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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.

Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc..

Impermeable :: Impermeable (a.) Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable to water and to air..

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..

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

Impenetrably :: Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

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

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

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..

Tan :: Tan (n.) To convert (the skin of an animal) into leather, as by usual process of steeping it in an infusion of oak or some other bark, whereby it is impregnated with tannin, or tannic acid (which exists in several species of bark), and is thus rendered firm, durable, and in some degree impervious to water..

Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.

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..

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

Impervious :: Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air..

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..

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

Pervial :: Pervial (a.) Pervious.

Waterproof :: Waterproof (v. t.) To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc..

Waterproof :: Waterproof (n.) A substance or preparation for rendering cloth, leather, etc., impervious to water..

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