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Absorbency
- noun - the property of being absorbent
Absorbents
- noun - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
Absorption
- noun - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
- (physics) the process in which incident radiated energy is retained without reflection or transmission on passing through a medium; "the absorption of photons by atoms or molecules"
- complete attention; intense mental effort
- the mental state of being preoccupied by something
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Absorptive
- adjective - having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.); "as absorbent as a sponge"
Absque Hoc
- - The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
Abstainers
- noun - a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
Abstaining
- verb - choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"
- refrain from voting
Abstemious
- adjective - marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious with the use of adverbs"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
- not self indulgent
- sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; "the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy
Abstention
- noun - refusal to vote
- the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstergent
- - Serving to cleanse, detergent.