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   aerialist
         n 1: an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or
               trapeze)

English Dictionary: Aralia hispida by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aerological
adj
  1. of or pertaining to aerology
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aerology
n
  1. meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
air lock
n
  1. a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
    Synonym(s): airlock, air lock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airless
adj
  1. lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with smoke"
    Synonym(s): airless, close, stuffy, unaired
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airlike
adj
  1. resembling air or having the form of air [syn: aeriform, airlike]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airlock
n
  1. a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure
    Synonym(s): airlock, air lock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aral Sea
n
  1. a lake to the east of the Caspian Sea lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
    Synonym(s): Lake Aral, Aral Sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arales
n
  1. Araceae; Lemnaceae
    Synonym(s): Arales, order Arales
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aralia hispida
n
  1. bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
    Synonym(s): bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elder, Aralia hispida
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aralia spinosa
n
  1. small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
    Synonym(s): American angelica tree, devil's walking stick, Hercules'-club, Aralia spinosa
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aralia stipulata
n
  1. similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China
    Synonym(s): Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree, Aralia stipulata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Araliaceae
n
  1. mostly tropical trees and shrubs and lianas: genera Panax and Hedera
    Synonym(s): Araliaceae, family Araliaceae, ivy family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arilus
n
  1. a genus of Reduviidae
    Synonym(s): Arilus, genus Arilus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arilus cristatus
n
  1. large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects
    Synonym(s): wheel bug, Arilus cristatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arles
n
  1. money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract [syn: earnest money, arles]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aurelius
n
  1. Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180)
    Synonym(s): Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus
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]:
   A89rial sickness \A*[89]"ri*al sick"ness\
      A sickness felt by a[89]ronauts due to high speed of flights
      and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms
      of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rologic \A`[89]r*o*log"ic\, A89rological
   \A`[89]r*o*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a[89]rology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rologic \A`[89]r*o*log"ic\, A89rological
   \A`[89]r*o*log"ic*al\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a[89]rology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rologist \A`[89]r*ol"o*gist\, n.
      One versed in a[89]rology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   A89rology \A`[89]r*ol"o*gy\, n. [A[89]ro- + -logy: cf. F.
      a[82]rologie.]
      That department of physics which treats of the atmosphere.

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]:
   Airless \Air"less\, a.
      Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or
      communication with the open air.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Airlike \Air"like`\, a.
      Resembling air.

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]:
   Ginseng \Gin"seng\, n. [Chinese.] (Bot.)
      A plant of the genus {Aralia}, the root of which is highly
      valued as a medicine among the Chinese. The Chinese plant
      ({Aralia Schinseng}) has become so rare that the American
      ({A. quinquefolia}) has largely taken its place, and its root
      is now an article of export from America to China. The root,
      when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in
      the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with
      a slight aromatic bitterness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Angelica \An*gel"i*ca\, n. [NL. See {Angelic}.] (Bot.)
      1. An aromatic umbelliferous plant ({Archangelica
            officinalis} or {Angelica archangelica}) the leaf stalks
            of which are sometimes candied and used in confectionery,
            and the roots and seeds as an aromatic tonic.
  
      2. The candied leaf stalks of angelica.
  
      {Angelica tree}, a thorny North American shrub ({Aralia
            spinosa}), called also {Hercules' club}.

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]:
   Arles \Arles\, n. pl. [Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. {Earles
      penny}.]
      An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
      [Scot.]
  
      {Arles penny}, earnest money given to servants. --Kersey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arles \Arles\, n. pl. [Cf. F. arrhes, Scot. airles. Cf. {Earles
      penny}.]
      An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.
      [Scot.]
  
      {Arles penny}, earnest money given to servants. --Kersey.
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