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Definitions: Aeriform |
AeriformAdjective1. Resembling air or having the form of air. 2. Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than ethereal forms". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aeriform" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Synonyms: AeriformSynonyms: aerial (adj), aery (adj), airlike (adj), airy (adj), ethereal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Air | Atmospheric, airy; aerial, aeriform; meteorological; weatherwise. |
Gaseity | Adjective: gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aeriform |
| English words defined with "aeriform": aerial, Aerification, aery, airy ♦ Ebullition, ethereal ♦ Fluinity. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aeriform" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (aeriform). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aeriform | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aeriform"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që ka formë gazi, joreal (aerial, imaginary, insubstantial, notional, off balance, unreal, unsubstantial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هوائي (aerial, airy, antenna, overhead, pneumatic), غازي (gaseous, gasiform, gassy, pneumatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | газообразен (fluid, gaseous, gasiform, gassy), въздухообразен, въздушен (aeolian, aerial, air, airy, ethereal, overhead, sky-borne, skyey, telpher), нереален (aerial, chimerical, fanciful, ideal, insubstantial, metaphysical, unreal, unsubstantial, vaporous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aériforme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αερώδησ (gassy), αεριόμορφοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légnemû, gázszerû. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aeriforme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aeriformay aeriforme. (various references) aeriform, aerian (aerial, aery, airy, breezy, ethereal, featherlike, gaseous, gauzy, hazy, skyey, thin, unsubstantial), ireal (aerial, cardboard, fabled, fabulous, fanciful, imaginary, phantasmal, unreal, vaporous), imaterial (aery, ghostly, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, spiritual, unsubstantial), gazos (carbonated, gaseous, gasiform). (various references) воздушный (aerial, air, airy, ethereal, etherial, open-wire, overhead), нереальный (aerial, illusory, insubstantial, unreal, unrealistic). (various references) vazdušast (airy, imaginary, light, puffy, unreal), nestvaran (chimerical, fanciful, unreal). (various references) inmaterial (immaterial), gaseoso (fizzy, gaseous, gassy). (various references) газоподібний (fluid, gaseous, gasiform, gassy), нереальний (aerial, airy, delusive, delusory, imaginary, unreal, unsubstantial, vaporous), ефемерний (aerial, ephemeral, transitory), подвітряний. (various references) dạng hơi không thực. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "aeriform" (pronounced 'A"["e]r*i*form'): Acetabuliform, Aciculiform, Aciform, Acinaciform, Acinetiform, Aciniform, Actiniform, Aculeiform, Adeniform, Adipoceriform, Aliform, Aluminiform, Alveoliform, Ambulacriform, Amentiform, Amianthiform, Ampulliform, Anguiform, Anguilliform, Antenniform, Antheriform, Aquiform, Araneiform, Arboriform, Arciform, Asbestiform, Ascidiform, Aspergilliform, Auriform, Bacciform, Bacilliform, Basaltiform, Biform, Boniform, Botuliform, Boviform, Bromoform, Bursiform, Calceiform, Calciform, Calyciform, Calyptriform, Campaniform, Campaniliform, Cancriform, Capilliform, Capriform, Cauliform, Cerebriform, Cheliform, Choleriform, Cirriform, Claviform, Clypeiform, Cocleariform, Columelliform, Conchiform, Coniform, Coralliform, Cordoform, Corniform, Coroniform, Corticiform, Cotyliform, Crateriform, Cribriform, Cruciform, Cubiform, Cucumiform, Culiciform, Cultriform, Curviform, Cyathiform, Cylindriform, Cymbiform, Cypseliform, Deiform, Dendriform, Dentiform, Difform, Digitiform, Disciform, Disuniform, Diversiform, Dolabriform, Dolioform, Efform, Elytriform, Embryoniform, Enform, Ensiform, Epileptiform, Equiform, Equisetiform, Etheriform, Extractiform, Falciform, Fibriform, Filiciform, filiform, Fistuliform, Flabelliform, Flagelliform, Floriform, Fungiform, Fungilliform, Funiliform, Funnelform, fusiform, Galliform, Gasiform, Gelatiniform, Ginglyform, Glandiform, Graniform, Granitiform, Granuliform, Guttiform, Hamiform, Harengiform, Heliciform, Hippocrepiform, Homiform, Hydatiform, Hydriform, Hyperboliform, Hypocrateriform, Inconform, iodoform, Isopodiform, Juliform, Kaliform, Labyrinthiform, Lachrymiform, Lageniform, Lamelliform, Lanciform, Laniariform, Larviform, lentiform, Leptiform, Libriform, Licheniform, Ligniform, Lindiform, Linguiform, Lirelliform, Lituiform, Luciform, Lumbriciform, Luniform, Madreporiform, Mammiform, Mammilliform, Mandibuliform, Maniform, Maxilliform, Medusiform, Membraniform, Metalliform, Microform, Misform, Misreform, Mitriform, Monadiform, Moniliform, Montiform, Muciform, Multiform, Mummiform, Muriform, Muscariform, Myrtiform, Napiform, Nariform, Nasiform, Nautiform, Nitro-chloroform, Nitroform, Nuciform, Nucleiform, Oculiform, Omniform, Operculiform, Outform, Ovaliform, Overinform, Oviform, Paliform, Palpiform, Pampiniform, Papilliform, Pappiform, Paraboliform, Passeriform, Patelliform, Pectiniform, Pediform, Peltiform, Penicilliform, Penniform, Perciform, Petaliform, Piciform, Piliform, Pinniform, Pisciform, Placentiform, Planiform, Plexiform, Pliform, Plumiliform, Poculiform, Poriform, Preconform, Preform, Proboscidiform, Proteiform, Pumiciform, Punctiform, Puriform, Pyriform, Racemiform, Radiatiform, Radiciform, Raduliform, Ramiform, Remiform, reniform, Resiniform, Restiform, Retiform, Retransform, Rostelliform, Rostriform, Rotiform, Rubiform, Ruiniform, Sacciform, Saliniform, Sandaliform, Scalariform, Scalpriform, Scapiform, Scobiform, Scopiform, Scoriform, Scrotiform, Scutelliform, Scutiform, Scyphiform, Securiform, Semiform, Semipenniform, Septiform, Serpentiform, Setiform, Siliqyiform, Soliform, Spathiform, Spiciform, Spiculiform, Spiniform, Spongiform, Squamiform, Stalactitiform, Stalactoform, Stelliform, Stilliform, Stipitiform, Stratiform, Strobiliform, Strombuliform, Styliform, Subpyriform, Subuliform, Sulciform, Tauriform, Tentaculiform, Terebratuliform, Theiform, Torulaform, Trapeziform, Trichiuriform, Triform, Tubeform, Tubiform, Tubuliform, Umbraculiform, Uncoform, Unform, Unguiform, Ursiform, Vaporiform, Variciform, Variform, Vasiform, Vermiform, Verruciform, Villiform, Vitriform, Vulviform, Webform, Whereform, Ypsiliform, Zeolitiform. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-m-o-r-r" | |
-1 letter: armoire, firearm, foamier, forearm. | |
-2 letters: fairer, farmer, femora, firmer, foamer, former, framer, reform, remora, roamer. | |
-3 letters: afire, afore, aimer, airer, armer, armor, farer, feria, fermi, firer, foram, forme, frame, friar, frier, frore, moira, moire, morae, ormer, ramie, rearm, rifer, rimer. | |
-4 letters: aero, amie, amir, emir, fair, fame, fare, farm, faro, fear, fiar, fire, firm, foam, fora, fore, form, frae, froe, from, mair, mare, mire, mora, more, omer, orra, rami, rare, ream, rear, reif, rife, rime, roam, roar. | |
-5 letters: aim, air, ami, are, arf, arm, ear, emf, era, err, far, fem, fer, fie, fir, foe, for, fro, ire, mae, mar, mir, moa, mor, oaf, oar, ora, ore, ram, ref, rei, rem, ria, rif, rim, roe, rom. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-m-o-r-r" | |
+2 letters: antireform, forearming, formalizer. | |
+3 letters: foraminifer, formalizers, formicaries, formularies, formularize, imperforate, microflorae, reformation, reformative. | |
+4 letters: foraminifera, foraminifers, formularized, formularizer, formularizes, frontiersman, irreformable, neurofibroma, overfamiliar, performative, preformation, reformations, reformatting, terraforming. | |
+5 letters: ferromagnetic, foraminiferal, foraminiferan, formularizers, freemasonries, interferogram, microfilariae, neurofibromas, performatives, preformations, preformatting, reaffirmation, reformability, reformational, reformatories, reformulating, reformulation. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 65 72 69 66 6F 72 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- . .-. .. ..-. --- .-. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A e r i f o r m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0065 0072 0069 0066 006F 0072 006D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3571847572818479 |
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