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Generate Huragok names for Halo's floating Engineers in fan fiction, machinima and tabletop games: buoyancy remarks like Slow to Settle, Heavier Than It Looks and Tilts When Thinking, clipped forms like Rides Low, and a few crew nicknames like Bobber.

About Huragok names

The Huragok are the Engineers of Halo: quiet, floating creatures that hang from gas sacs and repair whatever their tentacles can reach. In the Halo novels a new Huragok is assembled by others of its kind, and its makers name it for the way it floats in its first moments, before the sacs have been balanced. That is why the names read like remarks made over a workbench. Lighter Than Some, from Halo: Contact Harvest, is a well-known example.

Nearly all of the 1,000 names here are new remarks in that pattern, and each one says something about buoyancy. Some compare (Heavier Than It Looks, Light as Lint), some describe a habit of drifting, leaning or spinning (Leans to Port, Tilts When Thinking), some track rising and sinking (Rises Without Asking, Sinks at Dawn), and some are a maker's notes on trimming (Needs No Trimming, Vent the Left Sac). Others mention the sacs, the tentacles or the first breath, and the shortest are clipped to two words, such as Rides Low.

Ten names come from the Halo games and novels and are listed in the questions below. Another 40 entries are single-word nicknames of the kind a human crew might give: Vergil, from Halo 3: ODST, and 39 new ones such as Bobber, Pontoon and Ovid.

How to choose Huragok names

  • Picture the first breath before you pick. A Huragok name records one moment, so decide whether your character bumped the ceiling, scraped the deck or hung crooked, then choose the remark that fits: Bumps the Ceiling, Scrapes the Deck or Hangs Askew.
  • Check how the name shortens. A human crew will cut a long name down within a day, so Slow to Settle becomes Settle and Wobbles Then Steadies becomes Wobbles. If the short form sounds wrong for the character, pick another.
  • Contrast the names in a group. One that floats high, one that rides low and one that leans, say Fond of the Ceiling, Rides Low and Leans to Port, are easier for readers to tell apart than three names about drifting.
  • Keep the tone of a plain observation. These names are neither boasts nor insults, so a mild remark such as Almost Level or Heavy but Willing suits the pattern better than anything grand.
  • Let the name and the character disagree if it helps the story. A nervous Huragok called Steady as a Lamp, or a calm one called Spins When Startled, gives other characters something to remark on.

Frequently asked questions

How do Huragok get their names?

In the Halo novels a Huragok is built by other Huragok, and its makers name it for how it floats in its first moments, before its gas sacs are balanced. The name is a short remark on buoyancy, as in Lighter Than Some from Halo: Contact Harvest. The new names on this list follow the same idea, for example Heavier Than It Looks, Rises Without Asking and Slow to Settle.

Are these names from the Halo games and books?

Ten are: Lighter Than Some, Far Too Heavy, Easy to Adjust, Prone to Drift, Requires Adjustment, Quick to Adjust, Leaks Repaired, Sometimes Sinks, Drifts Randomly and Roams Alone. Vergil is the nickname of the Engineer in Halo 3: ODST. Every other entry is a new name written in the same pattern for fan characters and is not an official Halo name. This site has no connection with the owners of Halo.

What are the single-word names like Bobber and Pontoon?

They are human nicknames, the sort a crew gives an Engineer when the full name is too long to shout down a corridor. The list has 40 of them: Vergil, plus 39 new ones that are either floating and workshop words such as Bobber, Pontoon, Thistledown and Gasket, or the names of classical authors such as Ovid, Hypatia and Pliny. Only Vergil comes from the series.

How long should a Huragok name be?

The ten names from the series on this list are two or three words long, and most of the new ones run from two to four words. For a character who is named often in dialogue, a clipped form such as Rides Low, Drift Prone or Bobs Gently is easiest to read. Longer remarks such as Stays Between Floor and Ceiling work well for a character who appears once and should be remembered.

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A: 38 names

  • A Breath Would Carry It
  • A Few Degrees Off
  • A Little Too Light
  • Adjusted Before Breakfast
  • Adjusted Past Reason
  • Adjusts Itself
  • Adjusts to Anything
  • Adrift Among the Pipes
  • Adrift by Midnight
  • Adrift When Daydreaming
  • Afloat by Sheer Luck
  • Afloat Despite Everything
  • Afloat Through No Fault of Ours
  • Airborne Against All Odds
  • Airborne When It Remembers
  • Airy Past Mending
  • All Ballast and No Lift
  • All Lift and No Ballast
  • Almost Buoyant
  • Almost Level
  • Almost Sinks
  • Aloft Since Its Making
  • Aloft Without Effort
  • Always Leaning
  • Always Mid Turn
  • Ambles Across the Bay
  • Ambles With the Airflow
  • Anchored Without an Anchor
  • Angled Like a Ramp
  • Apt to Stray
  • Arrives Late by Air
  • Arrives Sideways
  • Ascends at Leisure
  • Ascends by Inches
  • Ascends in Silence
  • Ascends While Working
  • Askew Since Breakfast
  • Aslant in the Morning

B: 58 names

  • Back and Forth All Day
  • Balanced at Last
  • Balanced for the Most Part
  • Balanced From Birth
  • Balanced Like a Scale
  • Balanced on Nothing
  • Balanced on the Fourth Try
  • Ballast to Spare
  • Balloon
  • Banks on Every Corner
  • Banks Too Steeply
  • Barely Floats
  • Barely Weighs Anything
  • Bellows
  • Belly Near the Ground
  • Belongs to the Air Current
  • Best Floater in the Bay
  • Better in Warm Air
  • Better Since the Second Trim
  • Better Than the First Attempt
  • Billows Like a Sail
  • Billows When Praised
  • Blown About by a Whisper
  • Bobber
  • Bobs Between Breaths
  • Bobs Gently
  • Bobs in Place
  • Bobs Like a Cork
  • Bobs on Every Word

B, continued

  • Bobs Twice Then Stills
  • Bobs When Spoken To
  • Born Bobbing
  • Born Slightly Overfull
  • Borne Along the Passage
  • Bottom Heavy
  • Bottom of the Batch
  • Bottoms Out by Dark
  • Bounces Gently Twice
  • Bounces Off Bulkheads
  • Bound for the Skylight
  • Bow High
  • Breathes In and Lifts
  • Breathes Out and Lowers
  • Briskly Ascending
  • Brushes the Floor Plates
  • Bubbles Toward the Top
  • Built in a Cold Room
  • Built Light at One End
  • Bulges on the Left
  • Bumps the Ceiling
  • Buoy
  • Buoyant After a Rest
  • Buoyant Beyond Reason
  • Buoyant Only in the Morning
  • Buoyant to a Fault
  • Buoyant When Busy
  • Buoyed by Small Things
  • Buoys Up at Midday

C: 56 names

  • Calls for Small Changes
  • Calm at Mid Height
  • Calm in Moving Air
  • Calm Until Startled
  • Calmer Than the Air Around It
  • Cannot Be Hurried Upward
  • Cannot Find the Floor
  • Cannot Hover in One Place
  • Cannot Keep Its Station
  • Cannot Stay Down
  • Cants Left on Waking
  • Cants Like a Roof
  • Cants When Carrying
  • Carried Down the Hall
  • Carried Off by a Sneeze
  • Carry It Over the Threshold
  • Catches Every Breeze
  • Catullus
  • Centered in the Doorway
  • Centered Over Its Work
  • Changes Course on a Whim
  • Changes Height With Its Mood
  • Cicero
  • Circles Before Settling
  • Circles Its Own Work
  • Circles the Lamp
  • Climbs a Notch Higher
  • Climbs All Afternoon

C, continued

  • Climbs Like Warm Smoke
  • Climbs Steadily
  • Climbs Toward the Hatch
  • Climbs When Ignored
  • Climbs While Resting
  • Clockwise at Dawn
  • Close Enough to Level
  • Close to the Floor
  • Clumsy in Tight Corners
  • Clumsy Near Doorways
  • Coasts Farther Than Intended
  • Coasts Past Its Stop
  • Comes Down Only for Work
  • Comes to Rest on Tables
  • Comes to Rest Underfoot
  • Constantly Bobbing
  • Corrected at Great Length
  • Corrects Its Own Lean
  • Corrects Too Far
  • Could Use a Fourth Sac
  • Could Use Some Ballast
  • Creeps Leeward
  • Creeps Toward the Exit
  • Crooked but Cheerful
  • Crooked Until Noon
  • Crooked When Hungry
  • Cumulus
  • Cuttle

D: 53 names

  • Dances in a Breeze
  • Dances Without Music
  • Dandelion
  • Dead Level
  • Deflates a Little at Dusk
  • Deflates Under Scrutiny
  • Demands Fine Tuning
  • Dense as a Stone Step
  • Dense as Packed Clay
  • Depends on the Room
  • Descends at Its Leisure
  • Descends in Stages
  • Descends Like Dusk
  • Descends Unannounced
  • Descends When Scolded
  • Different in Every Corridor
  • Dinghy
  • Dips at Midday
  • Dips Below the Table
  • Dips Its Head Sac
  • Dips One Shoulder
  • Dips Suddenly
  • Dips Then Recovers
  • Dips When Addressed
  • Dirigible
  • Does Not Hold Level

D, continued

  • Does Not Mind the Wind
  • Does Not Sink When Told
  • Does Not Stay Vented
  • Downward After Supper
  • Downward When Sad
  • Drags Its Tips
  • Drift Prone
  • Drifts a Little Each Hour
  • Drifts Aft When Idle
  • Drifts Against the Current
  • Drifts Backward While Working
  • Drifts Home Eventually
  • Drifts Into Corners
  • Drifts Left
  • Drifts Like Smoke Indoors
  • Drifts Off Mid Task
  • Drifts Out of Reach
  • Drifts Randomly
  • Drifts Sideways Through Doors
  • Drifts Toward the Lamps
  • Drifts Where the Air Goes
  • Drifts Without Meaning To
  • Droops at the Back
  • Drops a Span by Nightfall
  • Drops Gently
  • Drops Like a Tired Leaf
  • Drops When the Air Cools

E: 19 names

  • Eager to Rise
  • Easily Lifted
  • Easy to Adjust
  • Easy to Overfill
  • Easy to Trim
  • Ebbs Like a Tide
  • Ebbs Toward Evening
  • Edges Away Unnoticed
  • Edges Toward the Light
  • Elevated by a Kind Word
  • Ends the Day Two Rooms Over
  • Ends Up Somewhere Else
  • Euclid
  • Even Fore and Aft
  • Even on All Sides
  • Evenly Filled
  • Evenly Weighted
  • Exactly Buoyant Enough
  • Exhales and Descends

F: 53 names

  • Faces the Wrong Wall
  • Fades Floorward
  • Faint as Morning Haze
  • Faintly Crooked
  • Fairly Buoyant
  • Falls Asleep and Lands
  • Falls Like Fine Dust
  • Far Too Heavy
  • Favors Its Right Side
  • Favors the Low Corner
  • Feelers Find the Floor First
  • Fill It and Wait
  • Fill the Rear Sac Again
  • Filled a Touch Too Full
  • Fills Itself Unasked
  • Fine in Calm Air
  • Fine Until the Fans Start
  • Firm in the Air
  • First Breath Barely Held
  • First Breath Too Deep
  • First Breath Went High
  • Fixed at Arm's Reach
  • Fixed Like a Star
  • Floats as Intended
  • Floats as Well as Any
  • Floats Best When Left Alone

F, continued

  • Floats Better Than We Do
  • Floats Crooked
  • Floats Differently Each Day
  • Floats High
  • Floats Like a Loose Thread
  • Floats Like Chaff
  • Floats Like It Was Measured
  • Floats Well Enough
  • Fluff in a Doorway
  • Flutters at the Fringes
  • Follows Every Vent
  • Follows the Draft
  • Follows Warm Pipes
  • Follows Whoever Passes
  • Fond of High Corners
  • Fond of the Ceiling
  • Forever Tilting
  • Forgives Rough Handling
  • Found Behind the Pipes
  • Found on the Ceiling
  • Found on the Floor at Dawn
  • Found Three Doors Down
  • Frequently Adrift
  • Freshly Filled
  • Front Sac Leads
  • Fuller on the Left
  • Fuller Than Its Brother

G: 27 names

  • Gains a Hand Each Watch
  • Gains Height Overnight
  • Gas Enough for Two
  • Gasket
  • Gathers Height in Warm Rooms
  • Gentle Descent
  • Gentle Lift
  • Gently Rising
  • Giddy From Its Own Turning
  • Given to Roaming
  • Glides Past the Doorway
  • Glides Wide on Turns
  • Goes Down Slowly
  • Goes Down With the Lamps
  • Goes Up and Stays Up
  • Goes Up Like a Spark
  • Goes Up When Warm
  • Goes Where the Draft Goes
  • Goes With the Vents
  • Gone With the First Draft
  • Good Balance on the First Try
  • Good Enough to Keep
  • Good in Narrow Halls
  • Graceful Once Moving
  • Graceful Until It Stops
  • Gravity's Favorite
  • Grounded Since Its Making

H: 74 names

  • Half a Turn Behind
  • Hangs Askew
  • Hangs at an Angle
  • Hangs Head Low
  • Hangs in the Balance
  • Hangs Like a Plumb Line
  • Hangs Like Mist
  • Hangs Loose
  • Hangs Low All Day
  • Hangs Perfectly Still
  • Hangs Tail High
  • Hangs True
  • Happily Aloft
  • Hard to Balance
  • Hard to Call Down
  • Hard to Lift
  • Hard to Trim
  • Hardly Any Weight
  • Hardly Ever Level
  • Hardly Lists Anymore
  • Hardly Moves at All
  • Head Bobs and Body Follows
  • Head Higher Than Its Sacs
  • Heads for the Roof
  • Heat Sends It Up
  • Heavier Than a Bad Mood
  • Heavier Than a Full Toolbox
  • Heavier Than Any Before
  • Heavier Than Hoped
  • Heavier Than It Looks
  • Heavier Than Its Sacs Allow
  • Heavier Than the Others
  • Heavier Than the Plan Called For
  • Heavier Than We Meant
  • Heavier Than Wet Cloth
  • Heavier Than Yesterday's One
  • Heaviest in the Bay

H, continued

  • Heaviest of the Brood
  • Heavy as a Closed Door
  • Heavy as a Wet Blanket
  • Heavy as Bad News
  • Heavy as Old Bread
  • Heavy at the Back
  • Heavy but Willing
  • Heavy for Its Size
  • Heavy in the Middle
  • Heavy on One Side
  • Heavy Up Front
  • Heels Over in a Breeze
  • Heels Then Recovers
  • Hesiod
  • High Tide at Noon
  • Higher by the Hour
  • Higher Every Morning
  • Higher Than the Rest of Us
  • Hisses When Settling
  • Hold It by One Tentacle
  • Holds Its Breath to Hover
  • Holds Its Height
  • Holds Like a Hung Picture
  • Holds Station Well
  • Holds Still for Hours
  • Holds the Middle Air
  • Holds Where It Is Told
  • Horace
  • Hovers at Chest Height
  • Hovers Just So
  • Hovers Like a Thought
  • Hovers Like Pollen
  • Hovers Nicely
  • Hovers Where Needed
  • Hugs the Deck Plates
  • Hums While Hovering
  • Hypatia

I: 3 names

  • Inclined to Climb
  • Inclined to Sag
  • Inhales and Hits the Lamp

J: 7 names

  • Jellyfish
  • Jiggles When Tapped
  • Jitters Before Work
  • Just About Trim
  • Just Short of Buoyant
  • Just the Right Weight
  • Juvenal

K: 8 names

  • Keels Slightly
  • Keeps an Even Keel
  • Keeps Company With the Lamps
  • Keeps Its Place
  • Keeps the Same Altitude
  • Keeps to Shoulder Height
  • Kite
  • Knee High at Best

L: 82 names

  • Lands Often
  • Lands Softly
  • Lands Sooner Than Planned
  • Lantern
  • Leaden Before Noon
  • Leaks a Little Lift
  • Leaks Repaired
  • Leaks When Excited
  • Leans a Finger's Breadth
  • Leans as if Tired
  • Leans Away From Noise
  • Leans but Holds
  • Leans Forward When Curious
  • Leans Into Its Work
  • Leans Like a Listener
  • Leans Often
  • Leans on Nothing
  • Leans to Port
  • Leans Toward the Speaker
  • Left Here and Found There
  • Left Sac Larger
  • Level as a Shelf
  • Level at Last
  • Level Even When Asleep
  • Level From the First Breath
  • Level in Any Weather
  • Level More Often Than Not

L, continued

  • Level Until It Laughs
  • Level Without Help
  • Lift It by Hand
  • Lifted by a Thought
  • Lifts at the Front
  • Lifts Easily
  • Lifts Like a Lid
  • Lifts Off Unprompted
  • Lifts Too Eagerly
  • Lifts With Every Breath
  • Light as a Held Breath
  • Light as an Afterthought
  • Light as Ash
  • Light as Its Own Shadow
  • Light as Lint
  • Light as Seed Fluff
  • Light as Steam
  • Lighter Than a Promise
  • Lighter Than Any of Us
  • Lighter Than Dust
  • Lighter Than Expected
  • Lighter Than It Should Be
  • Lighter Than Its Maker
  • Lighter Than Lamp Smoke
  • Lighter Than Most Thoughts
  • Lighter Than Some
  • Lighter Than the Last One

L, continued

  • Lighter Than Warm Air
  • Lightest in the Room
  • Lightest of the Batch
  • Lightly Ballasted
  • Like the Others but Higher
  • Lists Badly
  • Lists by the Stern
  • Lists in Summer and Not in Winter
  • Lists Like an Old Barge
  • Lists to Starboard
  • Lists Under Load
  • Lists When Empty
  • Livy
  • Loosely Moored
  • Lopsided From the Start
  • Lopsided on Purpose
  • Loses a Hand Each Night
  • Loses Height in Its Sleep
  • Low and Getting Lower
  • Low in the Water
  • Low Tide After Supper
  • Lower Every Evening
  • Lower Than Its Sibling
  • Lower Than This Morning
  • Lowers by the Hour
  • Lowers Itself to Listen
  • Lucretius
  • Lumbers at Ankle Height

M: 22 names

  • Made of Almost Nothing
  • Made on a Windy Day
  • Made With Gas to Spare
  • Makes a Circuit of the Room
  • Meanders Like a Slow River
  • Meanders to Its Work
  • Mender
  • Might Leave Through the Vent
  • Mildly Lopsided
  • Moored by Its Own Weight
  • More Body Than Gas
  • More Float Than Flesh
  • More Gas Than Body
  • More or Less Upright
  • More Stone Than Cloud
  • Morning High and Evening Low
  • Mostly Air
  • Mostly Floats
  • Mostly Stays Where Placed
  • Motionless When Watched
  • Moved by a Passing Glance
  • Much Too Light

N: 51 names

  • Near Enough to Steady
  • Nearly Balanced
  • Nearly Floats Away
  • Nearly Steady
  • Nearly Weightless
  • Needs a Lighter Touch
  • Needs Another Puff
  • Needs Constant Attention
  • Needs Holding Down
  • Needs No Trimming
  • Needs One More Pass
  • Needs Trimming Twice
  • Neither High nor Low
  • Neither Rises nor Falls
  • Never Drifts Far
  • Never Far From the Floor
  • Never Needed Trimming
  • Never Quite Level
  • Never Quite Upright
  • Never Sank Once
  • Never Still for Long
  • Never Stops Rising
  • Never the Same Height Twice
  • Never Tips
  • Never Touches the Floor

N, continued

  • Never Where It Was
  • Newly Vented
  • Nimbus
  • No Ballast Required
  • No Drift at All
  • No Hurry to Rise
  • No Idea Which Way Is Up
  • No Lean to Speak Of
  • No Sense of Down
  • No Two Sacs Alike
  • No Wobble Worth Mentioning
  • Nods With Every Breath
  • None Too Steady
  • Nose Down and Busy
  • Nose Up and Hopeful
  • Not as Level as It Thinks
  • Not Built for Drafts
  • Not Easily Moved
  • Not Far Off Level
  • Not Heavy Enough
  • Not Light Enough
  • Not Lost Only Drifting
  • Not Quite Buoyant
  • Not Sinking Just Resting
  • Not Yet Trimmed
  • Nothing to Correct

O: 20 names

  • Obeys the Ventilation
  • Occasionally Level
  • Odd but Airworthy
  • Oddly Weightless
  • Off Plumb
  • Off Station by Evening
  • Off True by a Thumb
  • Often Overhead
  • One Puff Too Many
  • One Sac Ahead of the Others
  • One Sac Disagrees
  • One Sac Short
  • One Sac Sulks
  • One Side Fuller
  • One Way Today and Another Tomorrow
  • Overfilled and Proud
  • Overly Light
  • Overshoots by a Length
  • Overshoots Then Apologizes
  • Ovid

P: 35 names

  • Paddles With Its Tentacles
  • Passable in Still Air
  • Pendulum in a Hurry
  • Pendulum Without a String
  • Perfectly Level for Once
  • Pindar
  • Pitches Forward
  • Pitches When Startled
  • Pivots at the Slightest Touch
  • Pivots on One Point
  • Pleasantly Buoyant
  • Pliny
  • Plods Through the Air
  • Plumb and Proud
  • Plume
  • Plump With Lift
  • Poised Above the Bench
  • Poised Like a Dropped Pin
  • Ponderous and Calm
  • Pontoon
  • Poor at Staying Put
  • Poorly Trimmed
  • Pops Up Like a Float
  • Praise Sends It Higher
  • Prefers the Rafters
  • Prefers the Upper Air
  • Pressure on the High Side
  • Promising if Lopsided
  • Prone to Drift
  • Prone to Wander
  • Puffs Itself Up
  • Puffs Out When Proud
  • Pulled by Every Fan
  • Pulled Toward Cold Walls
  • Pushed Along by Lamplight

Q: 8 names

  • Quick to Adjust
  • Quick to Find Center
  • Quick to Overcorrect
  • Quick to Rise
  • Quicker Than It Appears
  • Quietly Drifting
  • Quivers Like a Plucked String
  • Quivers When Full

R: 63 names

  • Rarely Touches Down
  • Rarely Upright
  • Rarely Wanders Far
  • Rather Dense
  • Reaches for the Beams
  • Rear Sac Lags
  • Refills by Morning
  • Refuses Adjustment
  • Refuses to Hold Level
  • Refuses to Stay Trimmed
  • Reluctant to Descend
  • Requires Adjustment
  • Requires Frequent Trimming
  • Requires Patience
  • Resists Correction
  • Resists Trimming
  • Responds to a Gentle Squeeze
  • Restless on Its Axis
  • Rests Against the Roof
  • Rests on a Slope
  • Rests on the Floor by Choice
  • Rests Wherever It Lands
  • Revolves Around Nothing
  • Rewards Careful Trimming
  • Rides Easy
  • Rides High
  • Rides Low
  • Right Sac Whistles
  • Right Where We Put It
  • Rises a Span Each Hour
  • Rises at First Light

R, continued

  • Rises Before the Others
  • Rises Early
  • Rises Faster Than Bread
  • Rises Like a Slow Bubble
  • Rises on Good News
  • Rises Out of Reach
  • Rises Past the Lamps
  • Rises Then Reconsiders
  • Rises to the Occasion
  • Rises Unbidden
  • Rises When Pleased
  • Rises With the Heat
  • Rises Without Asking
  • Rivet
  • Roams Alone
  • Rocks at Anchor
  • Rocks Itself to Sleep
  • Rocks Like a Cradle
  • Rocks Side to Side
  • Rocks Softly
  • Rolls a Quarter Turn
  • Rolls Toward the Wall
  • Rotates by Degrees
  • Rotates While Resting
  • Round and Round Again
  • Round as a Gourd
  • Round on Top
  • Roves Between Shifts
  • Roves the Upper Corners
  • Rows Itself Along
  • Runs Heavy
  • Runs Light

S: 153 names

  • Sacs Filled Unevenly
  • Sacs Fuller Than Needed
  • Sacs Out of Step
  • Sacs Soft as Dough
  • Sacs Taut as Drums
  • Sags by Afternoon
  • Sags Like Wet Rope
  • Sags on One Side
  • Sags to the Right
  • Sags When Bored
  • Sails on a Yawn
  • Same as the Last but Lower
  • Same Height as My Eyes
  • Sappho
  • Scrapes the Deck
  • Second Breath Was Better
  • Second Lightest So Far
  • Seeks the High Places
  • Seeks the Top Shelf
  • Seldom Needs Adjusting
  • Seldom Still
  • Seldom Where We Left It
  • Settled at the Right Height
  • Settles Before the Lamps Dim
  • Settles in the Night
  • Settles Late
  • Settles Like Silt
  • Settles Lower Each Day
  • Settles Tail First
  • Settles Where It Likes
  • Settles With a Hiss
  • Shifts When the Door Opens
  • Shifts With the Weather
  • Shivers in a Draft
  • Short of Gas
  • Shrinks From Open Hatches
  • Shrinks in the Cold
  • Sighs as It Descends

S, continued

  • Simple to Set
  • Simple to Steady
  • Sinks a Little After Meals
  • Sinks at Dawn
  • Sinks by Evening
  • Sinks Halfway and Stops
  • Sinks in Cold Rooms
  • Sinks Like a Sigh
  • Sinks Politely
  • Sinks Slowly
  • Sinks Then Rallies
  • Sinks Under Questions
  • Sinks When Tired
  • Sinks While Thinking
  • Sinks Without Complaint
  • Sits Low
  • Sits Well
  • Skims the Ground
  • Skyward When Unwatched
  • Slack After Supper
  • Slack in the Middle
  • Slants Like Evening Light
  • Slants Through Doorways
  • Slants to the Weak Side
  • Slides Along the Wall
  • Slides Downwind
  • Slides Off Its Mark
  • Slides Toward the Door
  • Slight Lean
  • Slightly Diagonal
  • Slips Astern
  • Slow Leak Somewhere
  • Slow to Balance
  • Slow to Come Down
  • Slow to Find Level
  • Slow to Settle
  • Slow to Take Gas
  • Slower Than a Closing Door

S, continued

  • Slower Than the Dust
  • Slowly Sinking
  • Slumps After Effort
  • Slumps When Alone
  • Smallest Sac Tugs
  • Smoother Than the Rest
  • Soars to the Rafters
  • Soars When It Should Hover
  • Solder
  • Solid as a Bulkhead
  • Sometimes Rises
  • Sometimes Sinks
  • Somewhat Oblique
  • Somewhat Too Heavy
  • Spanner
  • Spins for No Reason
  • Spins Lazily
  • Spins Like a Seed Pod
  • Spins on Waking
  • Spins Once and Stops
  • Spins Slowly Clockwise
  • Spins Until Dizzy
  • Spins When Startled
  • Spins While Deciding
  • Springs Aloft
  • Square to the Floor
  • Squeaks on the Way Up
  • Stable Except on Stairs
  • Stable in Good Company
  • Stable Until Spoken To
  • Starboard Shy
  • Stays at Eye Height
  • Stays Between Floor and Ceiling
  • Stays Exactly Here
  • Stays Put in a Gale
  • Stays Where It Is Put
  • Steadier After Its Nap
  • Steadier Than Its Makers

S, continued

  • Steadier With Tools in Hand
  • Steadies Itself on Walls
  • Steady as a Lamp
  • Steady Enough
  • Steady From the Start
  • Steady in a Crosswind
  • Steady Under Load
  • Steady Where Others Sway
  • Steers With One Limb
  • Still as a Painting
  • Still as Pond Water
  • Still Being Adjusted
  • Still Rising
  • Still Under Adjustment
  • Stout as a Barrel
  • Strays a Hand's Width
  • Strays From the Group
  • Strays Rarely
  • Strays Then Corrects
  • Strays Toward Open Hatches
  • Stubbornly Low
  • Subsides After Work
  • Subsides in the Cold
  • Substantial to Say the Least
  • Surges Upward
  • Surprisingly Stable
  • Suspiciously Steady
  • Sways Front to Back
  • Sways in Still Air
  • Sways Like a Lantern
  • Sways Slightly
  • Sways to Its Own Count
  • Sways When Idle
  • Swells in Thin Air
  • Swells When Warm
  • Swept Up in Passing Traffic
  • Swings Like a Bell
  • Swings Wide of the Mark
  • Swivels to Listen

T: 78 names

  • Tacitus
  • Tail Heavy
  • Taken by Any Current
  • Takes Correction Badly
  • Takes Its Time Balancing
  • Takes Trimming Well
  • Taller in the Air Than Most
  • Tap It and It Sails
  • Taut as a Sail
  • Tedious to Tune
  • Tendril
  • Tends to Settle
  • Tentacles Do the Steering
  • Tentacles Hang Unevenly
  • Tentacles Touch the Floor
  • Tentacles Trail Behind
  • Tether It or Lose It
  • Thermal
  • Thick as Winter Fog
  • Third Heaviest of Us
  • Thistledown
  • Three Degrees From Upright
  • Three Sacs Agree
  • Thrice Adjusted
  • Tilts a Little More Each Day
  • Tilts at Rest
  • Tilts Like a Question
  • Tilts Nose Down
  • Tilts Readily
  • Tilts Then Rights Itself
  • Tilts Toward Its Maker
  • Tilts Under Praise
  • Tilts When Thinking
  • Tips Back to Look Up
  • Tips Forward at Rest
  • Tips Its Whole Self
  • Tips Just Brush the Deck
  • Tires and Touches Down
  • Too Buoyant for Its Own Good

T, continued

  • Too Dense to Bob
  • Too Heavy for Stairs
  • Too Heavy to Hurry
  • Too Light by Half
  • Too Light for the Deck
  • Too Light to Stay Put
  • Too Solid by a Handful
  • Took Its First Breath Sideways
  • Top Sac Overeager
  • Top Up the Front
  • Topped Up Hourly
  • Touches Bottom Nightly
  • Touches Down Between Tasks
  • Tours the Ceiling Daily
  • Trails Its Feelers
  • Trails One Tentacle
  • Trembles on the Updraft
  • Tricky to Level
  • Trim From Tip to Tip
  • Trim Pending
  • Trim Until It Sneezes
  • Trimmed and Trimmed Again
  • Trimmed in One Try
  • Trimmed Twice Already
  • Trudges Where Others Glide
  • True to the Horizon
  • Tuned by Guesswork
  • Tuned to the Wrong Room
  • Turns Half Around
  • Turns in Its Sleep
  • Turns Like a Weather Vane
  • Turns Slowly
  • Turns to Face the Draft
  • Turns Twice Before Resting
  • Turns Without Being Asked
  • Twice Corrected
  • Twirls on Its Axis
  • Twirls When Pleased
  • Two of Us to Raise It

U: 29 names

  • Unable to Sink
  • Unable to Stay Low
  • Unbothered by Adjustment
  • Unconvinced by Ballast
  • Undecided About Height
  • Under the Bench Again
  • Underfilled and Sorry
  • Uneven Across the Top
  • Unfamiliar With the Floor
  • Unmoved by Drafts
  • Unmoved by Slammed Doors
  • Unshaken by Footsteps
  • Unsure Which Way Is Front
  • Untroubled by Gravity
  • Unwilling to Descend
  • Up Among the Rafters
  • Up and Away by Noon
  • Up Before We Finished
  • Up by Day and Down by Night
  • Up Like a Released Breath
  • Updraft
  • Upright Only by Accident
  • Upright Since Morning
  • Upright Without Trying
  • Upward at Every Chance
  • Upward by Habit
  • Upward in Its Sleep
  • Usually in Another Room
  • Usually Sideways

V: 8 names

  • Vent It a Little More
  • Vent the Left Sac
  • Vented and Forgiven
  • Vented Once Too Often
  • Vents a Little When It Laughs
  • Vents When Embarrassed
  • Vergil
  • Visits Each Wall in Turn

W: 51 names

  • Wades Through the Room
  • Wanders but Returns
  • Wanders Freely
  • Wanders Off Level
  • Wanders the Long Way Round
  • Wanders Toward Warmth
  • Wanders When Unwatched
  • Wants a Patient Hand
  • Wants a Stone in Its Pocket
  • Wants More Lift
  • Wants Venting
  • Weighs Almost Nothing at All
  • Weighs as Much as Two
  • Weighs Down the Corridor
  • Weighs Less Than a Sigh
  • Weighs More Than It Admits
  • Weighs Next to Nothing
  • Weighs What a Feather Weighs
  • Weight of a Rumor
  • Well Balanced by Luck
  • Well Centered
  • Well Trimmed
  • Whirls in a Crosswind
  • Whistles When It Vents
  • Widdershins by Dusk

W, continued

  • Will Do Nicely
  • Will Float in Time
  • Will Not Come Down
  • Will Not Hold a Line
  • Will Not Settle
  • Will Not Sit Still
  • Wilts in the Afternoon
  • Wilts Without Company
  • Without a Wobble
  • Without Any Drift
  • Without Visible Lean
  • Wobbles at the Edges
  • Wobbles Briefly
  • Wobbles in Doorways
  • Wobbles Like Set Jelly
  • Wobbles on Waking
  • Wobbles Then Steadies
  • Wobbles When Praised
  • Woke Against the Ceiling
  • Woke Already Sinking
  • Woke Floating Upside Down
  • Worse in a Crowd
  • Worse When Watched
  • Worst Floater in Memory
  • Would Float Out an Open Hatch
  • Would Rather Not Sink

Y: 3 names

  • Yaws in the Corridor
  • Yaws to the Left
  • Yields to Every Breeze

Z: 1 name

  • Zeppelin