Associations to the word «Pervious»
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Wiktionary
PERVIOUS, adjective. Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable.
PERVIOUS, adjective. Accepting of new ideas.
PERVIOUS, adjective. Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision.
PERVIOUS, adjective. (obsolete) Capable of penetrating or pervading.
PERVIOUS, adjective. (zoology) open; perforate, as applied to the nostrils of birds
Dictionary definition
PERVIOUS, adjective. Admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat".
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