A toxic penetrative spray applied to the surface. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It is not all reflected or refracted or even penetrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860] Reference
Very soon, however, his look became keen and penetrative. From Wordnik.com. [The Scarlet Letter] Reference
Her mind was quick, penetrative, and in constant exercise. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
Even pure scientific discovery is an aggressive, penetrative act. From Wordnik.com. [Jurassic Park]
But it was Ted Mundy who put their penetrative powers to the test. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
Mrs. Leslie was penetrative, but in this matter she was wrong; for, if. From Wordnik.com. [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference
He built solidly against the penetrative sand, and as high as his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Her comments on people were saltily satiric and penetrative of accepted hypocrisies. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
His sharp and incisive mind "so penetrative and so beyond the parochial" would be missed. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Studying the penetrative interactions of high-energy subatomic particles and ordinary matter. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Steel towers are to be protected against corrosion over the total length by a penetrative primer. From Wordnik.com. [2. Power overhead-line systems] Reference
This is filthy, please keep your bogus phychologically penetrative handshake to your self. reply yeah. From Wordnik.com. [CNN, Dalai Lama And The Obamas Jump On Anti-Handshake Bandwagon] Reference
He glanced Garrison over in his sharp, penetrative manner, heightened by his nervousness, and took a chair. From Wordnik.com. [A Husband by Proxy] Reference
The great Lawgiver surveyed him in silence for a moment, but the penetrative brilliance in his eyes softened. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Johannes, which had that oily, penetrative quality which passes through all substances with such distinctness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861] Reference
How much just detraction from all mere natural human greatness is contained in the following penetrative maxim!. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Painting coats without penetrative effect, in particular on wooden poles are not deemed to be protective coats. From Wordnik.com. [2. Power overhead-line systems] Reference
Over her head we discerned the spare, upright shape of Mr. Bowen looking grim and penetrative, but not unkindly. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
Indigo extract is notable for its level dyeing and penetrative properties, but it is not fast to light or milling. From Wordnik.com. [The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics] Reference
The lesser degree of penetrative power, and increased capacity to contuse, possessed by such fragments are obvious. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre] Reference
Voltaire shot a penetrative ray through the clouds of doubt, out of which Pascal had made an apology for mysticism. From Wordnik.com. [Voltaire] Reference
Owing to the featherweight heft the harpoon failed in penetrative force, and with the first tug invariably withdrew. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
She looked fixedly at the man's dark face, with its gray, deep-set, penetrative eyes, its bluish jaw, and knitted brows. From Wordnik.com. [The Furnace of Gold] Reference
She settled at last, after penetrative thought, on one husband and wife, the latter a plain little person no longer young. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
But Hotep was a penetrative man, and more hidden things than his friend's ailment had been an open secret to his keen eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The Great Cluster in Perseus, which lies in the Milky Way, also baffled the penetrative capacity of Herschel's instruments. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
And this penetrative power effective literature must have to-day on account of the vastly increased mass of modern readers. From Wordnik.com. [A Librarian's Open Shelf] Reference
It was a penetrative voice, too, filling the house with its echoes, echoes that scarcely died away before a soft call came. From Wordnik.com. [Suzanna Stirs the Fire] Reference
They have little penetrative power and are readily absorbed in passing through a sheet of paper or through a few inches of air. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
McCain is just the supplier of talking points, the media is the one that gives them penetrative heft. he's gotta subvert that somehow. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Campaign: Obama, Dems Want To Lose In Iraq Because It Helps Them Politically] Reference
The one has a preponderance of the beautiful gift of a rich fancy, while to the other was given in greater degree the power of the penetrative and sympathetic imagination. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
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