porous
41porous — porously, adv. porousness, n. /pawr euhs, pohr /, adj. 1. full of pores. 2. permeable by water, air, etc. [1350 1400; ME, var. of porose < ML porosus. See PORE2, OUS] Syn. 2. penetrable, pervious, sievelike, riddled. * * * …
42porous — the ability to allow water to occupy pore spaces …
43porous — Having numerous interstices, whether connected or isolated …
44porous — Synonyms and related words: cribriform, excretory, exudative, leachy, leaky, oozy, penetrable, percolating, percolative, permeable, pervious, porose, runny, sievelike, spongelike, spongy, transudative, weepy …
45porous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. open; absorbent; perforated, honeycombed; sandy; permeable, loose, pervious. See opening. Ant., impermeable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pervious, permeable, acceptable, pory; see penetrable …
46porous — po·rous || pÉ”ËrÉ™s adj. full of pores, poriferous, having tiny holes …
47porous — adjective (of a rock or other material) having minute interstices through which liquid or air may pass. Derivatives porosity noun porousness noun Origin ME: from OFr. poreux, based on L. porus pore …
48porous — a. Pervious, permeable, penetrable, percolable, pory …
49porous — adj 1. spongy, spongelike, absorbent, bibulous; sievelike, cribrose, cribriform; riddled, perforated, honeycombed, like Swiss cheese. 2. permeable, pervious, penetrable, passable …
50porous — po·rous …