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IMBIBING |
Absorbing |
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INTERESTING |
Absorbing |
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DIGEST |
Absorbing (food) |
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INGESTING |
Absorbing (food) |
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DIGESTING |
Absorbing (food) |
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SPONGE |
Absorbing marine creature |
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ABSORBENT |
Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive. |
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ABSORBING |
Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. |
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HYGROMETRICAL |
Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as,
hygrometric substances, like potash. |
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ACHROMATIC |
Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of
tissue. |
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RESORPTION |
The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again;
reabsorption. |
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BLOTTER |
One who, or that which, blots; esp. a device for absorbing
superfluous ink. |
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DELIQUIATE |
To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from
the air; to deliquesce. |
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UNSATURATED |
Capable of absorbing or dissolving to a greater
degree; as, an unsaturated solution. |
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IMBIBITION |
The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the
post-mortem imbibition of poisons. |
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HYGROSCOPICITY |
The property possessed by vegetable tissues of
absorbing or discharging moisture according to circumstances. |
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MUSE |
Contemplation which abstracts the mind from passing scenes;
absorbing thought; hence, absence of mind; a brown study. |
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SPONGIOLE |
A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet
for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet. |
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DELIQUESCE |
To dissolve gradually and become liquid by
attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts,
acids, and alkalies. |
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FOMES |
Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing,
retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen
clothes are said to be active fomites. |
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FIT |
A mood of any kind which masters or possesses one for a time;
a temporary, absorbing affection; a paroxysm; as, a fit melancholy, of
passion, or of laughter. |
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MEMBRANE |
A thin layer or fold of tissue, usually supported by a
fibrous network, serving to cover or line some part or organ, and often
secreting or absorbing certain fluids. |
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VILLUS |
...vascular
membranes; a villosity; as, villi cover the lining of the small
intestines of many animals and serve to increase the absorbing surface.... |
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ABSORPTION |
The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything,
or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of
bodies in a whirlpool... |
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WASTE |
...hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery,
absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc. ... |