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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

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..

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

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

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 expand, or puff out, like a balloon..

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

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

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

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

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

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

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) A balloon.

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.

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

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

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..

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

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

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