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Being able to absorb fluids
Answer for the clue "Being able to absorb fluids ", 10 letters:
porousness
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Word definitions for porousness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids [syn: porosity ] [ant: solidity ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being porous; porosity
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Porousness \Por"ous*ness\, n. The quality of being porous. The open parts; the interstices of anything. [R.] They will forcibly get into the porousness of it. --Sir K. Digby.
Usage examples of porousness.
It can be so woven as to be almost as porous as wool, and to retain that porousness even when saturated with perspiration.