Pervious
31Dam — /dam, dahm/, n. (Carl Peter) Henrik /kahrl pee ter hen rik/; Dan. /kahrddl pay teuhrdd hen rddik/, 1895 1976, Danish biochemist: Nobel prize for medicine 1943. * * * I Barrier built across a stream, river, or estuary to conserve water for such… …
32permeable — Permitting the passage of substances ( e.g., liquids, gases, heat), as through a membrane or other structure. SYN: pervious. [L. permeabilis (see permeate)] * * * per·me·able pər mē ə bəl adj capable of being permeated esp having pores or… …
33Commonly misspelled words — Also see: Wikipedia:Lists of common misspellings. The term commonly misspelled words [1] (or rarely, common misspelled words ) refers to the practice of often misspelling some common words, in general writing. A selected list of common words is… …
34porous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. open; absorbent; perforated, honeycombed; sandy; permeable, loose, pervious. See opening. Ant., impermeable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pervious, permeable, acceptable, pory; see penetrable …
35absorbent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. porous, absorptive, spongy, permeable, dry, soft, pervious, pregnable, assimilative, imbibing, penetrable, receptive, retentive, spongiose, thirsty. Ant. impermeable, impervious, solid. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
36Opening — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Opening >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hole hole foramen Sgm: N 1 puncture puncture perforation Sgm: N 1 fontanel fontanel Sgm: N 1 transforation transforation Sgm: N 1 pinhole pinhole …
37Adiathermic — Ad i*a*ther mic, a. [Gr. a priv. + ? through + ?heat.] Not pervious to heat. [1913 Webster] …
38Hepatization — Hep a*ti*za tion, n. 1. (Chem.) Impregnating with sulphureted hydrogen gas. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. F. h[ e]patisation.] (Med.) Conversion into a substance resembling the liver; a state of the lungs when gorged with effused matter, so that… …
39Imperviable — Im*per vi*a*ble, a. Not pervious; impervious. [R.] {Im*per vi*a*ble*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
40Imperviableness — Imperviable Im*per vi*a*ble, a. Not pervious; impervious. [R.] {Im*per vi*a*ble*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster] …
