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8-letter words starting with air

  • air ball — a shot that misses the basket, basket rim, and backboard
  • air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
  • air bell — Glassmaking. an air bubble formed in glass during blowing and often retained as a decorative element.
  • air cell — Anatomy, Zoology, Botany. a cavity or receptacle containing air.
  • air cock — a small tap or valve for controlling the entrance or escape of air from a pipe, chamber, etc.
  • 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

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