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Gr. æ was generally replaced by a, the long e or ee. In derivatives from Latin words with ae, it is mostly superseded by e. For most words found with this initial combination, the reader will therefore search under the letter E.

A form of fruit in the cycle of development of the Rusts or Brands, an order of fungi, formerly considered independent plants.

A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.

The office of an ædile. T. Arnold.

Of or pertaining to the sea, or arm of the Mediterranean sea, east of Greece. See Archipelago.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

An ulcer or fistula in the inner corner of the eye.

A shield or protective armor; -- applied in mythology to the shield of Jupiter which he gave to Minerva. Also fig.: A shield; a protection.

Same as Egophony.

A medical certificate that a student is ill.

The great epic poem of Virgil, of which the hero is Æneas.

Colored like bronze.

Of or pertaining to Æolia or Æolis, in Asia Minor, colonized by the Greeks, or to its inhabitants; æolic; as, the Æolian dialect.

Æolian, 1; as, the Æolic dialect; the Æolic mode.

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. [Written also eolipile.]

Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson.

Difference of quality or property in different directions.

The god of the winds.

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

Eternal; everlasting. "Æonian hills." Tennyson.