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Caramel :: Caramel (n.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc..

Exosmose :: Exosmose (n.) The passage of gases, vapors, or liquids thought membranes or porous media from within outward, in the phenomena of osmose; -- opposed to endosmose. See Osmose..

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

Vaporous :: Vaporous (a.) Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.

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

Rarefy :: Rarefy (v. i.) To become less dense; to become thin and porous.

Angiosporous :: Angiosporous (a.) Having spores contained in cells or thecae, as in the case of some fungi..

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

Rarefy :: Rarefy (v. t.) To make rare, thin, porous, or less dense; to expand or enlarge without adding any new portion of matter to; -- opposed to condense..

Steamship :: Steaminess (n.) The quality or condition of being steamy; vaporousness; mistness.

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..

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..

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

Pumice :: Pumice (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone..

Vaporiform :: Vaporiform (a.) Existing in a vaporous form or state; as, steam is a vaporiform substance..

Saporous :: Saporous (a.) Having flavor or taste; yielding a taste.

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

Vapory :: Vapory (a.) Full of vapors; vaporous.

Soak :: Soak (v. i.) To enter (into something) by pores or interstices; as, water soaks into the earth or other porous matter..

Alcarraza :: Alcarraza (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface..

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