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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
absorbency, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemosorption, digestion, endosmosis, engrossment, exosmosis, infiltration, osmosis, percolation, seepage, sorption, sponge, sponging
Dictionary Results for absorbent:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
absorbent
    adj 1: having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up
           something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a
           sponge" [syn: absorbent, absorptive] [ant:
           nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive]
    n 1: a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another
         substance [syn: absorbent material, absorbent]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
absorbent \ab*sorb"ent\ ([a^]b*s[^o]rb"ent), a. [L. absorbens,
   p. pr. of absorbere.]
   Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.
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   Absorbent ground (Paint.), a ground prepared for a picture,
      chiefly with distemper, or water colors, by which the oil
      is absorbed, and a brilliancy is imparted to the colors.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Absorbent \Ab*sorb"ent\, n.
   1. Anything which absorbs. AS
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            The ocean, itself a bad absorbent of heat. --Darwin.
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   2. (Med.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid
      fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.;
      also a substance e. g., iodine which acts on the absorbent
      vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts. AS
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   3. pl. (Physiol.) The vessels by which the processes of
      absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals,
      the extremities of the roots in plants. AS
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