| absorbent |
| 1. adj. 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. | |
| 2. n. Anything which absorbs. | |
| 3. n. (physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants. | |
| 4. n. (medicine) 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 redu | |
| 5. n. (chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining. | |
| paper |
| 1. n. A sheet material used for writing on or printing on (or as a non-waterproof container), usually made by draining cellulose fibres from a suspension in water. | |
| 2. n. A newspaper or anything used as such (such as a newsletter or listing magazine). | |
| 3. n. Wallpaper. | |
| 4. n. Wrapping paper. | |
| 5. n. (rock paper scissors) An open hand (a handshape resembling a sheet of paper), that beats rock and loses to scissors. It loses to lizard and beats Spock in rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock. | |
| 6. n. A written document, generally shorter than a book (white paper, term paper), in particular one written for the Government. | |
| 7. n. A written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal (as a journal article or the manuscript for one) or i | |
| 8. n. A scholastic essay. | |
| 9. n. (slang) Money. | |
| 10. n. (New Zealand) A university course. | |
| 11. n. A paper packet containing a quantity of items. | |
| a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc. | |
| 12. n. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application. | |
| cantharides paper | |
| 13. n. A substance resembling paper secreted by certain invertebrates as protection for their nests and eggs. | |
| 14. adj. Made of paper. | |
| paper bag; paper plane | |
| 15. adj. Insubstantial (from the weakness of common paper) | |
| paper tiger; paper gangster | |
| 16. adj. Planned (from plans being drawn up on paper) | |
| paper rocket; paper engine | |
| 17. v. To apply paper to. | |
| to paper the hallway walls | |
| 18. v. To document; to memorialize. | |
| After they reached an agreement, their staffs papered it up. | |
| 19. v. To fill a theatre or other paid event with complimentary seats. | |
| As the event has not sold well, we'll need to paper the house. | |
| 20. v. To submit papers to (a law court, etc.). | |
| As |
| 1. n. plural of A | |
| She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As. | |
| 2. adv. To such an extent or degree. | |
| You’re not as tall as I am. | |
| It's not as well made, but it's twice as expensive. | |
| 3. adv. In the manner or role specified. | |
| The kidnappers released him as agreed. | |
| The parties were seen as agreeing on a range of issues. | |
| He was never seen as the boss, but rather as a friend. | |
| 4. adv. (dated) For example (compare such as). | |
| 5. conj. In the same way that; according to what. | |
| Do as I say! | |
| I'm under a lot of pressure, as you know. | |
| As you wish, my lord! | |
| 6. conj. At the same instant that; when. | |
| As I came in, she flew. | |
| 7. conj. At the same time that; while. | |
| He sleeps as the rain falls. | |
| 8. conj. Varying through time in the same proportion that. | |
| As my fear grew, so did my legs become heavy. | |
| 9. conj. Being that, considering that, because, since. | |
| As it’s too late, I quit. | |
| 10. conj. Introducing a basis of comparison, after as, so, or a comparison of equality. | |
| She's twice as strong as I was two years ago. | |
| It's not so complicated as I expected. | |
| 11. conj. (dated) Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state (+ subjunctive); ‘as though’, ‘as if’. | |
| 12. conj. Introducing a comparison with a hypothetical state with the verb elided; as if, as though. | |
| 13. conj. (now England, US, regional) Functioning as a relative conjunction; that. | |
| 14. conj. Expressing concession; though. | |
| 15. conj. (obsolete, rare) Than. | |
| 16. prep. Introducing a basis of comparison, with an object in the objective case. | |
| You are not as tall as me. | |
| They're big as houses. | |
| 17. prep. In the role of. | |
| What is your opinion as a parent? | |
| 18. n. (unit of weight) A libra. | |
| 19. n. Any of several coins of Rome, coined in bronze or later copper; or the equivalent value. | |
| 20. n. plural of a | |
| material |
| 1. adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter. | |
| This compound has a number of interesting material properties. | |
| 2. adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual. | |
| Don't let material concerns get in the way of living a happy life. | |
| 3. adj. (law, accounting) Significant. | |
| You've made several material contributions to this project. | |
| This is the most material fact in this lawsuit. | |
| 4. n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something. | |
| Asphalt, composed of oil and sand, is a widely used material for roads. | |
| 5. n. Text written for a specific purpose. | |
| We were a warm-up act at the time; we didn't have enough original material to headline. | |
| 6. n. A sample or specimens for study. | |
| 7. n. Cloth to be made into a garment. Fabric. | |
| You'll need about a yard of material to make this. | |
| 8. n. The people collectively who are qualified for a certain position or activity. | |
| John Doe is a great governor, and I also believe he is presidential material. | |
| He is not the only one. I believe we have lots of presidential material in various public offices. | |
| 9. n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book. | |
| 10. n. The substance that something is made or composed of. | |
| 11. v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize. | |
