Definition of floating

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Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..

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Duckweed :: Duckweed (n.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals..
Lepas :: Lepas (n.) Any one of various species of Lepas, a genus of pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber, bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also goose barnacle. See Barnacle..
Iceberg :: Iceberg (n.) A large mass of ice, generally floating in the ocean..
Drift :: Drift (v. t.) To drive or carry, as currents do a floating body..
Flushing :: Flushing (n.) A surface formed of floating threads.
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..
Floating :: Floating (a.) Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air..
Pad :: Pad (n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..
Draw :: Draw (v. t.) To require (so great a depth, as of water) for floating; -- said of a vessel; to sink so deep in (water); as, a ship draws ten feet of water..
Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) An eddy or vortex of water; a place in a body of water where the water moves round in a circle so as to produce a depression or cavity in the center, into which floating objects may be drawn; any body of water having a more or less circular motion caused by its flowing in an irregular channel, by the coming together of opposing currents, or the like..
Dahabeah :: Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails..
Natation :: Natation (n.) The act of floating on the water; swimming.
Gallinule :: Gallinule (n.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule
#NAME? :: -tre (n.) The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium..
Caisson :: Caisson (n.) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins..
Water Lily :: Water lily () A blossom or plant of any species of the genus Nymphaea, distinguished for its large floating leaves and beautiful flowers. See Nymphaea..
Sludge :: Sludge (n.) Small floating pieces of ice, or masses of saturated snow..
Water Shield :: Water shield () An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly..
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