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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance;
[syn: adsorbent, adsorbent material]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface;
[syn: adsorbent, adsorptive, surface-assimilative]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adsorbent
    adj 1: having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to
           accumulate on a surface [syn: adsorbent, adsorptive,
           surface-assimilative] [ant: nonadsorbent,
           nonadsorptive]
    n 1: a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another
         substance [syn: adsorbent, adsorbent material]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "adsorbent":
   absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorption, assimilation,
   assimilative, bibulous, blotter, blotting, blotting paper,
   chemisorption, chemisorptive, chemosorption, chemosorptive,
   digestion, digestive, endosmosis, endosmotic, engrossment,
   exosmosis, exosmotic, imbibitory, infiltration, osmosis, osmotic,
   percolation, resorbent, seepage, soaking, sorbent, sorption,
   sponge, spongeous, sponging, spongy, thirsty