Word Meanings - AEROSTAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A balloon. 2. A balloonist; an aëronaut.

BALLOONED
Swelled out like a balloon.
BALLOONING SPIDER
A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.
BALLOON
A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. (more info) 1. 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
BALLOONING
The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. (more info) 1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them.
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.
BALLOONER
One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.
BALLOONIST
An aëronaut.
BALLOONRY
The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aëronautics.
AERONAUTIC; AERONAUTICAL
Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing.
PASSIVE BALLOON; PASSIVE AEROPLANE
One unprovided with motive power.
SOUNDING BALLOON
An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or aëronautic purposes.
PILOT BALLOON
A small, unmanned balloon sent up to indicate the direction of air currents.
AERONAUTICS
The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning.
AERONAUT
An aërial navigator; a balloonist.