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8 words match “BUOYANCY”

BUOYANCY n. 3 definitions
Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of Ant: heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
ANCONY n.
A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy.
BUOYANCE n.
Buoyancy. [R.]
FIRE n.
vapor or gas, as carbonic acid. -- Fire balloon. (a) A balloon raised in the air by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire placed in the lower part. (b) A balloon sent up at night with fireworks which ignite at a regulated height. Simmonds. -- Fire bar, a grate bar. -- Fire basket, a portable grate; a cresset. Knight…
LEVITATION n.
Lightness; buoyancy; act of making light. Paley.
LEVITY n.
ghtness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; -- opposed to gravity. He gave the form of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity. Sir. W. Raleigh. This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, w…
LIGHTNESS n.
The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; delicacy; grace.
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.