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Lightness :: Lightness (n.) The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace..

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..

Buoyed :: Buoyed (imp. & p. p.) of Buo.

Buoyancies :: Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyanc.

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light.

Buoyage :: Buoyage (n.) Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced..

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free..

Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits..

Upbuoyance :: Upbuoyance (n.) The act of buoying up; uplifting.

Levitate :: Levitate (v. t.) To make buoyant; to cause to float in the air; as, to levitate a table..

Waft :: Waft (v. t.) To cause to float; to keep from sinking; to buoy.

Levity :: Levity (n.) The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Waft :: Waft (v. i.) To be moved, or to pass, on a buoyant medium; to float..

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water..

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..

Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..

Lifeboat :: Lifeboat (n.) A strong, buoyant boat especially designed for saving the lives of shipwrecked people..

Float :: Float (v. i.) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver.

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