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   aerial
         adj 1: existing or living or growing or operating in the air;
                  "aerial roots of a philodendron"; "aerial particles";
                  "small aerial creatures such as butterflies"; "aerial
                  warfare"; "aerial photography"; "aerial cable cars"
         2: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
            impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
            come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
            fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
            ethereal forms" [syn: {aeriform}, {aerial}, {airy}, {aery},
            {ethereal}]
         n 1: a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer [syn:
               {forward pass}, {aerial}]
         2: an electrical device that sends or receives radio or
            television signals [syn: {antenna}, {aerial}, {transmitting
            aerial}]

English Dictionary: areola by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aerially
adv
  1. by means of aircraft; "the survey was carried out aerially"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
air hole
n
  1. a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
    Synonym(s): air pocket, pocket, air hole
  2. a hole that allows the passage of air
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
air well
n
  1. a shaft for ventilation
    Synonym(s): air shaft, air well
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airily
adv
  1. in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly"; "this cannot be airily explained to your children"
    Synonym(s): flippantly, airily
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aralia
n
  1. any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
areal
adj
  1. of or relating to or involving an area
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
areola
n
  1. small space in a tissue or body part such as the area between veins on a leaf or an insect's wing
  2. small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
    Synonym(s): areola, ring of color
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aril
n
  1. fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arroyo willow
n
  1. shrubby willow of the western United States [syn: {arroyo willow}, Salix lasiolepis]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arulo
n
  1. an artificial language intended for international use as an auxiliary language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aural
adj
  1. of or pertaining to hearing or the ear; "an animal with a very sensitive aural apparatus"
  2. relating to or characterized by an aura; "various aural effects that precede a migraine headache"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aurally
adv
  1. with regard to sound or the ear; "the new musical was visually and aurally appealing"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aureole
n
  1. the outermost region of the sun's atmosphere; visible as a white halo during a solar eclipse
    Synonym(s): aureole, corona
  2. an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
    Synonym(s): aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rial \A*[89]"ri*al\, a. [L. a[89]rius. See {Air}.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or
            frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air;
            performed in the air; as, a[89]rial regions or currents.
            [bd]A[89]rial spirits.[b8] --Milton. [bd]A[89]rial
            voyages.[b8] --Darwin.
  
      2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature
            of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
  
      3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, a[89]rial spires.
  
      4. Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to
            growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as,
            a[89]rial rootlets, a[89]rial plants. --Gray.
  
      5. Light as air; ethereal.
  
      {A[89]rial acid}, carbonic acid. [Obs.] --Ure.
  
      {A[89]rial perspective}. See {Perspective}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rially \A*[89]"ri*al*ly\, adv.
      Like, or from, the air; in an a[89]rial manner. [bd]A murmur
      heard a[89]rially.[b8] --Tennyson.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air hole \Air hole\ (A[89]ronautics)
      A local region in the atmosphere having a downward movement
      and offering less than normal support for the sustaining
      surfaces of a flying machine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air hole \Air" hole`\ (h[omac]l`).
      1. A hole to admit or discharge air; specifically, a spot in
            the ice not frozen over.
  
      2. (Founding) A fault in a casting, produced by a bubble of
            air; a blowhole.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Airily \Air"i*ly\ ([acir]r"[icr]*l[ycr]), adv.
      In an airy manner; lightly; gaily; jauntily; flippantly.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Airol \Air"ol\, n. (Pharm.)
      A grayish green antiseptic powder, consisting of a basic
      iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of
      iodoform. [A Trademark]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Areal \A"re*al\, a. [Cf. L. arealis, fr. area.]
      Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas
      or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Areola \A*re"o*la\, n.; pl. {Areol[91]}. [L. areola, dim. of
      area: cf. F. ar[82]ole. See {Area}.]
      1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the
            surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the
            fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as
            between the nervures of an insect's wing.
  
      2. (Anat. & Med.) The colored ring around the nipple, or
            around a vesicle or pustule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Areola \A*re"o*la\, n.; pl. {Areol[91]}. [L. areola, dim. of
      area: cf. F. ar[82]ole. See {Area}.]
      1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the
            surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the
            fibers composing organs or vessels that interlace; or as
            between the nervures of an insect's wing.
  
      2. (Anat. & Med.) The colored ring around the nipple, or
            around a vesicle or pustule.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Areole \A"re*ole\, n.
      Same as {Areola}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ariel \A"ri*el\, n. [Heb. ari[89]l, perh. confused with E.
      a[89]rial.]
      In the Cabala, a water spirit; in later folklore, a light and
      graceful spirit of the air.
  
      Note: In zo[94]logy, ariel is used adjectively of certain
               birds noted for their graceful flight; as, the ariel
               toucan; the ariel petrel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ariel \A"ri*el\, n., [or] Ariel gazelle \A"ri*el ga*zelle"\ [Ar.
      aryil, ayyil, stag.] (Zo[94]l.)
      (a) A variety of the gazelle ({Antilope, [or] Gazella,
            dorcas}), found in Arabia and adjacent countries.
      (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of
            {Petaurus}.
      (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan {Ramphastos ariel}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aril \Ar"il\, d8Arillus \[d8]A*ril"lus\, n. [From LL. arilli dry
      grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F,. arille.] (Bot.)
      A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a
      seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the
      white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.
      --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arolla \A*rol"la\ ([adot]*r[ocr]l"l[adot]), n. [F. arolle.]
      (Bot.)
      The stone pine ({Pinus Cembra}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aural \Au"ral\, a. [L. aura air.]
      Of or pertaining to the air, or to an aura.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aural \Au"ral\, a. [L. auris ear.]
      Of or pertaining to the ear; as, aural medicine and surgery.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Aureola \[d8]Au*re"o*la\, Aureole \Au"re*ole\, n. [F.
      aur[82]ole, fr. L. aureola, (fem adj.) of gold (sc. corona
      crown), dim. of aureus. See {Aureate}, {Oriole}.]
      1. (R. C. Theol.) A celestial crown or accidental glory added
            to the bliss of heaven, as a reward to those (as virgins,
            martyrs, preachers, etc.) who have overcome the world, the
            flesh, and the devil.
  
      2. The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters
            surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ,
            saints, and others held in special reverence.
  
      Note: Limited to the head, it is strictly termed a nimbus;
               when it envelops the whole body, an aureola.
               --Fairholt.
  
      3. A halo, actual or figurative.
  
                     The glorious aureole of light seen around the sun
                     during total eclipses.                        --Proctor.
  
                     The aureole of young womanhood.         --O. W.
                                                                              Holmes.
  
      4. (Anat.) See {Areola}, 2.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Airlie, VA
      Zip code(s): 22186

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arial, SC (CDP, FIPS 2440)
      Location: 34.84629 N, 82.63951 W
      Population (1990): 2604 (1041 housing units)
      Area: 12.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Ariel, WA
      Zip code(s): 98603

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arlee, MT (CDP, FIPS 2425)
      Location: 47.16923 N, 114.08896 W
      Population (1990): 489 (218 housing units)
      Area: 16.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 59821

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arley, AL (town, FIPS 2500)
      Location: 34.08498 N, 87.21063 W
      Population (1990): 338 (139 housing units)
      Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 35541

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Aurelia, IA (city, FIPS 3745)
      Location: 42.71300 N, 95.43689 W
      Population (1990): 1034 (450 housing units)
      Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51005

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Ariel
  
      An {array}-oriented language for the {CDC 6400}.
  
      ["Ariel Reference Manual", P. Devel, TR 22, CC UC Berkeley,
      Apr 1968].
  
      ["A New Survey of the Ariel Programming Language", P. Deuel,
      TR 4, Ariel Consortium, UC Berkeley, June 1972].
  
      [Deuel or Devel?]
  
      (1995-12-29)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ARL
  
      {ASSET Reuse Library}
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Ariel
      the lion of God. (1.) One of the chief men sent by Ezra to
      procure Levites for the sanctuary (Ezra 8:16).
     
         (2.) A symbolic name for Jerusalem (Isa. 29:1, 2, 7) as
      "victorious under God," and in Ezek. 43:15, 16, for the altar
      (marg., Heb. 'ariel) of burnt offerings, the secret of Israel's
      lion-like strength.
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Aharhel, another host; the last sorrow; a brother's sheep
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Areli, the light or vision of God
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Ariel, altar; light or lion of God
  
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