r*o*phone`\, n. [A[89]ro- + Gr. [?] voice.]
      (a) A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet.
      (b) An instrument, proposed by Edison, for greatly
            intensifying speech. It consists of a phonograph
            diaphragm so arranged that its action opens and closes
            valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to
            operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of
            vibration.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      14. (Paint.)
            (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of
                  the atmospheric medium through which every object in
                  nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc.
            (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of
                  that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt.
  
      15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse.
  
      Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a
               compound term. In most cases it might be written
               indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the
               first element of the compound term, with or without the
               hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder;
               air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump.
  
      {Air balloon}. See {Balloon}.
  
      {Air bath}.
            (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body.
            (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any
                  desired temperature.
  
      {Air castle}. See {Castle in the air}, under {Castle}.
  
      {Air compressor}, a machine for compressing air to be used as
            a motive power.
  
      {Air crossing}, a passage for air in a mine.
  
      {Air cushion}, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated;
            also, a device for arresting motion without shock by
            confined air.
  
      {Air fountain}, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by
            the force of compressed air.
  
      {Air furnace}, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and
            not on blast.
  
      {Air line}, a straight line; a bee line. Hence
  
      {Air-line}, adj.; as, air-line road.
  
      {Air lock} (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between
            the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a
            pneumatic caisson. --Knight.
  
      {Air port} (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit
            air.
  
      {Air spring}, a spring in which the elasticity of air is
            utilized.
  
      {Air thermometer}, a form of thermometer in which the
            contraction and expansion of air is made to measure
            changes of temperature.
  
      {Air threads}, gossamer.
  
      {Air trap}, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas
            from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap.
  
      {Air trunk}, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated
            air from a room.
  
      {Air valve}, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of
            air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler
            and allows air to enter.
  
      {Air way}, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of
            an air pump; an air way in a mine.
  
      {In the air}.
            (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as
                  rumors.
            (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled.
            (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken
                  in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air.
  
      {To take air}, to be divulged; to be made public.
  
      {To take the air}, to go abroad; to walk or ride out.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Fountain \Foun"tain\ (foun"t[icr]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL.
      fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d {Fount}.]
      1. A spring of water issuing from the earth.
  
      2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the
            structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or
            flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure
            water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for
            ornament.
  
      3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be
            conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink
            fountain in a printing press, etc.
  
      4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which
            anything is supplied continuously; origin; source.
  
                     Judea, the fountain of the gospel.      --Fuller.
  
                     Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself
                     invisible.                                          --Milton.
  
      {Air fountain}. See under {Air}.
  
      {Fountain heead}, primary source; original; first principle.
            --Young.
  
      {Fountain inkstand}, an inkstand having a continual supply of
            ink, as from elevated reservoir.
  
      {Fountain lamp}, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated
            reservoir.
  
      {Fountain pen}, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which
            furnishes a supply of ink.
  
      {Fountain pump}.
            (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump.
            (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for
                  watering plants, etc.
  
      {Fountain shell} (Zo[94]l.), the large West Indian conch
            shell ({Strombus gigas}).
  
      {Fountain of youth}, a mythical fountain whose waters were
            fabled to have the property of renewing youth.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air pump \Air" pump`\
      1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel
            or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it
            into a closed space.
  
      2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser
            the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and
            any commingled air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arabian \A*ra"bi*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.
  
      {Arabian bird}, the phenix. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arabian \A*ra"bi*an\, n.
      A native of Arabia; an Arab.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arabian \A*ra"bi*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.
  
      {Arabian bird}, the phenix. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bird \Bird\ (b[etil]rd), n. [OE. brid, bred, bird, young bird,
      bird, AS. bridd young bird. [root]92.]
      1. Orig., a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a
            nestling; and hence, a feathered flying animal (see 2).
  
                     That ungentle gull, the cuckoo's bird. --Shak.
  
                     The brydds [birds] of the aier have nestes.
                                                                              --Tyndale
                                                                              (Matt. viii.
                                                                              20).
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided
            with wings. See {Aves}.
  
      3. Specifically, among sportsmen, a game bird.
  
      4. Fig.: A girl; a maiden.
  
                     And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not
                     tarry.                                                --Campbell.
  
      {Arabian bird}, the phenix.
  
      {Bird of Jove}, the eagle.
  
      {Bird of Juno}, the peacock.
  
      {Bird louse} (Zo[94]l.), a wingless insect of the group
            Mallophaga, of which the genera and species are very
            numerous and mostly parasitic upon birds. -- Bird mite
            (Zo[94]l.), a small mite (genera {Dermanyssus},
            {Dermaleichus} and allies) parasitic upon birds. The
            species are numerous.
  
      {Bird of passage}, a migratory bird.
  
      {Bird spider} (Zo[94]l.), a very large South American spider
            ({Mygale avicularia}). It is said sometimes to capture and
            kill small birds.
  
      {Bird tick} (Zo[94]l.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon
            birds (genus {Ornithomyia}, and allies), usually winged.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Johnson grass \John"son grass`\ [Named after W. Johnson of
      Alabama, who planted it about 1840-1845.] (Bot.)
      A tall perennial grass ({Sorghum Halepense}), valuable in the
      Southern and Western States for pasture and hay. The
      rootstocks are large and juicy and are eagerly sought by
      swine. Called also {Cuba grass}, {Means grass}, {Evergreen
      millet}, and {Arabian millet}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      Note:
  
      {Arabian millet} is {Sorghum Halepense}.
  
      {Egyptian [or] East Indian},
  
      {millet} is {Penicillaria spicata}.
  
      {Indian millet} is {Sorghum vulgare}. (See under {Indian}.)
           
  
      {Italian millet} is {Setaria Italica}, a coarse, rank-growing
            annual grass, valuable for fodder when cut young, and
            bearing nutritive seeds; -- called also {Hungarian grass}.
           
  
      {Texas millet} is {Panicum Texanum}.
  
      {Wild millet}, or
  
      {Millet grass}, is {Milium effusum}, a tail grass growing in
            woods.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tea \Tea\, n. [Chin. tsh[be], Prov. Chin. te: cf. F. th[82].]
      1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea, [or]
            Camellia, Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but
            has been introduced to some extent into some other
            countries.
  
      Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their
               color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also
               by various other characteristic differences, as of
               taste, odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and
               quality are dependent upon the treatment which the
               leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for
               green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow
               pans over a wood fire, almost immediately after being
               gathered, after which they are rolled with the hands
               upon a table, to free them from a portion of their
               moisture, and to twist them, and are then quickly
               dried. Those intended for black tea are spread out in
               the air for some time after being gathered, and then
               tossed about with the hands until they become soft and
               flaccid, when they are roasted for a few minutes, and
               rolled, and having then been exposed to the air for a
               few hours in a soft and moist state, are finally dried
               slowly over a charcoal fire. The operation of roasting
               and rolling is sometimes repeated several times, until
               the leaves have become of the proper color. The
               principal sorts of green tea are Twankay, the poorest
               kind; Hyson skin, the refuse of Hyson; Hyson, Imperial,
               and Gunpowder, fine varieties; and Young Hyson, a
               choice kind made from young leaves gathered early in
               the spring. Those of black tea are Bohea, the poorest
               kind; Congou; Oolong; Souchong, one of the finest
               varieties; and Pekoe, a fine-flavored kind, made
               chiefly from young spring buds. See {Bohea}, {Congou},
               {Gunpowder tea}, under {Gunpowder}, {Hyson}, {Oolong},
               and {Souchong}. --K. Johnson. Tomlinson.
  
      Note: [bd]No knowledge of . . . [tea] appears to have reached
               Europe till after the establishment of intercourse
               between Portugal and China in 1517. The Portuguese,
               however, did little towards the introduction of the
               herb into Europe, and it was not till the Dutch
               established themselves at Bantam early in 17th century,
               that these adventurers learned from the Chinese the
               habit of tea drinking, and brought it to Europe.[b8]
               --Encyc. Brit.
  
      2. A decoction or infusion of tea leaves in boiling water;
            as, tea is a common beverage.
  
      3. Any infusion or decoction, especially when made of the
            dried leaves of plants; as, sage tea; chamomile tea;
            catnip tea.
  
      4. The evening meal, at which tea is usually served; supper.
  
      {Arabian tea}, the leaves of {Catha edulis}; also (Bot.), the
            plant itself. See {Kat}.
  
      {Assam tea}, tea grown in Assam, in India, originally brought
            there from China about the year 1850.
  
      {Australian}, [or] {Botany Bay}, {tea} (Bot.), a woody
            clambing plant ({Smilax glycyphylla}).
  
      {Brazilian tea}.
            (a) The dried leaves of {Lantana pseodothea}, used in
                  Brazil as a substitute for tea.
            (b) The dried leaves of {Stachytarpheta mutabilis}, used
                  for adulterating tea, and also, in Austria, for
                  preparing a beverage.
  
      {Labrador tea}. (Bot.) See under {Labrador}.
  
      {New Jersey tea} (Bot.), an American shrub, the leaves of
            which were formerly used as a substitute for tea; redroot.
            See {Redroot}.
  
      {New Zealand tea}. (Bot.) See under {New Zealand}.
  
      {Oswego tea}. (Bot.) See {Oswego tea}.
  
      {Paraguay tea}, mate. See 1st {Mate}.
  
      {Tea board}, a board or tray for holding a tea set.
  
      {Tea bug} (Zo[94]l.), an hemipterous insect which injures the
            tea plant by sucking the juice of the tender leaves.
  
      {Tea caddy}, a small box for holding tea.
  
      {Tea chest}, a small, square wooden case, usually lined with
            sheet lead or tin, in which tea is imported from China.
  
      {Tea clam} (Zo[94]l.), a small quahaug. [Local, U. S.]
  
      {Tea garden}, a public garden where tea and other
            refreshments are served.
  
      {Tea plant} (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used
            in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, {Thea
            Chinensis}, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.
  
      {Tea rose} (Bot.), a delicate and graceful variety of the
            rose ({Rosa Indica}, var. {odorata}), introduced from
            China, and so named from its scent. Many varieties are now
            cultivated.
  
      {Tea service}, the appurtenances or utensils required for a
            tea table, -- when of silver, usually comprising only the
            teapot, milk pitcher, and sugar dish.
  
      {Tea set}, a tea service.
  
      {Tea table}, a table on which tea furniture is set, or at
            which tea is drunk.
  
      {Tea taster}, one who tests or ascertains the quality of tea
            by tasting.
  
      {Tea tree} (Bot.), the tea plant of China. See {Tea plant},
            above.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arabin \Ar"a*bin\, n.
      1. (Chem.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar,
            contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a
            white, amorphous substance.
  
      2. Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arabinose \Ar"a*bin*ose`\, n. (Chem.)
      A sugar of the composition {C5H10O5}, obtained from cherry
      gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arpent \Ar"pent\, Arpen \Ar"pen\, n. [F. arpent, fr. L.
      arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word
      for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.]
      Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
      parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq.
      yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland
      arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arpent \Ar"pent\, Arpen \Ar"pen\, n. [F. arpent, fr. L.
      arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word
      for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum.]
      Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different
      parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq.
      yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland
      arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arpentator \Ar`pen*ta"tor\, n. [See {Arpent}.]
      The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.
      [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arpine \Ar"pine\, n.
      An arpent. [Obs.] --Webster (1623).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arrivance \Ar*riv"ance\, n.
      Arrival. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arrive \Ar*rive"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Arrived}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Arriving}.] [OE. ariven to arrive, land, OF. ariver, F.
      arriver, fr. LL. arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad
      + ripa the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. {Riparian}.]
      1. To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in
            progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by
            water or by land; -- followed by at (formerly sometimes by
            to), also by in and from. [bd]Arrived in Padua.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
                     [[92]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
                     . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
                                                                              --Holland.
  
                     There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
                     Ipswich.                                             --Macaulay.
  
      2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
            an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
            or experiment.
  
      {To arrive at}, or attain to.
  
                     When he arrived at manhood.               --Rogers.
  
                     We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
                     generalization of facts.                     --McCosh.
  
                     If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
  
      3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
  
      4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
  
                     Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
                                                                              --Waller.

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   Arbon Valley, ID (CDP, FIPS 2890)
      Location: 42.88390 N, 112.59780 W
      Population (1990): 613 (217 housing units)
      Area: 89.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

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   Arpin, WI (village, FIPS 3025)
      Location: 44.54127 N, 90.03252 W
      Population (1990): 312 (119 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 54410

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      Location: 35.20028 N, 118.83370 W
      Population (1990): 9286 (2450 housing units)
      Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 93203

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      Zip code(s): 23004

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