Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
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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 porous skin; porous wood.
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Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
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Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask.
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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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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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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
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One of the minute orifices in an animal or vegetable membrane, for transpiration, absorption, etc.
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The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.
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The quality or state of being porous; -- opposed to density.
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The quality of being porous.
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The quality of being porous.
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