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Word Meanings - BALLOONER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut.

Related words: (words related to BALLOONER)

  • 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.

 

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