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Aerial

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, aerial regions or currents.

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Similar meaning 6

Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Insubstantial 84% connected

Unsubstantial; not real or strong.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unreal 84% connected

Not real; unsubstantial; fanciful; ideal.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Unsubstantial 84% connected

Lacking in matter or substance; visionary; chimerical.

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Flare 76% connected

To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Passing 76% connected

of Pass

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Derivationally related 4

Air 74% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Air 74% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Antennal 74% connected

Belonging to the antennae.

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Antennal 74% connected

Belonging to the antennae.

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Containing whole 3

Receiver 70% connected

One who takes or receives in any manner.

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Sender 70% connected

One who sends.

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Transmitter 70% connected

One who, or that which, transmits; specifically, that portion of a telegraphic or telephonic instrument by means of which a message is sent; -- oppos…

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Aeriform 92% connected

Having the form or nature of air, or of an elastic fluid; gaseous. Hence fig.: Unreal.

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Aery 92% connected

An aerie.

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Airy 92% connected

Consisting of air; as, an airy substance; the airy parts of bodies.

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Antenna 92% connected

A movable, articulated organ of sensation, attached to the heads of insects and Crustacea. There are two in the former, and usually four in the latte…

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Ethereal 92% connected

Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; e…

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