8-letter words containing a, i
- air date — the date of a broadcast or scheduled broadcast.
- air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
- air duct — a pipe or channel permitting air to travel through a system, building, or other structure, such as a mine
- air hole — a hole that allows the passage of air, esp for ventilation
- air horn — a horn activated by compressed air.
- air kiss — a kissing gesture, esp one directed towards a person's cheek, made without making physical contact
- air lane — a route for travel by air; airway
- air lock — an airtight compartment, with adjustable air pressure, between places that do not have the same air pressure, as between the working compartment of a caisson and the outside
- air mail — the system, especially a government postal system, of sending mail by airplane.
- air mass — a large body of air having characteristics of temperature, moisture, and pressure that are approximately uniform horizontally
- air mile — nautical mile
- air miss — a situation in which two aircraft pass very close to one another in the air; near miss
- air plot — Aeronautics. the calculation of the ground position of an aircraft by first determining its air position from its speed in the air and heading information, and then correcting for wind effects.
- air plug — a plug making an airtight seal to a vent.
- air pump — a device for pumping air in or out of something
- air rage — Air rage is aggressive or violent behaviour by airline passengers.
- air raid — An air raid is an attack by military aircraft in which bombs are dropped. This expression is usually used by the country or group that is suffering the attack.
- air shot — a shot that misses the ball completely but counts as a stroke
- air sign — one of a group of three signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
- air taxi — a small or medium-sized commercial airplane that carries passengers, and often mail, to places not regularly served by scheduled airlines
- air time — The airtime that something gets is the amount of time taken up with broadcasts about it.
- air vent — a small opening through which air can escape from an enclosed space
- air walk — a passageway connecting two structures well above the ground, usually made of transparent material.
- air well — an open shaft passing through the floors of a building for ventilation
- air wood — timber dried naturally by contact with the open air.
- air-cool — to cool (an engine) by a flow of air
- air-core — having a nonmagnetic core, as one of fiber or plastic, encircled by a coil (air-core coil) or containing one or more such coils: air-core transformer.
- air-line — straight; direct; traveling a direct route: Some railroads advertise air-line routes between stations.
- air-lock — to place in or confine to an air lock: to air-lock divers before they descend.
- air-ship — to send or ship via aircraft: to air-ship machine parts overseas.
- air-trap — a contrivance used for catching game or other animals, as a mechanical device that springs shut suddenly.
- airboard — an inflatable board resembling a bodyboard that is used in the sport of airboarding
- airboats — Plural form of airboat.
- airborne — If an aircraft is airborne, it is in the air and flying.
- airbound — supported by air
- airbrake — A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure).
- airbrick — a brick with holes in it, put into the wall of a building for ventilation
- airbrush — An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- airburst — the explosion of a bomb, shell, etc, in the air
- aircheck — a recording made from a radio or television broadcast, often used for demonstration or quality control purposes
- aircoach — a bus that transports passengers to and from an airport
- aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which can fly, for example an aeroplane or a helicopter.
- aircrews — Plural form of aircrew.
- airdates — Plural form of airdate.
- airdrawn — having its outline traced in air
- airdried — Simple past tense and past participle of airdry.
- airdries — a city in central Scotland, near Glasgow.
- airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- airedale — a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back