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   air lane
         n 1: a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one
               airport to another [syn: {air lane}, {flight path},
               {airway}, {skyway}]

English Dictionary: Aralia nudicaulis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airline
n
  1. a hose that carries air under pressure [syn: airline, air hose]
  2. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
    Synonym(s): airline, airline business, airway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airline business
n
  1. a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers
    Synonym(s): airline, airline business, airway
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airliner
n
  1. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aralia nudicaulis
n
  1. common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
    Synonym(s): wild sarsaparilla, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsparilla, Aralia nudicaulis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arial mosaic
n
  1. arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
    Synonym(s): mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arlington
n
  1. a city in northern Texas between Dallas and Fort Worth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Navigation \Nav`i*ga"tion\, n. [L. navigatio: cf. F.
      navigation.]
      1. The act of navigating; the act of passing on water in
            ships or other vessels; the state of being navigable.
  
      2.
            (a) the science or art of conducting ships or vessels from
                  one place to another, including, more especially, the
                  method of determining a ship's position, course,
                  distance passed over, etc., on the surface of the
                  globe, by the principles of geometry and astronomy.
            (b) The management of sails, rudder, etc.; the mechanics
                  of traveling by water; seamanship.
  
      3. Ships in general. [Poetic] --Shak.
  
      {A[89]rial navigation}, the act or art of sailing or floating
            in the air, as by means of ballons; a[89]ronautic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air line \Air line\
      A path through the air made easy for a[89]rial navigation by
      steady winds.

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]:
  
  
      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]:
   Airling \Air"ling\, n.
      A thoughtless, gay person. [Obs.] [bd]Slight airlings.[b8]
      --B. Jonson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {To run wild}, to go unrestrained or untamed; to live or
            untamed; to live or grow without culture or training.
  
      {To sow one's wild oats}. See under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild allspice}. (Bot.), spicewood.
  
      {Wild balsam apple} (Bot.), an American climbing
            cucurbitaceous plant ({Echinocystis lobata}).
  
      {Wild basil} (Bot.), a fragrant labiate herb ({Calamintha
            Clinopodium}) common in Europe and America.
  
      {Wild bean} (Bot.), a name of several leguminous plants,
            mostly species of {Phaseolus} and {Apios}.
  
      {Wild bee} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            undomesticated social bees, especially the domestic bee
            when it has escaped from domestication and built its nest
            in a hollow tree or among rocks.
  
      {Wild bergamot}. (Bot.) See under {Bergamot}.
  
      {Wild boar} (Zo[94]l.), the European wild hog ({Sus scrofa}),
            from which the common domesticated swine is descended.
  
      {Wild brier} (Bot.), any uncultivated species of brier. See
            {Brier}.
  
      {Wild bugloss} (Bot.), an annual rough-leaved plant
            ({Lycopsis arvensis}) with small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild camomile} (Bot.), one or more plants of the composite
            genus {Matricaria}, much resembling camomile.
  
      {Wild cat}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European carnivore ({Felis catus}) somewhat
                  resembling the domestic cat, but larger stronger, and
                  having a short tail. It is destructive to the smaller
                  domestic animals, such as lambs, kids, poultry, and
                  the like.
            (b) The common American lynx, or bay lynx.
            (c) (Naut.) A wheel which can be adjusted so as to revolve
                  either with, or on, the shaft of a capstan. --Luce.
  
      {Wild celery}. (Bot.) See {Tape grass}, under {Tape}.
  
      {Wild cherry}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any uncultivated tree which bears cherries. The wild
                  red cherry is {Prunus Pennsylvanica}. The wild black
                  cherry is {P. serotina}, the wood of which is much
                  used for cabinetwork, being of a light red color and a
                  compact texture.
            (b) The fruit of various species of {Prunus}.
  
      {Wild cinnamon}. See the Note under {Canella}.
  
      {Wild comfrey} (Bot.), an American plant ({Cynoglossum
            Virginicum}) of the Borage family. It has large bristly
            leaves and small blue flowers.
  
      {Wild cumin} (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant
            ({Lag[oe]cia cuminoides}) native in the countries about
            the Mediterranean.
  
      {Wild drake} (Zo[94]l.) the mallard.
  
      {Wild elder} (Bot.), an American plant ({Aralia hispida}) of
            the Ginseng family.
  
      {Wild fowl} (Zo[94]l.) any wild bird, especially any of those
            considered as game birds.
  
      {Wild goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            undomesticated geese, especially the Canada goose ({Branta
            Canadensis}), the European bean goose, and the graylag.
            See {Graylag}, and {Bean goose}, under {Bean}.
  
      {Wild goose chase}, the pursuit of something unattainable, or
            of something as unlikely to be caught as the wild goose.
            --Shak.
  
      {Wild honey}, honey made by wild bees, and deposited in
            trees, rocks, the like.
  
      {Wild hyacinth}. (Bot.) See {Hyacinth}, 1
            (b) .
  
      {Wild Irishman} (Bot.), a thorny bush ({Discaria Toumatou})
            of the Buckthorn family, found in New Zealand, where the
            natives use the spines in tattooing.
  
      {Wild land}.
            (a) Land not cultivated, or in a state that renders it
                  unfit for cultivation.
            (b) Land which is not settled and cultivated.
  
      {Wild licorice}. (Bot.) See under {Licorice}.
  
      {Wild mammee} (Bot.), the oblong, yellowish, acid fruit of a
            tropical American tree ({Rheedia lateriflora}); -- so
            called in the West Indies.
  
      {Wild marjoram} (Bot.), a labiate plant ({Origanum vulgare})
            much like the sweet marjoram, but less aromatic.
  
      {Wild oat}. (Bot.)
            (a) A tall, oatlike kind of soft grass ({Arrhenatherum
                  avenaceum}).
            (b) See {Wild oats}, under {Oat}.
  
      {Wild pieplant} (Bot.), a species of dock ({Rumex
            hymenosepalus}) found from Texas to California. Its acid,
            juicy stems are used as a substitute for the garden
            rhubarb.
  
      {Wild pigeon}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The rock dove.
            (b) The passenger pigeon.
  
      {Wild pink} (Bot.), an American plant ({Silene
            Pennsylvanica}) with pale, pinkish flowers; a kind of
            catchfly.
  
      {Wild plantain} (Bot.), an arborescent endogenous herb
            ({Heliconia Bihai}), much resembling the banana. Its
            leaves and leaf sheaths are much used in the West Indies
            as coverings for packages of merchandise.
  
      {Wild plum}. (Bot.)
            (a) Any kind of plum growing without cultivation.
            (b) The South African prune. See under {Prune}.
  
      {Wild rice}. (Bot.) See {Indian rice}, under {Rice}.
  
      {Wild rosemary} (Bot.), the evergreen shrub {Andromeda
            polifolia}. See {Marsh rosemary}, under {Rosemary}.
  
      {Wild sage}. (Bot.) See {Sagebrush}.
  
      {Wild sarsaparilla} (Bot.), a species of ginseng ({Aralia
            nudicaulis}) bearing a single long-stalked leaf.
  
      {Wild sensitive plant} (Bot.), either one of two annual
            leguminous herbs ({Cassia Cham[91]crista}, and {C.
            nictitans}), in both of which the leaflets close quickly
            when the plant is disturbed.
  
      {Wild service}.(Bot.) See {Sorb}.
  
      {Wild Spaniard} (Bot.), any one of several umbelliferous
            plants of the genus {Aciphylla}, natives of New Zealand.
            The leaves bear numerous bayonetlike spines, and the
            plants form an impenetrable thicket.
  
      {Wild turkey}. (Zo[94]l.) See 2d {Turkey}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sarsaparilla \Sar`sa*pa*ril"la\, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a
      bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or
      Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.)
      (a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
            {Smilax}.
      (b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in
            medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
  
      Note: The name is also applied to many other plants and their
               roots, especially to the {Aralia nudicaulis}, the wild
               sarsaparilla of the United States.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aurelian \Au*re"li*an\, a.
      Of or pertaining to the aurelia.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aurelian \Au*re"li*an\, n.
      An amateur collector and breeder of insects, esp. of
      butterflies and moths; a lepidopterist.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arlington, AL
      Zip code(s): 36722
   Arlington, AZ
      Zip code(s): 85322
   Arlington, CO
      Zip code(s): 81021
   Arlington, GA (city, FIPS 2928)
      Location: 31.43779 N, 84.72544 W
      Population (1990): 1513 (619 housing units)
      Area: 10.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31713
   Arlington, IA (city, FIPS 2845)
      Location: 42.74875 N, 91.67035 W
      Population (1990): 465 (222 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50606
   Arlington, IL (village, FIPS 2102)
      Location: 41.47117 N, 89.24823 W
      Population (1990): 200 (90 housing units)
      Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61312
   Arlington, IN
      Zip code(s): 46104
   Arlington, KS (city, FIPS 2325)
      Location: 37.89601 N, 98.17762 W
      Population (1990): 457 (236 housing units)
      Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67514
   Arlington, KY (city, FIPS 2044)
      Location: 36.79009 N, 89.01229 W
      Population (1990): 449 (219 housing units)
      Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42021
   Arlington, MA (CDP, FIPS 1640)
      Location: 42.41860 N, 71.16435 W
      Population (1990): 44630 (19421 housing units)
      Area: 13.4 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 02174
   Arlington, MN (city, FIPS 2152)
      Location: 44.60715 N, 94.07794 W
      Population (1990): 1886 (771 housing units)
      Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 55307
   Arlington, NC (town, FIPS 1900)
      Location: 36.22971 N, 80.83273 W
      Population (1990): 795 (359 housing units)
      Area: 2.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Arlington, NE (village, FIPS 1990)
      Location: 41.45425 N, 96.35554 W
      Population (1990): 1178 (468 housing units)
      Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 68002
   Arlington, NY (CDP, FIPS 2616)
      Location: 41.69565 N, 73.88493 W
      Population (1990): 11948 (4501 housing units)
      Area: 12.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12603
   Arlington, OH (village, FIPS 2400)
      Location: 40.89269 N, 83.65368 W
      Population (1990): 1267 (475 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45814
   Arlington, OR (city, FIPS 2800)
      Location: 45.71785 N, 120.19261 W
      Population (1990): 425 (192 housing units)
      Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.8 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 97812
   Arlington, SD (city, FIPS 2180)
      Location: 44.36248 N, 97.13391 W
      Population (1990): 908 (442 housing units)
      Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 57212
   Arlington, TN (town, FIPS 1740)
      Location: 35.28220 N, 89.66421 W
      Population (1990): 1541 (372 housing units)
      Area: 22.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 38002
   Arlington, TX (city, FIPS 4000)
      Location: 32.69450 N, 97.12751 W
      Population (1990): 261721 (112767 housing units)
      Area: 240.9 sq km (land), 8.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 76006, 76010, 76011, 76012, 76013, 76014, 76015, 76016, 76017, 76018
   Arlington, VA (CDP, FIPS 3000)
      Location: 38.87873 N, 77.10191 W
      Population (1990): 170936 (84847 housing units)
      Area: 67.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 22201, 22202, 22203, 22204, 22205, 22206, 22207, 22209, 22211, 22213
   Arlington, VT (CDP, FIPS 1375)
      Location: 43.06728 N, 73.15186 W
      Population (1990): 1311 (609 housing units)
      Area: 9.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 05250
   Arlington, WA (city, FIPS 2585)
      Location: 48.17578 N, 122.13832 W
      Population (1990): 4037 (1600 housing units)
      Area: 14.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 98223
   Arlington, WI (village, FIPS 2800)
      Location: 43.33852 N, 89.37658 W
      Population (1990): 440 (171 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 53911

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arlington County, VA (county, FIPS 13)
      Location: 38.87873 N, 77.10191 W
      Population (1990): 170936 (84847 housing units)
      Area: 67.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arlington Height, IL
      Zip code(s): 60004, 60005

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arlington Heights, IL (village, FIPS 2154)
      Location: 42.09495 N, 87.98202 W
      Population (1990): 75460 (30428 housing units)
      Area: 41.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
   Arlington Heights, OH (village, FIPS 2428)
      Location: 39.21510 N, 84.45583 W
      Population (1990): 1084 (500 housing units)
      Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
   Arlington Heights, PA (CDP, FIPS 3008)
      Location: 41.00439 N, 75.21308 W
      Population (1990): 4768 (2015 housing units)
      Area: 13.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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