| AERATE | • aerate v. (Transitive) To supply with oxygen or air. Example: "Blood is aerated in the lungs.". • aerate v. (Transitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The drink was aerated… • aerate v. (Intransitive) To bubble or sparge with a gas, especially oxygen or air. Example: "The microbial growth… |
| AERIAL | • aerial adj. Living or taking place in the air. • aerial adj. (Now literary or historical) Made up of air or gas; gaseous. • aerial adj. Positioned high up; elevated. |
| AERIED | • aeried adj. Having aeries. • AERIED adj. having aeries, e.g. of a crag. |
| AERIER | • aerier adj. Comparative form of aery: more aery. • AERY adj. airy. |
| AERIES | • aeries n. Plural of aerie. • AERIE n. the nest of a bird of prey, also EYRIE, EYRY. |
| AERIFY | • aerify v. (Transitive) To mix with air. • aerify v. (Transitive) To vaporize. • AERIFY v. to infuse air into; to combine air with. |
| AERILY | • aerily adv. In an aerial manner. • aerily adv. Atmospherically (all senses). • AERY adv. airy. |
| AEROBE | • aerobe n. (Biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that… • AEROBE n. an organism that requires free oxygen, also AEROBIUM. |
| AERUGO | • aerugo n. Metallic rust, particularly of brass or copper; verdigris. • ærugo n. Archaic form of aerugo. • AERUGO n. (Latin) a green film that forms on copper, also ERUGO. |
| FAERIE | • faerie n. Archaic spelling of fairy. • faerie n. Realm of the fays, fairyland. • færie n. Obsolete spelling of faerie (fairy). |
| HAERES | • HAERES n. (Latin) an heir, also HERES. |
| LAERED | • LAER v. to make a defensive ring of ox-wagons, also LAAGER. |
| MAERLS | • maerls n. Plural of maerl. • MAERL n. calcified red seaweed; a mass of this. |
| QUAERE | • quaere v. (Archaic) To ask or query; used imperatively to introduce a question or signify doubt. • quaere n. (Archaic) A question or query. • quære v. Obsolete form of quaere. |
| SPAERS | • spaers n. Plural of spaer. • SPAER n. (Scots) one who foresees the future. |
| SPHAER | • SPHAER n. (obsolete) a sphere, also SPHAERE, SPHEAR, SPHEARE. |