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PERMEANT
permeant, permeating, permeative, pervasive
(adjective) spreading or spread throughout; “armed with permeative irony...he punctures affectations”; “the pervasive odor of garlic”; “an error is pervasive if it is material to more than one conclusion”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
permeant (comparative more permeant, superlative most permeant)
(biochemistry) Able to pass through or into a given semipermeable membrane or polymer
Antonyms
• impermeant
Noun
permeant (plural permeants)
(biochemistry) A substance which is able to pass through or into a membrane or polymer
Anagrams
• Peterman, pentamer, peterman
Source: Wiktionary
Per"me*ant, a. Etym: [L. permeans, p.pr.]
Definition: Passing through; permeating. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESCRIPTIVE
(adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules; “prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage”
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