Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
aiblins |
adverb |
Alt. of Ablins |
aidance |
noun |
Aid. |
aidless |
adjective |
Helpless; without aid. |
aigulet |
noun |
See Aglet. |
ailette |
noun |
A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, — being the prototype of the modern epaulet. |
ailment |
noun |
Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; — not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. |
aimless |
adjective |
Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. |
air bed |
|
A sack or matters inflated with air, and used as a bed. |
air gas |
|
See under Gas. |
air gun |
|
A kind of gun in which the elastic force of condensed air is used to discharge the ball. The air is powerfully compressed into a reservoir attached to the gun, by a condensing pump, and is controlled by a valve actuated by the trigger. |
airless |
adjective |
Not open to a free current of air; wanting fresh air, or communication with the open air. |
airlike |
adjective |
Resembling air. |
airling |
noun |
A thoughtless, gay person. |
air sac |
|
One of the spaces in different parts of the bodies of birds, which are filled with air and connected with the air passages of the lungs; an air cell. |
airward |
adverb |
Alt. of Airwards |
aisless |
adjective |
Without an aisle. |