*avia*

a. Of or instrument to birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Aviaries [ L. aviarium, fr. aviarius pertaining to birds, fr. avis bird, akin to Gr, &unr_;, Skr. vi. ] A house, inclosure, large cage, or other place, for keeping birds confined; a bird house. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lincolnshire may be termed the aviary of England. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Aviated p. pr. & vb. n. Aviating. ] To fly, or navigate the air, in an aëroplane or heavier-than-air flying machine. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. 1. fly an airplane.
Syn. -- fly, pilot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The art or science of flying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An experimenter in aviation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flying machine. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The driver or pilot of an aircraft, especially of an airplane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , n. A woman aviator (in senses 1 or 3). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to Batavia or Holland; as, a Batavian legion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland. [ R. ] Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Baboon. ] A baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to Belgravia (a fashionable quarter of London, around Pimlico), or to fashionable life; aristocratic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Havīār. ] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. “'T was caviare to the general, ” i. e., above the taste of the common people. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. gavia a sea mew. ] (Zool.) The division of birds which includes the gulls and terns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. gha&rsdot_;iyāl: cf. F. gavial. ] (Zool.) A large Asiatic crocodilian (Gavialis Gangeticus); -- called also nako, and Gangetic crocodile. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The gavial has a long, slender muzzle, teeth of nearly uniform size, and feet completely webbed. It inhabits the Ganges and other rivers of India. The name is also applied to several allied fossil species. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia. [ Also spelled Yugoslavian. ]
Syn. -- Yugoslav, Jugoslav, Yugoslavian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. landgraviat. ] 1. The territory held by a landgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office, jurisdiction, or authority of a landgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. margraviat. ] The territory or jurisdiction of a margrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Moravia, or to the United Brethren. See Moravian, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious system of the Moravians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pavan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Scandinavia, that is, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scandinavia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub- + L. clavis a key. See Clavicle. ] (Anat.) Situated under the clavicle, or collar bone; as, the subclavian arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of or pertaining to Yugoslavia; as, Yugoslavian wine.
Syn. -- Yugoslavian, Jugoslav, Jugoslavian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]