Aerate :: Aerate (v. t.) To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air..

Aerate :: Aerate (v. t.) To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water..

Aerate :: Aerate (v. t.) To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.

Aerated :: Aerated (imp. & p. p.) of Aerat.

Aerating :: Aerating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aerat.

Aeration :: Aeration (n.) Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc..

Aeration :: Aeration (n.) A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.

Aeration :: Aeration (n.) The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.

Aerator :: Aerator (n.) That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) 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, aerial regions or currents..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, aerial plants..

Aerial :: Aerial (a.) Light as air; ethereal.

Aeriality :: Aeriality (n.) The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.

Aerially :: Aerially (adv.) Like, or from, the air; in an aerial manner..

Aerie :: Aerie (n.) The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest..

Aeriferous :: Aeriferous (a.) Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube..

Aerification :: Aerification (n.) The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air..

Aerification :: Aerification (n.) The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform..

Aeriform :: Aeriform (a.) Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal..

Aerify :: Aerify (v. t.) To infuse air into; to combine air with.

Aerify :: Aerify (v. t.) To change into an aeriform state.

Aero- :: Aero- () The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

Aerobies :: Aerobies (n. pl.) Microorganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

Aerobiotic :: Aerobiotic (a.) Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen..

Aerocyst :: Aerocyst (n.) One of the air cells of algals.

Aerodynamic :: Aerodynamic (a.) Pertaining to the force of air in motion.

Aerodynamics :: Aerodynamics (n.) The science which treats of the air and other gaseous bodies under the action of force, and of their mechanical effects..

Aerognosy :: Aerognosy (n.) The science which treats of the properties of the air, and of the part it plays in nature..

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