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.
Full of tiny pores that allow fluids or gasses to pass through.
full of loopholes
With many gaps.