Vocabulary : Buoyancy to Burbot
Buoyancy : 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. ;; 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. ;; Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.Buoyant : Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. ;; Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. ;; Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits.
Buoyed : of Buoy
Buoying : of Buoy
Buprestidan : One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.
