Buoyant Definition

boiənt, bo͝oyənt
adjective
Having or showing buoyancy.
Webster's New World
Lighthearted; gay.
In a buoyant mood.
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Origin of Buoyant

  • Spanish boyante present participle of boyar to refloat a boat from boya buoy from Old French boue buoy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Buoyant Sentence Examples

  • From youth to age he describes himself as gifted with a buoyant temper.

  • Its eggs are buoyant and pelagic and easily recognized.

  • Provision has also been made for rendering the sector buoyant by forcing air into it, so that it can be raised when the head of water is insufficient to lift it by the pressure of the water from the upper pool.

  • Spawning takes place in June and July, and the eggs, like those of the majority of marine fishes, are buoyant and transparent, but they are peculiar in having an elongated, sausage-like shape, instead of being globular.

  • The buoyant motion of the water filled me with an exquisite, quivering joy.

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Words Starting With

BBUBUO

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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buoyant

Words Starting With B and Ending With T

Starts With B & Ends With TStarts With BU & Ends With TStarts With B & Ends With NT

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With B7 Letter Words Ending With T