montgolfier
Webster Dictionary
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
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ripcord
(ripcord)
Princeton's WordNet
a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend
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rip cord
(ɪˈpɛər i ən, raɪ-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a cord fastened in the bag of a passenger balloon or dirigible that, when pulled, will rip or open the bag and let the gas escape, causing the balloon to descend rapidly.
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envelope
(envelope, gasbag)
Princeton's WordNet
the bag containing the gas in a balloon
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gasbag
(envelope, gasbag)
Princeton's WordNet
the bag containing the gas in a balloon
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balloon
(balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
ride in a hot-air balloon
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ballooning
(ballooning)
Princeton's WordNet
flying in a balloon
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balloonist
(balloonist)
Princeton's WordNet
someone who flies a balloon
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balloon bomb
(balloon bomb, Fugo)
Princeton's WordNet
a bomb carried by a balloon
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trial balloon
(trial balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
a balloon sent up to test air currents
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fugo
(balloon bomb, Fugo)
Princeton's WordNet
a bomb carried by a balloon
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aerostat
Webster Dictionary
a balloon
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balloon
Webster Dictionary
to take up in, or as if in, a balloon
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pilot balloon
(pilot balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
meteorological balloon used to observe air currents
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ballooner
Webster Dictionary
one who goes up in a balloon; an aeronaut
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balloon
Webster Dictionary
to go up or voyage in a balloon
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ballooned
Webster Dictionary
swelled out like a balloon
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kite balloon
(kite balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
a barrage balloon with lobes at one end that keep it headed into the wind
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balloon
Webster Dictionary
to expand, or puff out, like a balloon
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lighter-than-air
(lighter-than-air)
Princeton's WordNet
relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces
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blimp
(blimp, sausage balloon, sausage)
Princeton's WordNet
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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sausage balloon
(blimp, sausage balloon, sausage)
Princeton's WordNet
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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sausage
(blimp, sausage balloon, sausage)
Princeton's WordNet
a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
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hot-air balloon
(hot-air balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
balloon for travel through the air in a basket suspended below a large bag of heated air
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nacelle
(əˈsɛl)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the car of a balloon.
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balloonry
Webster Dictionary
the art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics
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meteorological balloon
(meteorological balloon)
Princeton's WordNet
a small unmanned balloon set aloft to observe atmospheric conditions
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balloonist
(əˈlu nɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
one who ascends in a balloon.
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balloon
(əˈlun)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
puffed out like a balloon:
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balloon
(əˈlun)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to puff out like a balloon.
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