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  • 41float — verb 1》 rest or cause to rest on the surface of a liquid without sinking.     ↘be suspended freely in a liquid or gas. 2》 move slowly or hover in a liquid or the air.     ↘move in a casual or leisurely way.     ↘(in sport) make (the ball) travel… …

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  • 42Air Labrador — Infobox Airline airline=Air Labrador logo=Airlabrador logo.jpg logo size=240 fleet size=11 destinations=31 IATA=WJ ICAO=LAL callsign=LAB AIR parent=Pike Group of Companies founded=1948 headquarters=St. John s, NL key people=Roger Pike, (President …

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  • 43Air Tractor AT-802 — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=AT 802 caption=Air Tractor AT 802 SEAT (Single Engine Air Tanker) landing at Fox Field, Lancaster, California, while fighting the North Fire type=Fire fighting aircraft manufacturer=Air Tractor designer= first… …

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  • 44air vesicle — Bot. a large, air filled pocket, chiefly in plants that float on water, as kelps. * * * air vesicle, an air sac i water plant …

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  • 45float tube — a device allowing an angler to float in lakes and slow rivers. Comprises an air filled tube with a seat and back rest, the legs dangling and equipped with fins able to propel the tube …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 46float — n. [A.S. flotian, float] An air filled sac used for buoyancy by an organism or its eggs …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 47float — fləʊt n. buoy; something that floats; air container on the underside of a seaplane (enables flotation); vehicle for carrying an exhibit in a parade; soft drink or furit juice with ice cream floating in it; milkshake with ice cream floating in… …

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  • 48float*/ — [fləʊt] verb I 1) [I] to rest or move slowly on the surface of a liquid and not sink Ant: sink Leaves and twigs floated on the water.[/ex] 2) [I] to move slowly through the air A cloud floated across the moon.[/ex] 3) [T] to suggest an idea for… …

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  • 49Air balloon — Balloon Bal*loon , n. [F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st {Ball}, n., and cf. {Pallone}.] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere;… …

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  • 50float — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. glide, drift, be wafted, hover, soar, be buoyed up. n. ferry, ship, raft; launch. See ascent. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A watertight vessel used for buoyancy] Syn. buoy, air cell, air cushion, lifesaver …

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