air alert
         n 1: the time period during which military and civilian agencies
               are prepared for an enemy air attack
         2: the condition in which combat aircraft are airborne and ready
            for an operation; "aircraft in the Mideast are on air alert"
         3: the warning signal that begins a period of preparation for an
            enemy air attack

English Dictionary: areolar	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aralia racemosa n unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico Synonym(s): American spikenard, petty morel, life-of-man, Aralia racemosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
areolar adj relating to or like or divided into areolae; "areolar tissue" Synonym(s): areolar, areolate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
areolar tissue n fibrous connective tissue with the fibers arranged in a mesh or net
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aureolaria n small genus of North American herbs often root-parasitic and bearing golden-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia Synonym(s): Aureolaria, genus Aureolaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aureolaria pedicularia n multi-stemmed North American annual having solitary axillary dark golden-yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia Synonym(s): false foxglove, Aureolaria pedicularia, Gerardia pedicularia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aureolaria virginica n sparsely branched North American perennial with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers resembling those of the foxglove; sometimes placed in genus Gerardia Synonym(s): false foxglove, Aureolaria virginica, Gerardia virginica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
A89rial railway \A*[89]`ri*al rail"way`\       (a) A stretched wire or rope elevated above the ground and             forming a way along which a trolley may travel, for             conveying a load suspended from the trolley.       (b) An elevated cableway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. An edible or esculent root, especially of such plants as             produce a single root, as the beet, carrot, etc.; as, the             root crop.          3. That which resembles a root in position or function, esp.             as a source of nourishment or support; that from which             anything proceeds as if by growth or development; as, the             root of a tooth, a nail, a cancer, and the like.             Specifically:             (a) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a                   stem.                               They were the roots out of which sprang two                            distinct people.                           --Locke.             (b) A primitive form of speech; one of the earliest terms                   employed in language; a word from which other words                   are formed; a radix, or radical.             (c) The cause or occasion by which anything is brought                   about; the source. [bd]She herself . . . is root of                   bounty.[b8] --Chaucer.                               The love of money is a root of all kinds of                            evil.                                          --1 Tim. vi.                                                                               10 (rev. Ver.)             (d) (Math.) That factor of a quantity which when                   multiplied into itself will produce that quantity;                   thus, 3 is a root of 9, because 3 multiplied into                   itself produces 9; 3 is the cube root of 27.             (e) (Mus.) The fundamental tone of any chord; the tone                   from whose harmonics, or overtones, a chord is                   composed. --Busby.             (f) The lowest place, position, or part. [bd]Deep to the                   roots of hell.[b8] --Milton. [bd]The roots of the                   mountains.[b8] --Southey.          4. (Astrol.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.                         When a root is of a birth yknowe [known]. --Chaucer.          {A[89]rial roots}. (Bot.)             (a) Small roots emitted from the stem of a plant in the                   open air, which, attaching themselves to the bark of                   trees, etc., serve to support the plant.             (b) Large roots growing from the stem, etc., which descend                   and establish themselves in the soil. See Illust. of                   {Mangrove}.          {Multiple primary root} (Bot.), a name given to the numerous             roots emitted from the radicle in many plants, as the             squash.          {Primary root} (Bot.), the central, first-formed, main root,             from which the rootlets are given off.          {Root and branch}, every part; wholly; completely; as, to             destroy an error root and branch.          {Root-and-branch men}, radical reformers; -- a designation             applied to the English Independents (1641). See Citation             under {Radical}, n., 2.          {Root barnacle} (Zo[94]l.), one of the Rhizocephala.          {Root hair} (Bot.), one of the slender, hairlike fibers found             on the surface of fresh roots. They are prolongations of             the superficial cells of the root into minute tubes.             --Gray.          {Root leaf} (Bot.), a radical leaf. See {Radical}, a., 3             (b) .          {Root louse} (Zo[94]l.), any plant louse, or aphid, which             lives on the roots of plants, as the Phylloxera of the             grapevine. See {Phylloxera}.          {Root of an equation} (Alg.), that value which, substituted             for the unknown quantity in an equation, satisfies the             equation.          {Root of a nail}             (Anat.), the part of a nail which is covered by the skin.                                  {Root of a tooth} (Anat.), the part of a tooth contained in             the socket and consisting of one or more fangs.          {Secondary roots} (Bot.), roots emitted from any part of the             plant above the radicle.          {To strike root}, {To take root}, to send forth roots; to             become fixed in the earth, etc., by a root; hence, in             general, to become planted, fixed, or established; to             increase and spread; as, an opinion takes root. [bd]The             bended twigs take root.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spikenard \Spike"nard\, n.[For spiked nard; cf. G. spieknarde,       NL. spica nardi. See {Spike} an ear, and {Nard}.]       1. (Bot.) An aromatic plant. In the United States it is the             {Aralia racemosa}, often called {spignet}, and used as a             medicine. The spikenard of the ancients is the             {Nardostachys Jatamansi}, a native of the Himalayan             region. From its blackish roots a perfume for the hair is             still prepared in India.          2. A fragrant essential oil, as that from the {Nardostachys             Jatamansi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Areolar \A*re"o*lar\, a.       Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or       areol[91].          {reolar tissue} (Anat.), a form of fibrous connective tissue             in which the fibers are loosely arranged with numerous             spaces, or areol[91], between them.