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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

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..

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

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

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..

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

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

Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.

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