aer·i·al 
(ârē-əl, ā-îrē-əl)
(ârē-əl, ā-îrē-əl)adj.
1. Of, in, or caused by the air.
2. Existing or living in the air.
3. Reaching high into the air; lofty.
4. Suggestive of air, as in lightness; airy.
5. Unsubstantial; imaginary.
6. Of, for, or by means of aircraft: aerial photography.
7. Botany Growing or borne above the ground or water: aerial roots.
n. (ârē-əl)
1. A radio antenna, especially one suspended in or extending into the air.
2. Sports
a. An acrobatic maneuver performed in midair, as in skateboarding.
b. A flip in which the body turns over sideways with the arms and legs spread similar to a cartwheel.
[From Latin āerius, from Greek āerios, from āēr, air; see wer-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- downstairs
- downstate
- downstater
- downstream
- downswing
- Down syndrome
- down the drain
- down the hatch
- down the line
- down the road
- down the tube
- down the tubes
- down the tubes/tube
- down the wind
- downtick
- downtime
- down-to-earth
- down to the wire
- downtown
- downtrend
- downtrodden
- downturn
- down under
- downward
- downwardly