Helen Fenton

Buoyancy: Definition and part of speech

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Buoyancy

  1. n. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; — the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.
  2. n. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.
  3. n. The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Buoyant: Definition and part of speech

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Buoyant

  1. v. t. & i. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
  2. v. t. & i. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury.
  3. v. t. & i. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bung: Definition and part of speech

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Bung

  1. n. A sharper or pickpocket.
  2. n. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.
  3. n. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bungalow: Definition and part of speech

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Bungalow

  1. n. A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bungarum: Definition and part of speech

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Bungarum

  1. n. A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.