air | (noun) travel via aircraft | Synonyms: air travel, aviation |
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(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing | Synonyms: atmosphere, aura |
(noun) a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence | Synonyms: line, melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, tune |
(noun) medium for radio and television broadcasting | Synonyms: airwave |
(noun) the region above the ground | - |
(noun) the mass of air surrounding the Earth | Synonyms: atmosphere |
(noun) a slight wind (usually refreshing) | Synonyms: breeze, gentle wind, zephyr |
(noun) a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of | - |
(noun) once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour blood | - |
(verb) expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen | Synonyms: air out, vent, ventilate |
(verb) expose to warm or heated air, so as to dry | - |
(verb) make public | Synonyms: bare, publicise, publicize |
(verb) broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television | Synonyms: beam, broadcast, send, transmit |
(verb) be broadcast | - |
(verb) expose to fresh air | Synonyms: aerate, air out |
airborne | (adjective) moved or conveyed by or through air | - |
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airbrake | (noun) a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles | - |
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(noun) a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft | Synonyms: dive brake |
airbrush | (noun) an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air | - |
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(verb) paint with an airbrush | - |
airburst | (noun) an explosion in the atmosphere | - |
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airbus | (noun) a subsonic jet airliner operated over short distances | - |
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aircraft | (noun) a vehicle that can fly | - |
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aircraftman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftsman |
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aircraftsman | (noun) a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force | Synonyms: aircraftman |
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aircrew | (noun) the crew of an aircraft | Synonyms: air crew |
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aircrewman | (noun) a member of an aircrew | - |
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airdock | (noun) a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be stored and maintained | Synonyms: hangar, repair shed |
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airdrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airport, drome |
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airdrop | (noun) delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft | - |
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aired | (adjective) open to or abounding in fresh air | Synonyms: airy |
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airfare | (noun) the fare charged for traveling by airplane | - |
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airfield | (noun) a place where planes take off and land | Synonyms: field, flying field, landing field |
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airflow | (noun) the flow of air | Synonyms: air flow, flow of air |
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airfoil | (noun) a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight | Synonyms: aerofoil, control surface, surface |
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airforce | (noun) the airborne branch of a country's armed forces | Synonyms: air force |
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airframe | (noun) the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) | - |
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airfreight | (verb) transport (cargo) by air | Synonyms: air-freight, air-ship |
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airgun | (noun) a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air | Synonyms: air gun, air rifle |
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airhead | (noun) a bridgehead seized by airborne troops | - |
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(noun) a flighty scatterbrained simpleton | - |
airheaded | (adjective) lacking seriousness; given to frivolity | Synonyms: dizzy, empty-headed, featherbrained, giddy, light-headed, lightheaded, silly |
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airily | (adverb) in a flippant manner | Synonyms: flippantly |
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airiness | (noun) the property of something weightless and insubstantial | Synonyms: buoyancy |
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(noun) the property of something spacious and abounding in fresh air | - |
(noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: delicacy |
airing | (noun) the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air | Synonyms: ventilation |
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(noun) a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air | - |
(noun) the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate | Synonyms: dissemination, public exposure, spreading |
airless | (adjective) lacking fresh air | Synonyms: close, stuffy, unaired |
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airlift | (noun) transportation of people or goods by air (especially when other means of access are unavailable) | Synonyms: lift |
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(verb) fly people or goods to or from places not accessible by other means | Synonyms: lift |
airlike | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: aeriform |
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airline | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline business, airway |
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(noun) a hose that carries air under pressure | Synonyms: air hose |
airliner | (noun) a commercial airplane that carries passengers | - |
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airlock | (noun) a chamber that provides access to space where air is under pressure | Synonyms: air lock |
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airmail | (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft | Synonyms: airpost |
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(noun) letters and packages that are transported by aircraft | - |
(verb) send or transport by airmail | - |
airmailer | (noun) a mailer for airmail | - |
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airman | (noun) a male who operates an aircraft | - |
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airmanship | (noun) the art of operating aircraft | Synonyms: aviation |
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airplane | (noun) an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets | Synonyms: aeroplane, plane |
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airport | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airdrome, drome |
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airpost | (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft | Synonyms: airmail |
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airs | (noun) affected manners intended to impress others | Synonyms: pose |
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airscrew | (noun) a propeller that rotates to push against air | Synonyms: airplane propeller, prop |
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airship | (noun) a steerable self-propelled aircraft | Synonyms: dirigible |
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airsick | (adjective) experiencing motion sickness | Synonyms: air sick, carsick, seasick |
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airsickness | (noun) motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence) | Synonyms: air sickness |
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airspace | (noun) the atmosphere above a nation that is deemed to be under its jurisdiction | - |
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(noun) the space in the atmosphere immediately above the earth | Synonyms: air space |
airspeed | (noun) the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying | - |
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airstream | (noun) a relatively well-defined prevailing wind | - |
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(noun) the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller | Synonyms: backwash, race, slipstream, wash |
airstrip | (noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities | Synonyms: flight strip, landing strip, strip |
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airt | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: redirect |
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airtight | (adjective) having no weak points | Synonyms: air-tight |
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(adjective) not allowing air or gas to pass in or out | Synonyms: air-tight, gas-tight |
airwave | (noun) medium for radio and television broadcasting | Synonyms: air |
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airway | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline, airline business |
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(noun) a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) | Synonyms: air duct, air passage |
(noun) the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | Synonyms: respiratory tract |
(noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, flight path, skyway |
airwoman | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: aviatress, aviatrix |
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airworthiness | (noun) fitness to fly | - |
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airworthy | (adjective) (of aircraft) fit to fly | - |
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airy | (adjective) characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air | Synonyms: aerial, aeriform, aery, ethereal |
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(adjective) having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air | - |
(adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative | Synonyms: impractical, Laputan, visionary, windy |
(adjective) open to or abounding in fresh air | Synonyms: aired |