| Wetting Action | | Fine Free Flowing |
| Visual Adaptation | | Solvent catagory |
| Visible Light | | Test piece with known defects to verify penitrant process |
| Viscosity | | Removing serface material using chemicals |
| Type | | Temp at which vapor ignites |
| Sensitivity Level | | Surface of the material being viewed |
| Known Defect Standard | | Liquids ability to flow over a serface |
| Fluorescence | | Fluorescent or Visual |
| Flash Point | | Water based that makes penitrant "water washable" |
| Hold out sample | | Oil based liquids makes penitrant "water washable" |
| Form | | Developers |
| Non Aqueous | | Developers particles suspended in non water based vehicle |
| Dry Powder | | Time penitrant stayed on serface before removed |
| Etching | | Penitrant seeping to the serface |
| Lipophilic | | Emission of visible radiation during the absorption of black light |
| Hydrophilic | | Difference in brightness or color |
| Emulsifier | | Interacts with oil to make surface "water washable" |
| Dwell Time | | Eye Adjustment |
| Developer | | (320 - 400) Elect Radiation |
| Contrast | | Unused penitrant for comparison testing |
| Class | | How sensitive a penitrant is to finding defects (1/2 - 4) |
| Bleed Out | | Liquids resisting sheer flow |
| Black Light | | 400 - 700 |
| Background | | Bleed out Accelerant |