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Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to move or go in a wavy manner, or by the impulse of waves, as of water or air; to bear along on a buoyant medium; as, a balloon was wafted over the channel..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.

Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..

Bur Fish :: Bur fish () A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To go up or voyage in a balloon.

Parachute :: Parachute (n.) A contrivance somewhat in the form of an umbrella, by means of which a descent may be made from a balloon, or any eminence..

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. t.) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London..

Aeronautics :: Aeronautics (n.) The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aerial navigation; ballooning..

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bomb or shell.

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas..

Aerostation :: Aerostation (n.) Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

Car :: Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc..

Ascensional :: Ascensional (a.) Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon..

Montgolfier :: Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon..

Hydrogen :: Hydrogen (n.) A gaseous element, colorless, tasteless, and odorless, the lightest known substance, being fourteen and a half times lighter than air (hence its use in filling balloons), and over eleven thousand times lighter than water. It is very abundant, being an ingredient of water and of many other substances, especially those of animal or vegetable origin. It may by produced in many ways, but is chiefly obtained by the action of acids (as sulphuric) on metals, as zinc, iron, etc. It is very

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

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