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(comics) A balloon with a jagged outline, containing text screamed by a character.
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Synonym of anger balloon
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Alternative form of anti-flash [(of paint used on an aircraft) Intended to reflect the thermal radiation from a nuclear detonation.]
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Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
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Such an object designed to transport people through the air.
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a representation of an animal, made of a number of balloons twisted, shaped and connected
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a club for ballooning enthusiasts
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A debate in which a number of speakers compete to win the approval of an audience, who are invited to imagine that the speakers are flying in a sinking hot-air balloon, and someone must be thrown out if everyone is not to die.
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A decorative arrangement where a number of balloons are suspended at a height and released at a certain time.
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The making of models from inflated balloons, typically to represent animals.
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(nonce word) An excessive mania for hot-air balloons.
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(archaic) The sport or hobby of flying in a hot-air balloon.
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A person who flies in balloons, especially in hot-air balloons.
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(dated) The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; aeronautics.
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(by extension) Any large airborne inflatable.
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(Laos) A bomblet from a cluster bomb.
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A device used to eradicate pests, especially boring insects, by releasing toxic fumes.
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A firework that rotates when lit.
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A form of ballooning where a harness attaches the balloonist to a cluster of helium-inflated rubber balloons.
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Alternative form of cofiring [The combustion of two or more fuels at the same time]
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An airdropped bomb without any guidance system to control it after launch.
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A rubber balloon designed to emit a squealing noise as it deflates.
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(euphemistic, astronautics, engineering) An explosion.
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A type of pyrotechnic that produces a brilliant light without an explosion, used to attract attention in an emergency, to illuminate an area, or as a decoy.
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Alternative form of flashover [The near simultaneous ignition of all combustible material in an enclosed area.]
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A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon.
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An inflatable medical device temporarily placed in the stomach to aid weight loss.
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(literally) Air that has been heated, especially so as to function as the lifting agent of a hot-air balloon.
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Alternative spelling of hot-air balloon [A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air; it carries passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.]
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A balloon-shaped aircraft whose bag is inflated with hot air; it carries passengers and crew in a gondola slung underneath.
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Any other structure, artwork etc. that is inflated.
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The substance that creates the buoyancy of a balloon or other airship; normally hydrogen, helium or hot air.
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A cluster bomb; a munition that disperses multiple smaller explosives.
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The most common type of hot-air balloon, a balloon lifted by only heated air with onboard burners, and a usually-manned platform at the base.
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(meteorology) a pilot balloon
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A looner (balloon fetishist) who prefers to burst balloons.
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(historical) A kind of conventional high-explosive aerial bomb used by the United States against Japan during World War II.
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An ornament consisting of a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where a small fire is suspended.
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(military) Detonation of a charge by exploding another charge adjacent to it.
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(comics) A shape like a speech bubble, but conveying thought, typically emanating from the thinker by a path of small circles.
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(aeronautics, historical) A small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.
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Alternative form of trial balloon [(aeronautics, historical) A small balloon released into the sky to determine the direction and tendency of winds in the upper air before a manned ascent in a larger balloon; a ballon d'essai.]
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A long, sausage-shaped, often brightly colored balloon used for making balloon animals.
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A small balloon filled with water which bursts upon being thrown at somebody, used in play fights.
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