Balloon: alternatives and connections

Growing, forming, or existing in the air, as opposed to growing or existing in earth or water, or underground; as, aerial rootlets, ae…

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

Aerial navigation; the art of raising and guiding balloons in the air.

Having the light and aerial tints true to nature.

The portion of air in any locality, or affected by a special physical or sanitary condition; as, the atmosphere of the room; a moist o…

Of or pertaining to the atmosphere; of the nature of, or resembling, the atmosphere; as, atmospheric air; the atmospheric envelope of…

Something attached; some adjunct attached to an instrument, machine, or other object; as, a sewing machine attachment (i. e., a device…

A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

To float; to rise like a buoy.

Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.

An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. P…

A very intense light, produced by turning two streams of gas, one oxygen and the other hydrogen, or coal gas, in a state of ignition,…

Formed of pure fire or light; refined beyond aerial substance; pertaining to the highest and purest region of heaven.

A device for producing a striking display of light, or a figure or figures in plain or colored fire, by the combustion of materials th…

A float board. See Float board (below).

That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…

A thin, washable material of silk, or silk and cotton, originally imported from India, but now also made elsewhere.