water-repellant

Leah Nash for The Wall Street Journal Mr. Van Horne demonstrated the hydrophobic, or water-repellant, feature of the Ducks' pants which keeps the uniform light and dry in wet weather.

Clothes That Do More Than Look Good 2011

Superhydrophobicity is sometimes referred to as the “Lotus effect,” because the leaves of the lotus and certain other plants (and the wings of some insects) are among the most water-repellant surfaces known to science.

The Complicated Physics of a Dribbling Teapot 2009

Three collections -- Safari, Upland, and Camouflage -- include items from pleated, vented shirts to fleece, water-repellant outwear.

How Women's Gear Gets Made 2007

The intense heat can also cause soil particles to become water-repellant, causing rainwater to run off.

Fire ecology fact sheet 2009

And to add to the horror, I did all this wearing the official Snug outfit: tuxedo shirt, unbuttoned at the top but still with a wraparound bow tie, and slick, water-repellant, multi-zipper-pocketed parachute pants.

Fired! Written 2006

And to add to the horror, I did all this wearing the official Snug outfit: tuxedo shirt, unbuttoned at the top but still with a wraparound bow tie, and slick, water-repellant, multi-zipper-pocketed parachute pants.

Fired! Written 2006

How did we discover it's wonderful water-repellant capabilities?

saturated sculling librariane 2006

And to add to the horror, I did all this wearing the official Snug outfit: tuxedo shirt, unbuttoned at the top but still with a wraparound bow tie, and slick, water-repellant, multi-zipper-pocketed parachute pants.

Fired! Written 2006

How did we discover it's wonderful water-repellant capabilities?

Archive 2006-08-01 librariane 2006

And to add to the horror, I did all this wearing the official Snug outfit: tuxedo shirt, unbuttoned at the top but still with a wraparound bow tie, and slick, water-repellant, multi-zipper-pocketed parachute pants.

Fired! Written 2006