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  • English Word Absorber Definition One who, or that which, absorbs.
  • English Word Absorbing Definition of Absorb
  • English Word Absorbing Definition Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit.
  • English Word Absorbition Definition Absorption.
  • English Word Absorpt Definition Absorbed.
  • English Word Absorption Definition 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, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.
  • English Word Absorption Definition An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.
  • English Word Absorption Definition In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs.
  • English Word Absorption Definition Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.
  • English Word Absorptive Definition Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
  • English Word Absorptiveness Definition The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
  • English Word Absorptivity Definition Absorptiveness.
  • English Word Absquatulate Definition To take one's self off; to decamp.
  • English Word Absque hoc Definition The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated.
  • English Word Abstain Definition To hold one's self aloof; to forbear or refrain voluntarily, and especially from an indulgence of the passions or appetites; -- with from.
  • English Word Abstain Definition To hinder; to withhold.
  • English Word Abstained Definition of Abstain
  • English Word Abstainer Definition One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
  • English Word Abstaining Definition of Abstain
  • English Word Abstemious Definition Abstaining from wine.
  • English Word Abstemious Definition Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
  • English Word Abstemious Definition Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet.
  • English Word Abstemious Definition Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life.
  • English Word Abstemious Definition Promotive of abstemiousness.
  • English Word Abstemiousness Definition The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance.
  • English Word Abstention Definition The act of abstaining; a holding aloof.
  • English Word Abstentious Definition Characterized by abstinence; self-restraining.
  • English Word Absterge Definition To make clean by wiping; to wipe away; to cleanse; hence, to purge.
  • English Word Abstergent Definition Serving to cleanse, detergent.
  • English Word Abstergent Definition A substance used in cleansing; a detergent; as, soap is an abstergent.