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Dahabeah :: Dahabeah (n.) A Nile boat constructed on the model of a floating house, having large lateen sails..

Stage :: Stage (n.) A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf..

Floating :: Floating (a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt..

Hover :: Hover (v. i.) To hang fluttering in the air, or on the wing; to remain in flight or floating about or over a place or object; to be suspended in the air above something..

Flotage :: Flotage (n.) The state of floating.

Dummy :: Dummy (n.) A floating barge connected with a pier.

Mote :: Mote (n.) A small particle, as of floating dust; anything proverbially small; a speck..

Sea Cocoa :: Sea cocoa () A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut..

Mist :: Mist (n.) Coarse, watery vapor, floating or falling in visible particles, approaching the form of rain; as, Scotch mist..

Driftwood :: Driftwood (n.) Fig.: Whatever is drifting or floating as on water.

Cymophanous :: Cymophanous (a.) Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant..

Navigerous :: Navigerous (a.) Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels.

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..

Moted :: Moted (a.) Filled with motes, or fine floating dust; as, the air..

Downstream :: Downstream (adv.) Down the stream; as, floating downstream..

Gossamer :: Gossamer (n.) A fine, filmy substance, like cobwebs, floating in the air, in calm, clear weather, especially in autumn. It is seen in stubble fields and on furze or low bushes, and is formed by small spiders..

Afloat :: Afloat (adv. & a.) Borne on the water; floating; on board ship.

Jacana :: "Jacana (n.) Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They are able to run about over floating water weeds by means of their very long, spreading toes. Called also surgeon bird..

Bead Proof :: Bead proof () Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters..

Car :: Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.

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