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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..

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

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..

Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..

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

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

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.) Open; -- used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds..

Transcalent :: Transcalent (a.) Pervious to, or permitting the passage of, heat..

Opaque :: Opaque (a.) Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance..

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

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.

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

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..

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..

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

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

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

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