Atmosphere

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The gaseous mass or envelope surrounding a celestial body, especially the one surrounding the earth, and retained by the celestial body's gravitational field.
  • n. The air or climate in a specific place.
  • n. Physics A unit of pressure equal to the air pressure at sea level. It equals the amount of pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 millimeters high at 0 degrees Celsius under standard gravity, or 14.7 pounds per square inch (1.01325 × 105 pascals). See Table at measurement.
  • n. A dominant intellectual or emotional environment or attitude: an atmosphere of distrust among the electorate.
  • n. The dominant tone or mood of a work of art.
  • n. An aesthetic quality or effect, especially a distinctive and pleasing one, associated with a particular place: a restaurant with an Old World atmosphere.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • n. The air in a particular place.
  • n. The mood or feeling in a situation.
  • n. A unit of measurement for pressure (symbol: atm)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body.
  • n. Any gaseous envelope or medium.
  • n. A supposed medium around various bodies.
  • n. The pressure or weight of the air at the sea level, on a unit of surface, or about 14.7 lbs. to the sq. inch.
  • n. Any surrounding or pervading influence or condition.
  • n. The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The aëriform fluid which surrounds the earth, and extends to an undetermined height above its surface; the air.
  • n. A conventional unit of atmospheric pressure.
  • n. The gaseous envelop surrounding any of the heavenly bodies.
  • n. Any gaseous medium: as, “an atmosphere of cold oxygen,” Miller.
  • n. An assumed outer envelop of force, effluvia, etc., surrounding a body: as, an electrical atmosphere.
  • n. Figuratively, intellectual or moral environment; pervading influence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the mass of air surrounding the Earth
  • n. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
  • n. a particular environment or surrounding influence
  • n. the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  • n. the weather or climate at some place
  • n. a unit of pressure: the pressure that will support a column of mercury 760 mm high at sea level and 0 degrees centigrade
  • Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aim    feeling    mood    ambiance    air   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    air    feel    aspect    cloud    environment    beauty    mood    warmth    climate    darkness