buoyancy
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Elasticity -- N. elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy. rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic. flexibility, Young's modulus.
From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark
Even the saturated Solomon, as he preceded them with drooping head, seemed to have lost his buoyancy. 170But Pats, whatever his inward state, continued an unfailing well-spring of cheerfulness and courage.
From The Pines of Lory by Mitchell, John Ames
The modern tendency is to confine -nce to action, and to express quality or state by -ncy; cf. compliance, pliancy, annoyance, buoyancy. -and, -end, noun suffix, as viand, legend.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Vocabulary lists containing buoyancy
Chemistry - Introductory
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