Definition of pervious

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

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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..
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..
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 being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision..
Imperviable :: Imperviable (a.) Not pervious; impervious.
Opaqueness :: Opaqueness (n.) The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity.
Puddle :: Puddle (v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water..
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.
Intranscalent :: Intranscalent (a.) Impervious to heat; adiathermic.
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..
Perviousness :: Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass..
Adiathermic :: Adiathermic (a.) Not pervious to heat.
Pervial :: Pervial (a.) Pervious.
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
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.
Pervious :: Pervious (a.) Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil..
Waterproof :: Waterproof (v. t.) To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather, etc..
Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Having the property of transmitting rays of light, so that bodies can be distinctly seen through; pervious to light; diaphanous; pellucid; as, transparent glass; a transparent diamond; -- opposed to opaque..
Impervious :: Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air..
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