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28 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• balloon n. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
• balloon n. Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration.
• balloon n. Such an object designed to transport people or equipment through the air.
• balloon n. (Medicine) A sac inserted into part of the body for therapeutic reasons; such as angioplasty.
• balloon n. A speech bubble.
• balloon n. A type of glass cup, sometimes used for brandy.
• balloon n. (Architecture) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc.
• balloon n. (Chemistry) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass…
• balloon n. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell.
• balloon n. (Obsolete) A game played with a large inflated ball.
• balloon n. (Engraving) The outline enclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure.
• balloon n. (Slang) A woman’s breast.
• balloon n. (Slang) A small container for illicit drugs made from a condom or the finger of a latex glove, etc.
• balloon n. (Finance) Synonym of balloon payment.
• balloon v. (Intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly.
• balloon v. (Intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon.
• balloon v. (Transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon.
• balloon v. (Transitive) To inflate like a balloon.
• balloon v. (Transitive, sports) To strike (a ball) so that it flies high in the air.
• balloon v. (Aviation) Of an aircraft: to plunge alternately up and down.

— English words, defined in German —

• balloon S. (Luft)ballon.
• balloon S. Sprechblase.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• balloon n. Ballon.

— English words, defined in French —

• balloon n. Ballon, ballon de baudruche.
• balloon n. (Hot-air balloon) Montgolfière.
• balloon v. Gonfler rapidement. Ballonner.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• balloon s. Palloncino.
• balloon s. Fumetto (inteso come nuvoletta).

128 English words from 20 English definitions

A␣game air aircraft alternately and angioplasty Architecture as␣if Aviation ball balloon balloon␣payment body bomb brandy breast bubble buoyant but Chemistry child church coming coming␣from condom container cup decoration designed distilled down drugs enclosing Engraving equipment etc expand figure Finance finger flexible flies for from game glass globe glove go␣up high hold illicit increase inflatable inflate inflated inserted in␣the␣air into Intransitive large latex like made Medicine mouth necessarily neck not object Obsolete of␣a Of␣an often on␣the outline part party payment people pictured pillar played played␣with plunge Pyrotechnics rapidly reasons receive represented round sac shell short Slang small sometimes so␣that speech speech␣bubble sports strike such such␣as Synonym take take␣up that the the␣finger therapeutic through To␣go top toy Transitive transport type up␣and up␣and␣down used usually vessel voyage whatever with woman words

9 English words from 8 foreign definitions

air ballon balloon come Fumetto Hot Hot␣air Hot␣air␣balloon Luft

10 foreign words from 8 foreign definitions

ballon␣de␣baudruche Ballonner baudruche Gonfler inteso Montgolfière nuvoletta Palloncino rapidement Sprechblase

70 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

balloons balloony ballooned ballooner balloonry balloonacy ballooneer ballooners balloonful ballooning balloonish balloonism balloonist balloon␣net balloon␣club balloon␣drop ballooneers balloonfish balloonfuls balloonhead balloon␣head balloonings balloonists balloon␣knot balloonless balloonlike balloon␣loop balloon␣mail balloonneer balloon␣sail balloonsful balloon␣tire balloon␣tyre balloon␣vine balloon␣clock balloon␣clubs balloon␣drops balloon␣frame balloonheads balloon␣heads ballooningly balloon␣knots balloon␣loops balloonneers balloon␣plant balloon␣sails balloon␣tires balloon␣tyres balloon␣vines balloon␣animal +20 words

26 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

cryoballoons fire␣balloons nanoballoons noon␣balloons anger␣balloons antiballooner microballoons pilot␣balloons trial-balloons trial␣balloons water␣balloons antiballooners hot-air␣balloons hot␣air␣balloons speech␣balloons barrage␣balloons chimney␣balloons gastric␣balloons thought␣balloons weather␣balloons sounding␣balloons twisting␣balloons cluster␣ballooning maledicta␣balloons Montgolfier␣balloons observation␣balloons

26 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

antiballoon cryoballoon fire␣balloon nanoballoon noon␣balloon anger␣balloon intraballoon microballoon pilot␣balloon scout␣balloon trial-balloon trial␣balloon water␣balloon hot-air␣balloon hot␣air␣balloon speech␣balloon barrage␣balloon chimney␣balloon gastric␣balloon thought␣balloon weather␣balloon sounding␣balloon twisting␣balloon maledicta␣balloon Montgolfier␣balloon observation␣balloon

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

all ALL -all all- allo 'allo allo- alloo BAL Baʻl ball Ball LLO loo Loo loon -oon

9 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. noo OLL olla OOL

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

balloons balloony moonball

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ballon lobola no␣ball

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

balls␣on galloon Walloon

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

ballon

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