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Aeolipyle
n.
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An apparatus consisting chiefly of a closed vessel (as a globe or cylinder) with one or more projecting bent tubes, through which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve.
Aeolotropic
a.
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Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic.
Aeolotropy
n.
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Difference of quality or property in different directions.
Aeolus
n.
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The god of the winds.
Aeon
n.
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A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.
Aeonian
a.
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Eternal; everlasting.
Aepyornis
n.
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A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.
Aerated
imp. & p. p.
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Aerating
p. pr. & vb. n.
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Aerate
v. t.
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To supply or impregnate with common air; as, to aerate soil; to aerate water.
Aerate
v. t.
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To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize.
Aeration
n.
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Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aeration of soil, of spawn, etc.
Aeration
n.
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A change produced in the blood by exposure to the air in respiration; oxygenation of the blood in respiration; arterialization.
Aeration
n.
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The act or preparation of charging with carbonic acid gas or with oxygen.
Aerator
n.
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That which supplies with air; esp. an apparatus used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
Aerial
a.
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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
a.
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Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal.
Aerial
a.
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Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aerial spires.
Aerial
a.
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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
a.
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Light as air; ethereal.
Aeriality
n.
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The state of being aerial; unsubstantiality.
Aerie
n.
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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
a.
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Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aeriferous tube.
Aerification
n.
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The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.
Aerification
n.
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The act of becoming aerified, or of changing from a solid or liquid form into an aeriform state; the state of being aeriform.
Aeriform
a.
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Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.
Aerify
v. t.
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To infuse air into; to combine air with.
Aerify
v. t.
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To change into an aeriform state.
Aerobies
n. pl.
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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
a.
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Related to, or of the nature of, aerobies; as, aerobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.