A plant growing entirely in the air, and receiving its nourishment from it; an air plant or epiphyte.

A light rigid plane used in a/rial navigation to oppose sudden upward or downward movement in the air, as in gliding machines; specif., such a plane slightly inclined and driven forward as a lifting device in some flying machines. Also called airfoil.

One who flies in an a/roplane.

An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air.

The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere.

Of the nature of, or like, copper; brassy.

A mass of meteoric iron.

of or pertaining to aerospace in either sense.

The atmosphere.

A balloon, especially a passive balloon; a balloon without motive power. Contrasted with aerodyne.

Of or pertaining to a/rostatics; pneumatic.

The science that treats of the equilibrium of elastic fluids, or that of bodies sustained in them. Hence it includes a/ronautics.

That part of a/ronautics that deals with passive balloons; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on a/robic and ana/robic bacteria.

Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.

A form of hydro-a/roplane; a flying boat.

a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear.

Of the nature or color of verdigris, or the rust of copper.

The rust of any metal, esp. of brass or copper; verdigris.

A/rial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.

Pertaining to /sculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal.

The god of medicine. Hence, a physician.

Same as Esculin.

In the old Norse mythology, the gods Odin, Thor, Loki, Balder, Frigg, and the others. Their home was called Asgard.

Of or pertaining to /sop, or in his manner.

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of an/sthesia.

Sensuous perception.

Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves.

One who makes much or overmuch of /sthetics.

Of or Pertaining to /sthetics; versed in /sthetics; as, /sthetic studies, emotions, ideas, persons, etc.

One versed in /sthetics.

The doctrine of /sthetics; /sthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art.

The science of sensation in relation to nervous action.

Of or belonging to the summer; as, /stival diseases.

To spend the summer.

The state of torpidity induced by the heat and dryness of summer, as in certain snails; -- opposed to hibernation.

See Estuary.

Glowing; agitated, as with heat.

Propagated in an unusual way; cryptogamous.

See Ether.

A compound of nitrogen and boro/, which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.

An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded.

Pertaining to /tiology; pertaining to the cause; assigning a cause.

The science, doctrine, or demonstration of causes; esp., the investigation of the causes of any disease; the science of the origin and development of things; etiology.

See Eaglestone.

At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off.

Afraid.

The southwest wind.

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse; courteousness in receiving others and in conversation; complaisant behavior.

Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable.

Affability.

In an affable manner; courteously.

Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; -- often in the plural. /At the head of affairs./ Junius.

To afflict with, or perish from, hunger.

Starvation.

To infatuate.

To frighten.

Affection; inclination; passion; feeling; disposition.

An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

Regarded with affection; beloved.

In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.

Affectation.

One who affects, assumes, pretends, or strives after.

The quality or state of being affectible.

That may be affected.

Moving the emotions; fitted to excite the emotions; pathetic; touching; as, an affecting address; an affecting sight.

In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions.

The act of affecting or acting upon; the state of being affected.

Of or pertaining to the affections; as, affectional impulses; an affectional nature.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.

Disposed; inclined.

With affection; lovingly; fondly; tenderly; kindly.

The quality of being affectionate; fondness; affection.

Disposed.

Tending to affect; affecting.

In an affective manner; impressively; emotionally.

Full of passion or emotion; earnest.

To confirm; to assure.

The act of affeering.

One who affeers.

Bearing or conducting inwards to a part or organ; -- opposed to efferent; as, afferent vessels; afferent nerves, which convey sensations from the external organs to the brain.

With feeling.

Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.

One who makes an affidavit.

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

A sworn statement in writing; a declaration in writing, signed and made upon oath before an authorized magistrate.

To polish.

Capable of being affiliated to or on, or connected with in origin.

To connect or associate one's self; -- followed by with; as, they affiliate with no party.

being joined in close association

Adoption; association or reception as a member in or of the same family or society.

Related by marriage; from the same source.

To refine.

Joined in affinity or by any tie.

Of the nature of affinity.

Closely connected, as by affinity.

To declare or assert positively.

Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

One who affirms or asserts.

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.

a policy of making active efforts to improve the employment or educational opportunities available to members of minority groups or women; -- achieved by employers or schools by using various techniques, but excluding the use of simple quotas or outright discrimination against white males.

In an affirmative manner; on the affirmative side of a question; in the affirmative; -- opposed to negatively.

Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.

One who affirms.

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

of or pertaining to an affix.

attached physically. Opposite of unaffixed.

of or pertaining to an affix.

Affixture.

The act of affixing, or the state of being affixed; attachment.

A blowing or breathing on; inspiration.

A breath or blast of wind.

Afflicted.

The state of being afflicted; affliction.

One who afflicts.