Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
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.
A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
Anything which absorbs.
Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous.