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

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

Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible 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 process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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 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..

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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