Definition of pervious

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

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Impenetrably :: Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.
Impervious :: Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air..
Transpicuous :: Transpicuous (a.) Transparent; pervious to the sight.
Puddle :: Puddle (n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water..
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..
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil..
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
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..
Opaqueness :: Opaqueness (n.) The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.
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..
Puddle :: Puddle (v. t.) To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to apply puddle to.
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds..
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..
Sunrise :: Sunproof (a.) Impervious to the rays of the sun.
Opaque :: Opaque (a.) Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance..
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..
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..
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision..
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.
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