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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..

Balloonist :: Balloonist (n.) An aeronaut.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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..

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

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