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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.

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..

Drift :: Drift (v. i.) To float or be driven along by, or as by, a current of water or air; as, the ship drifted astern; a raft drifted ashore; the balloon drifts slowly east..

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

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

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..

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 balloonist; an aeronaut.

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A game played with a large inflated ball.

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.) 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..

Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..

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