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Ballooning Spider :: Ballooning spider () A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

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

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

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

Balloon Fish :: Balloon fish () A fish of the genus Diodon or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. See Globefish, and Bur fish..

Balloonry :: Balloonry (n.) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloonist; an aeronaut.

Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

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

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

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

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..

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

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

Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

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..

Balloon :: Balloon (v. i.) To expand, or puff out, like a balloon..

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

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