ballooning
Drifting through clouds
Ballooning is the sport or activity of flying in a hot-air balloon: We went ballooning over the wine country.
The word also describes rapid expansion or swelling: ballooning costs, ballooning debt.
In medicine, ballooning refers to a procedure using an inflatable catheter to widen blocked vessels.
Flying or operating aircraft
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
- blimpNon-rigid flying vessel
aerostat · soar · ascend · altitude · thermals · airspace · navigation · buoyancy
Folded paper enclosure
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- basketWoven carrying vessel
- burnerHeat-producing device component
- propaneFlammable hydrocarbon fuel
pilot · launch · landing · tethered · ascension · vent · glow · thermal
Increase in size
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- inflationSustained price level increase
- enlargementIncrease in size
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
proliferation · increase · mushrooming · spiraling · snowballing · surging · exploding · skyrocketing
Recreational leisure activity
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- clubOrganization with membership
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- sightseeingVisiting places of interest
tourism · scenic · certificate · passenger · excursion · experience · tranquil · serene
Information-gathering before action
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- ParisFrance's chief city
- VersaillesFrench royal palace complex
unmanned · tethered · military · barnstorming
New Mexico's largest city
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- fairgroundsExhibition and amusement venue
- photographyCreating images from light
competition · crowd · sunrise · colorful · sponsors
aviation
Flying or operating aircraft
- airshipSteerable lighter-than-atmosphere craft
- dirigibleSteerable lighter-than-air craft
- zeppelinRigid lighter-than-air craft
blimp · aerostat · soar · ascend · altitude · thermals · airspace · navigation · buoyancy · lift
envelope
Folded paper enclosure
propane · pilot · launch · landing · tethered · ascension · vent · glow · thermal · altitude
growth
Increase in size
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- inflationSustained price level increase
- enlargementIncrease in size
escalation · proliferation · increase · mushrooming · spiraling · snowballing · surging · exploding · skyrocketing · mounting
hobby
Recreational leisure activity
- enthusiastArdent admirer of something
- clubOrganization with membership
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
sightseeing · tourism · scenic · certificate · passenger · excursion · experience · tranquil · serene
reconnaissance
Information-gathering before action
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- eighteenth-centuryRelating to the 1700s
- ParisFrance's chief city
Versailles · unmanned · tethered · military · barnstorming
Albuquerque
New Mexico's largest city
- fiestaFestive public celebration
- spectatorsThose who observe events
- fairgroundsExhibition and amusement venue
photography · competition · crowd · sunrise · colorful · sponsors
- aviation hobbiesmodel aircraft, flight simulation, flight simulators, gliding, flight training
- flightflying, fly, flight, aviation, aircraft
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- increasesincrease, rise, gain, boost, hike
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- Southwest Activitieshorseback riding, rodeo, desert tours, canyon tours, jeep tours
ballooningshrinking
Decreasing in dimension
contracting · deflating · compressing · collapsing · shriveling
ballooningdecreasing
Becoming smaller or fewer
declining · plummeting · shrinking · plunging · dropping
ballooningdeflating
Releasing contained gas
collapsing · deflated · flattening · punctured · sagging
- hot air ballooningRecreational lighter-than-air flight