dirigible balloon

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• Dirigible — Dir i*gi*ble, a. Capable of being directed; steerable; as, a dirigible balloon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• balloon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. aerostat, blimp; free, sounding, kite, pilot, or dirigible balloon; fire balloon, montgolfier. See aviation. v. i. swell. See convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. dirigible, aircraft, airship, weather… …   English dictionary for students

• balloon — Synonyms and related words: Graf Zeppelin, accrue, accumulate, advance, aeroplane, aerostat, air bubble, airlift, airplane, airship, appreciate, bag, ball, ballonet, be airborne, bead, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bladder, bleb, blimp,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• dirigible — I. adjective Etymology: Latin dirigere Date: 1581 capable of being steered II. noun Etymology: dirigible (balloon) Date: 1885 airship …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dirigible — adj. & n. adj. capable of being guided. n. a dirigible balloon or airship. Etymology: L dirigere arrange, direct: see DIRECT …   Useful english dictionary

• balloon — [n] inflated material or vehicle airship, bladder, blimp, dirigible, zeppelin; concepts 293,504 balloon [v] billow out; bloat belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell; concepts 208,756 …   New thesaurus

• dirigible — [n] airship blimp, hot air balloon, zeppelin; concept 504 …   New thesaurus

• Balloon (aircraft) — Ballooning redirects here. For the behavior of spiders and other arthropods, see Ballooning (spider). Not to be confused with Airship or Blimp. Balloon …   Wikipedia

• balloon — balloonlike, adj. /beuh loohn /, n. 1. a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter than air gas and used as a children s plaything or as a decoration. 2. a bag made of a… …   Universalium

• Balloon Pilot Badge — The Balloon Pilot Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which was issued during the First and Second World Wars. The badge was issued by both the United States Army and the U.S. Air Force, with the Navy equivalent known as… …   Wikipedia

• balloon — 1. noun sailing by in a balloon Syn: hot air balloon, barrage balloon; airship, dirigible, Zeppelin, blimp; weather balloon 2. verb 1) her long skirt ballooned in the wind Syn: swell (out), puff out/up, bulge (out), bag …   Thesaurus of popular words