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   airlift
         n 1: transportation of people or goods by air (especially when
               other means of access are unavailable) [syn: {airlift},
               {lift}]
         v 1: fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by
               other means; "Food is airlifted into Bosnia" [syn:
               {airlift}, {lift}]

English Dictionary: airlift by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arolla pine
n
  1. large five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate
    Synonym(s): Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine, cembra nut tree, Pinus cembra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrow leaved aster
n
  1. a variety of aster
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arrowleaf groundsel
n
  1. perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads; moist places in mountains of western North America
    Synonym(s): arrowleaf groundsel, Senecio triangularis
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]:
   Level \Lev"el\ (l[ecr]v"[ecr]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF.
      livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb
      level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance,
      water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.]
      1. A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or
            plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is
            everywhere parallel to the surface of still water; -- this
            is the true level, and is a curve or surface in which all
            points are equally distant from the center of the earth,
            or rather would be so if the earth were an exact sphere.
  
      2. A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a
            plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point
            and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; -- this
            is the apparent level at the given point.
  
      3. An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain
            degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the
            earth; as, to climb from the level of the coast to the
            level of the plateau and then descend to the level of the
            valley or of the sea.
  
                     After draining of the level in Northamptonshire.
                                                                              --Sir M. Hale.
  
                     Shot from the deadly level of a gun.   --Shak.
  
      4. Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard,
            degree, quality, character, etc., conceived of as in one
            of several planes of different elevation.
  
                     Providence, for the most part, sets us on a level.
                                                                              --Addison.
  
                     Somebody there of his own level.         --Swift.
  
                     Be the fair level of thy actions laid As temperance
                     wills and prudence may persuade.         --Prior.
  
      5. A uniform or average height; a normal plane or altitude; a
            condition conformable to natural law or which will secure
            a level surface; as, moving fluids seek a level.
  
                     When merit shall find its level.         --F. W.
                                                                              Robertson.
  
      6. (Mech. & Surv.)
            (a) An instrument by which to find a horizontal line, or
                  adjust something with reference to a horizontal line.
            (b) A measurement of the difference of altitude of two
                  points, by means of a level; as, to take a level.
  
      7. A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine.
  
      {Air level}, {a spirit level}. See {Spirit level} (below).
  
      {Box level}, a spirit level in which a glass-covered box is
            used instead of a tube.
  
      {Carpenter's level}, {Mason's level}, either the plumb level
            or a straight bar of wood, in which is imbedded a small
            spirit level.
  
      {Level of the sea}, the imaginary level from which heights
            and depths are calculated, taken at a mean distance
            between high and low water.
  
      {Line of levels}, a connected series of measurements, by
            means of a level, along a given line, as of a railroad, to
            ascertain the profile of the ground.
  
      {Plumb level}, one in which a horizontal bar is placed in
            true position by means of a plumb line, to which it is at
            right angles.
  
      {Spirit level}, one in which the adjustment to the horizon is
            shown by the position of a bubble in alcohol or ether
            contained in a nearly horizontal glass tube, or a circular
            box with a glass cover.
  
      {Surveyor's level}, a telescope, with a spirit level
            attached, and with suitable screws, etc., for accurate
            adjustment, the whole mounted on a tripod, for use in
            leveling; -- called also {leveling instrument}.
  
      {Water level}, an instrument to show the level by means of
            the surface of water in a trough, or in upright tubes
            connected by a pipe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Air level \Air" lev`el\
      Spirit level. See {Level}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aurilave \Au`ri*lave\, n. [L. auris ear + lavare to wash.]
      An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small
      piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
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