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The god of the winds.

A period of immeasurable duration; also, an emanation of the Deity. See Eon.

To expose to the chemical action of air; to oxygenate (the blood) by respiration; to arterialize. Aërated bread, bread raised by charging dough with carbonic acid gas, instead of generating the gas in the dough by fermentation.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

A club or association of persons interested in aëronautics.

A modification of the aëroplane, having curved surfaces, the advantages of which were first demonstrated by Lilienthal.

One of the air cells of algals.

The science of gliding and soaring flight.

Pertaining to the force of air in motion.