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Pervious

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

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Receptive 84% connected

Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.

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Perviousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.

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Perviousness 74% connected

The quality or state of being pervious; as, the perviousness of glass.

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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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Adamantine adjective · 78% connection

Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chai…

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Air shaft unknown · 78% connection

A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.

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Ballproof adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

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Bore verb · 78% connection

To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.

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Clayey adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Cloggy adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Diathermal adjective · 78% connection

Freely permeable by radiant heat.

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Earth noun · 78% connection

The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…

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Grate noun · 78% connection

a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

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Grating noun · 78% connection

a barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air

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Hard superl. · 78% connection

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, an…

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Heavy adjective · 78% connection

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained; "the clayey soil was heavy and easily saturated"

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Imbue verb · 78% connection

To tincture deply; to cause to become impressed or penetrated; as, to imbue the minds of youth with good principles.

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Impassable adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf.

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Impenetrable adjective · 78% connection

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrabl…

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Impermeable adjective · 78% connection

Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid. through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is impermeable…

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Impervious adjective · 78% connection

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

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Improvable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being improved; susceptible of improvement; admitting of being made better; capable of cultivation, or of being advanced in…

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