"Sorbefacient" is a word in ENGLISH

Absorptiveness.

The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the …

Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Absorption.

Absorbed.

An imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action; as, the absorption of light, heat, electricity, etc.

In living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues …

Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the …

Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.

The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.

Absorptiveness.

Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects.

The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, …

In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.

Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.

The act of passing by osmosis through animal membranes, as in the distribution of poisons, gases, etc., through the body. …

Not digestible; not readily soluble in the digestive juices; not easily convertible into products fitted for absorption.

An absorption of one estate, or one contract, in another, or of a minor offense in a greater.

The fusion or absorption of one thing or rigbt Into another; generally spoken of a case where one of the …