(adj) existing or living or growing or operating in the air, Example:aerial roots of a philodendron; aerial particles; small aerial creatures such as butterflies; aerial warfare; aerial photography; aerial cable cars

aerialist

(n) an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)

aerial ladder

(n) mechanically extendible ladder; used on a fire truck

aerially

(adv) by means of aircraft, Example:the survey was carried out aerially

aerial torpedo

(n) a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane

aerides

(n) any orchid of the genus Aerides

aerie

(n) the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle), Syn. eyrie, eyry, aery

aerie

(n) any habitation at a high altitude, Syn. eyrie, eyry, aery

aeriferous

(adj) conveying air; as the bronchial tubes

aeriform

(adj) resembling air or having the form of air, Syn. airlike

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Aerial

a. [ L. aërius. See Air. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the air, or atmosphere; inhabiting or frequenting the air; produced by or found in the air; performed in the air; as, aërial regions or currents; the aërial maneuvers of a fighter plane. “Aërial spirits.” Milton. “Aërial voyages.” Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of air; resembling, or partaking of the nature of air. Hence: Unsubstantial; unreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Rising aloft in air; high; lofty; as, aërial spires. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Growing, forming, living, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aërial rootlets, aërial plants; the aerial roots of a philodendron. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Light as air; ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. operating or operated overhead especially on elevated cables. aerial conveyers for transporting raw materials [ WordNet 1.5 ]

7. operating or moving in the air. an aerial cable car; aerial combat [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Aerial acid, carbonic acid. [ Obs. ] Ure. --
Aerial perspective. See Perspective. [ 1913 Webster ]

aerial

n. 1. (Football) a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer.
Syn. -- forward pass [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a metallic wire, rod, or combination of rods connected to an electronic device, designed to send or receive radio or television signals.
Syn. -- antenna [ WordNet 1.5 ]

aerialist

n. 1. an athlete who performs acts high above the ground on a trapeze or high wire, requiring skill and agility and coordination.
Syn. -- trapeze artist [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a burglar who gains entrance to buildings from the rooftop, sometimes leaping from building to building in the process. A type of second-story man. [ Slang ] [ PJC ]

Aerial railway

. (a) A stretched wire or rope elevated above the ground and forming a way along which a trolley may travel, for conveying a load suspended from the trolley. (b) An elevated cableway. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Aerial sickness

. A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness. The nauseous symptoms similar to seasickness experienced by passengers in pressurized aircraft is called air sickness. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

aerides

n. 1. any orchid of the genus Aerides. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Aerie

n. [ OE. aire, eire, air, nest, also origin, descent, OF. aire, LL. area, aera, nest of a bird of prey, perh. fr. L. area an open space (for birds of prey like to build their nests on flat and open spaces on the top of high rocks). Cf. Area. ] The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary EDICT JP-EN Dictionary

帰り(P);還り

[かえり, kaeri] (n) return; coming back; (P) #9552

お帰り(P);御帰り

[おかえり, okaeri] (n) (1) (hon) return; (int) (2) (abbr) (See お帰りなさい) welcome home; (P)

こむら返り;腓返り

[こむらがえり, komuragaeri] (n) cramp in the leg

カエリ;かえり

[kaeri ; kaeri] (n) burr (of a machined edge)

往き返り

[ゆきかえり, yukikaeri] (n) round trip

勤め帰り