porous adsorbent
31spongy — Synonyms and related words: absorbent, adsorbent, assimilative, baccate, bibulous, blotting, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, cribriform, digestive, doughy, edematous, endosmotic, exosmotic, flabby, fleshy, imbibitory, leachy, macerated, masticated …
32absorbent — adj porous, spongy, spongiose, Rare. spongious, permeable, pervious; retentive, absorptive, Physical Chem. adsorbent; thirsty, bibbing, bibulous, imbibitory; recipient, receptive, assimilative, digestive; soaking, blotting, sponging, absorbing,… …
33bibulous — adj 1. alcoholic, dypsomaniacal, bib acious, inebrious, crapulous, given or addicted to drink, Sl. on the sauce, Sl. on the bottle, Sl. on the booze, Sl. under the influence; drunken, sottish, besotted, awash, Literary. in one s cups, Inf. boozy …
