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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..

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

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 round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form..

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

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

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

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. i.) To expand, or puff out, like 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..

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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