Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
aid-major |
noun |
The adjutant of a regiment. |
aigremore |
noun |
Charcoal prepared for making powder. |
ailanthus |
noun |
Same as Ailantus. |
air brake |
|
A railway brake operated by condensed air. |
air-built |
adjective |
Erected in the air; having no solid foundation; chimerical; as, an air-built castle. |
air-drawn |
adjective |
Drawn in air; imaginary. |
air drill |
|
A drill driven by the elastic pressure of condensed air; a pneumatic drill. |
air level |
|
Spirit level. See Level. |
airometer |
noun |
A hollow cylinder to contain air. It is closed above and open below, and has its open end plunged into water. |
air plant |
|
A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte. |
air poise |
|
An instrument to measure the weight of air. |
air shaft |
|
A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel. |
air stove |
|
A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building. |
air-tight |
adjective |
So tight as to be impermeable to air; as, an air-tight cylinder., A stove the draft of which can be almost entirely shut off. |
aitchbone |
noun |
The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. |
aitiology |
noun |
See Aetiology. |