| 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, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger. |
| Absorption |
| An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical
action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc. |
| Absorption |
| In living organisms, the process by which the materials
of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and
organs. |
| Absorption |
| Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as,
absorption in some employment. |
| Absorptive |
| Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or
imbibe. |
| Absorptiveness |
| The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power. |
| Absorptivity |
| Absorptiveness. |
| Absquatulate |
| To take one's self off; to decamp. |
| Absque hoc |
| The technical words of denial used in traversing what has
been alleged, and is repeated. |
| Abstained |
| of Abstain |
