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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..

Life-preserver :: Life-preserver (n.) An apparatus, made in very various forms, and of various materials, for saving one from drowning by buoying up the body while in the water..

Buoy :: Buoy (n.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc..

Buoyant :: Buoyant (v. t. & i.) Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury..

Buoyance :: Buoyance (n.) Buoyancy.

Buoying :: Buoying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buo.

Waftage :: Waftage (n.) Conveyance on a buoyant medium, as air or water..

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

Air Jacket :: Air jacket () A jacket having air-tight cells, or cavities which can be filled with air, to render persons buoyant in swimming..

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

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..

Float :: Float (n.) To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

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

Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a..

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

Floaty :: Floaty (a.) Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light.

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.

Levitation :: Levitation (n.) The act or process of making buoyant.

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

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