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Endosporous :: Endosporous (a.) Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

Atmolysis :: Atmolysis (n.) The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

Scillain :: Scillain (n.) A glucoside extracted from squill (Scilla) as a light porous substance.

Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth..

Filter :: Filter (n.) Any porous substance, as cloth, paper, sand, or charcoal, through which water or other liquid may passed to cleanse it from the solid or impure matter held in suspension; a chamber or device containing such substance; a strainer; also, a similar device for purifying air..

Cancellated :: Cancellated (a.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones..

Kieselguhr :: Kieselguhr (n.) Siliceous earth; specifically, porous infusorial earth, used as an absorbent of nitroglycerin in the manufacture of dynamite..

Tufa :: Tufa () A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa..

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

Vaporous :: Vaporous (a.) Having the form or nature of vapor.

Halituous :: Halituous (a.) Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous..

Vaporous :: Vaporous (a.) Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent..

Cancellous :: Cancellous (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones..

Porously :: Porously (adv.) In a porous manner.

Thecasporous :: Thecasporous (a.) Having the spores in thecae, or cases..

Gorgoniacea :: Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated..

Utricular :: Utricular (a.) Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; -- said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid..

Imporosity :: Imporosity (n.) The state or quality of being imporous; want of porosity; compactness.

Infiltration :: Infiltration (n.) The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body..

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