What it means
- (noun) Anything which absorbs.
- (noun) (pluralized) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
- (noun) 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.
- (noun) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
- (adjective) Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive. “Those paper towels were amazingly absorbent. That was quite a spill.”
Letter analysis
- Absorbent contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 8 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 13.
Sub-words
- baronets
- banters
- baronet
- boaster
- boaters
- senator
- treason
- abbots
- aborts
- absent
- absorb
- astern
- atones
- banter
- barest
- barons
- batons
- boater
- boners
- breast
- nabobs
- orates
- ornate
- reason
- sorbet
- sterna
- stoner
- strobe
- tenors
- tensor
- abbot
- abets
- abort
- aeons
- antes
- arose
- arson
- aster
- atone
- babes
- banes
- barbs
- bares
- barns
- baron
- baser
- baste
- bates
- baton
- beans
- bears
- beast
- beats
- bents
- besot
- betas
- boars
- boast
- boats
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with ABS
- abscess
- abscessed
- abscesses
- abscessing
- abscissa
- abscissae
- abscissas
- abscond
- absconded
- absconding
- absconds
- absence
- absences
- absent
- absented
- absentee
- absenteeism
- absentees
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Words ending with ENT
Common questions
What does Absorbent mean?
Anything which absorbs.
How many letters are in Absorbent?
Absorbent has 9 letters.
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