| bladder |
an expandable sac or pouch in humans and animals in which gas or liquid, esp. urine, collects. [1/3 definitions] |
| bleed |
to cause to lose or exude (usu. a liquid or gas). [1/7 definitions] |
| blimp |
an aircraft having a nonrigid structure filled with a buoyant gas; dirigible. |
| bloat |
a disease of sheep and cattle characterized by swelling of the abdomen because of gas. [1/5 definitions] |
| bloated |
of a part of the body, swollen due to an excess of fluid or gas. [1/3 definitions] |
| blowpipe |
a metal tube through which air or gas is forced in a controlled flow into a flame to concentrate and intensify its heat. [1/3 definitions] |
| blowtorch |
a portable oil-burning or gas-burning device producing an intense, localized flame suitable for melting or cutting metal. |
| bomb |
a portable container which ejects gas, foam, or poison by way of its own internal pressure. [1/8 definitions] |
| Bren gun |
a .303 caliber gas-operated submachine gun used by the British army in World War II. |
| bubble |
an approximately spherical volume of gas bounded by a liquid or a solid. [2/7 definitions] |
| Bunsen burner |
a cylindrical burner, used in laboratories, that has holes at the bottom where air enters, mixes with gas, and produces a hot blue flame. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise up in a liquid or gas. [1/2 definitions] |
| burp |
(informal) the act of noisily expelling gas from the mouth; belch. [3 definitions] |
| butadiene |
a flammable gas used in producing paint and synthetic rubber. |
| butane |
a flammable gas used for fuel and for producing synthetic rubber. |
| bypass |
a pipe or other device that directs a flowing liquid or gas around an obstacle, pipe, or other fixture. [1/5 definitions] |
| calcium carbide |
a dark gray crystalline compound used as a dehydrating agent and a source of acetylene gas and calcium cyanimide. |
| canister |
the part of a gas mask that holds a substance for neutralizing airborne poison. [1/2 definitions] |
| cap rock |
the solid rock layer that is immediately over a deposit of oil, gas, salt, or the like. |
| carbonated |
of or pertaining to water infused with carbon dioxide gas (used esp. in reference to carbonated beverages). |
| carbonation |
infusion of water with carbon dioxide gas. |