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A gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar.

To combine or charge with gas; usually with carbonic acid gas, formerly called fixed air. His sparkling sallies bubbled up as from aërated natural fountains. Carlyle.

Exposure to the free action of the air; airing; as, aëration of soil, of spawn, etc.

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

A secondary respiratory tissue or modified periderm, found in many aquatic plants and distinguished by the large intercellular spaces.

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, aërial regions or currents. "Aërial spirits." Milton. "Aërial voyages." Darwin.

An elevated cableway.

A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

The state of being aërial; [R.] De Quincey.

Like, or from, the air; in an aërial manner. "A murmur heard aërially." Tennyson.

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.

Conveying or containing air; air-bearing; as, the windpipe is an aëriferous tube.

The act of combining air with another substance, or the state of being filled with air.

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

To infuse air into; to combine air with.

The combining form of the Greek word meaning air.

Growing or thriving only in the presence of oxygen; also, pertaining to, or induced by, aërobies; as, aërobic fermentation. -- A`ër*o"bic*al*ly (#), adv.

Microörganisms which live in contact with the air and need oxygen for their growth; as the microbacteria which form on the surface of putrefactive fluids.

Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat.