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Leaky

Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.

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Communicative 84% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Communicative 84% connected

Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.

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Communicatory 84% connected

Imparting knowledge or information.

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Communicatory 84% connected

Imparting knowledge or information.

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Draughty 84% connected

Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room.

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Draughty 84% connected

Pertaining to a draught, or current of air; as, a draughtly, comfortless room.

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Incontinent 84% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Incontinent 84% connected

Not continent; uncontrolled; not restraining the passions or appetites, particularly the sexual appetite; indulging unlawful lust; unchaste; lewd.

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Oozing 84% connected

of Ooze

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Oozing 84% connected

of Ooze

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Oozy 84% connected

Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed of a river.

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Oozy 84% connected

Miry; containing soft mud; resembling ooze; as, the oozy bed of a river.

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Porous 84% connected

Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a p…

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Porous 84% connected

Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a p…

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Leak 74% connected

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

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Leak 74% connected

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

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Leakiness 74% connected

The quality of being leaky.

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Leakiness 74% connected

The quality of being leaky.

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Permeable 66% connected

Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fl…

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Permeable 66% connected

Capable of being permeated, or passed through; yielding passage; passable; penetrable; -- used especially of substances which allow the passage of fl…

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Synonym 2

Talebearing 92% connected

Telling tales officiously.

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Tattling 92% connected

of Tattle

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