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Perviousness :: Perviousness (n.) The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass..

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..

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.

Impervious :: Impervious (a.) Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage through; as, a substance impervious to water or air..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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..

Transpicuous :: Transpicuous (a.) Transparent; pervious to the sight.

Impenetrably :: Impenetrably (adv.) In an impenetrable manner or state; imperviously.

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

Sunrise :: Sunproof (a.) Impervious to the rays of the sun.

Puddle :: Puddle (n.) Clay, or a mixture of clay and sand, kneaded or worked, when wet, to render it impervious to water..

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

Gastight :: Gastight (a.) So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

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

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

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