bal·loon·ing

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• bal|loon|ing — «buh LOO nihng», noun. 1. the art of operating a balloon. 2. Medicine. the stretching of any cavity of the body by filling it with air. 3. the movement of a spider which rises in the air and floats on its own silk threads with the wind s action …   Useful english dictionary

• bal — aero·bal·lis·tics; an·ti·bal·loon·er; ar·y·bal·los; at·a·bal; BAL; bal·a·bos; bal·a·cla·va; bal·a·dine; bal·ae·noi·dea; bal·ae·nop·tera; bal·ae·nop·ter·i·dae; bal·a·lai·ka; bal·an·celle; bal·anc·er; bal·a·nite; bal·a·ni·tes; bal·a·ni·tis;… …   English syllables

• ballooning — bal|loon|ing [ bə lunıŋ ] noun uncount the activity of flying in a HOT AIR BALLOON ╾ bal|loon|ist noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• ballooning — bal·loon·ing (bə l nґing) distending any cavity of the body with air, gas, or fluid; it may be pathological such as with an aneurysm or done for therapeutic purposes. Cf. inflation …   Medical dictionary

• ballooning — bal|loon|ing [bəˈlu:nıŋ] n [U] the sport of flying in a balloon …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Ballooning — Bal*loon ing, n. 1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them; the sport of riding in balloons. Syn: balloonry (archaic) [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Ballooning spider — Bal*loon ing spi der (Zo[ o]l.) A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds (esp. species of {Lycosa}) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sounding balloon — Sound ing bal*loon An unmanned balloon sent aloft for meteorological or a[ e]ronautic purposes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sa — ab·sa·ro·ka; ab·scis·sa; ac·cu·sa·tion; ac·cu·sa·ti·val; ac·cu·sa·trix; ace·tyl·sa·lic·y·late; ac·o·la·pis·sa; ad·ver·sa·tive; af·to·sa; aglos·sa; ahim·sa; alo·sa; al·sa·tia; ama·ga·sa·ki; am·bas·sa·dor; am·bas·sa·do·ri·al; am·bas·sa·dor·ship;… …   English syllables

• ta — ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·sen·ta·tion; abu·ta; ac·cep·ta·tion; ac·cli·ma·ta·tion; ac·cred·i·ta·tion; ac·er·a·ta; ac·e·ta·tion; ac·e·ta·to ; ach·e·ta; achor·da·ta; acoe·lo·ma·ta; acra·ni·a·ta; ac·ro·tre·ta; ac·ta; ac·ti·no·my·ce·ta·ce·ae;… …   English syllables