penetrant
[pen-i-truh nt]
noun
a person or thing that penetrates.
a compound that penetrates the skin, as a lotion or cream.
a substance that lowers the surface tension of water; wetting agent.
Zoology. a large nematocyst discharging a barbed thread that penetrates the body of the prey and injects a toxic fluid.
adjective
Origin of penetrant
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trenchant, biting, piercing, clear-cut, pointed, crisp, cutting, shrill, carrying, intrusive, pervasive, pungent, sharp, strong, ingoing, penetrantExamples from the Web for penetrant
Historical Examples of penetrant
Then he raised his eyes from the water and swept the sky in a penetrant gaze.
The HarvesterGene Stratton Porter
"What he doesn't sell he buys," he cried in his nervous, penetrant tones.
The Voice of the PeopleEllen Glasgow
With Mr. Tassers penetrant and suspicious gaze on him, he decided that it would be wise to avoid all seeming interest in Myron.
Full-Back FosterRalph Henry Barbour
The dew lay heavy on the laurel leaves of the thickets, and the breeze was perfumed with the penetrant fragrance of many blossoms.
Heart of the Blue RidgeWaldron Baily
Sharp shoe-calks afford a means of infliction of penetrant wounds which may occasion open joint and infectious arthritis.
Lameness of the HorseJohn Victor Lacroix
penetrant
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