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IMPENETRABLE |
Impervious |
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RESISTANT |
Impervious |
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RAINPROOF |
Impervious to water |
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IMPERVIABLE |
Not pervious; impervious. |
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SHOWERPROOF |
Impervious to light rain |
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INTRANSCALENT |
Impervious to heat; adiathermic. |
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SUNPROOF |
Impervious to the rays of the sun. |
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PACKING |
A substance or piece used to make a joint impervious |
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WATERPROOF |
To render impervious to water, as cloth, leather,
etc. |
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OPAQUENESS |
The state or quality of being impervious to light;
opacity. |
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STARPROOF |
Impervious to the light of the stars; as, a starproof
elm. |
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OPAQUE |
Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an
opaque substance. |
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PUDDLE |
To make impervious to liquids by means of puddle; to
apply puddle to. |
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GASTIGHT |
So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas;
impervious to gas. |
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IMPERVIOUS |
Not pervious; not admitting of entrance or passage
through; as, a substance impervious to water or air. |
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DEAFEN |
To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor,
by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc. |
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OPACITY |
The state of being opaque; the quality of a body which
renders it impervious to the rays of light; want of transparency;
opaqueness. |
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IMPERMEABLE |
Not permeable; not permitting passage, as of a fluid.
through its substance; impervious; impenetrable; as, India rubber is
impermeable to water and to air. |
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STAVE |
To render impervious or solid by driving with a calking
iron; as, to stave lead, or the joints of pipes into which lead has
been run. |
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DEAFENING |
The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as
a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in
this process; pugging. |
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PUDDLING |
The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc.,
with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the
process of rende... |
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PACK |
To render impervious, as by filling or surrounding with
suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without giving
passage to air, wat... |
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TAN |
...hus rendered firm, durable, and in
some degree impervious to water. ... |