infiltration

infiltration has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• n.. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
• n.. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
• n.. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
• n.. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil"; "the infiltration of seawater through the lava"