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Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision..

Puddle :: Puddle (v. t.) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.

Star-read :: Starproof (a.) Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof elm..

Deafening :: Deafening (n.) The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging..

Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque..

Waterproof :: Waterproof (a.) Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof..

Intranscalent :: Intranscalent (a.) Impervious to heat; adiathermic.

Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil..

Adiathermic :: Adiathermic (a.) Not pervious to heat.

Leachy :: Leachy (a.) Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like..

Perviousness :: Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass..

Hepatization :: Hepatization (n.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that they are no longer pervious to the air..

Opaqueness :: Opaqueness (n.) The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.

Imperviable :: Imperviable (a.) Not pervious; impervious.

Gastight :: Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material..

Opacity :: Opacity (n.) The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency; opaqueness.

Stave :: Stave (n.) To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has been run..

Pack :: Pack (n.) To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving passage to air, water, or steam; as, to pack a joint; to pack the piston of a steam engine..

Puddle :: Puddle (n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water..

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