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Porousness :: Porousness (n.) The open parts; the interstices of anything.

Retiform :: Retiform (a.) Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye..

Gap-toothed :: Gap-toothed (a.) Having interstices between the teeth.

Soak :: Soak (v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter..

Permeate :: Permeate (v. t.) To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; -- applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand..

Permeation :: Permeation (n.) The act of permeating, passing through, or spreading throughout, the pores or interstices of any substance..

Percolate :: Percolate (v. i.) To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone..

Infiltrate :: Infiltrate (v. i.) To enter by penetrating the pores or interstices of a substance; to filter into or through something.

Abreuvoir :: Abreuvoir (n.) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar..

Areal :: Areal (a.) Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves)..

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To make (its way) by entering pores or interstices; -- often with through.

Areolar :: Areolar (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an areola; filled with interstices or areolae..

Interstice :: Interstice (n.) That which intervenes between one thing and another; especially, a space between things closely set, or between the parts which compose a body; a narrow chink; a crack; a crevice; a hole; an interval; as, the interstices of a wall..

Porous :: Porous (n.) Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood..

Pervade :: Pervade (v. t.) To pass or flow through, as an aperture, pore, or interstice; to permeate..

Transude :: Transude (v. i.) To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood..

Sipe :: Sipe (v. i.) To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze.

Grate :: Grate (n.) A structure or frame containing parallel or crosed bars, with interstices; a kind of latticework, such as is used ia the windows of prisons and cloisters..

Thicken :: Thicken (v. t.) To make close; to fill up interstices in; as, to thicken cloth; to thicken ranks of trees or men..

Reticular :: Reticular (a.) Having the form of a net, or of network; formed with interstices; retiform; as, reticular cartilage; a reticular leaf..

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