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-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..

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

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.

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..

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

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

Buoyancy :: Buoyancy (n.) Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits..

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

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

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

Ligan :: Ligan (n.) Goods sunk in the sea, with a buoy attached in order that they may be found again. See Jetsam and Flotsam..

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

Insubmergible :: Insubmergible (a.) Not capable of being submerged; buoyant.

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

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

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

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..

Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..

Buoy :: Buoy (v. t.) To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up..

Buoyancies :: Buoyancies (pl. ) of Buoyanc.

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