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

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.

Ballooner :: Ballooner (n.) One who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut.

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..

Venture :: Venture (v. t.) To expose to hazard; to risk; to hazard; as, to venture one's person in a balloon..

Aeronaut :: Aeronaut (n.) An aerial navigator; a balloonist.

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

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

Aerostat :: Aerostat (n.) 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..

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

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

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

Ballooned :: Ballooned (a.) Swelled out like a balloon.

Ballooning :: Ballooning (n.) The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.

Dirigible :: Dirigible (a.) Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon..

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

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

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

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