| absorption |
the act of absorbing or state of being absorbed. [1/2 definitions] |
| assimilate |
to be or become absorbed or incorporated. [2/8 definitions] |
| calcium |
a dietary supplement containing compounds of calcium that can be absorbed in digestion. [1/2 definitions] |
| calorimeter |
a device for measuring heat given off or absorbed. |
| chyle |
a light-colored fluid containing emulsified fat that is formed from chyme in the small intestine and that is absorbed by the lacteals and passed into the bloodstream. |
| digest |
to break down or promote the breaking down of (food) into substances that can be absorbed by body tissues. [1/8 definitions] |
| digestible |
capable of being digested or absorbed. |
| dose |
the amount of radiation or other toxic entity administered to or absorbed by a living organism. [1/6 definitions] |
| gone |
advanced or absorbed; deeply involved. [1/9 definitions] |
| merge |
to gradually blend together or be absorbed one into another so that there is a loss of individual distinctness or identity (often fol. by "in" or "into"). [1/5 definitions] |
| musing |
absorbed in thought or meditation. [1/2 definitions] |
| North Vietnam |
a former Southeast Asian country that occupied the northern part of Vietnam and in 1975 absorbed South Vietnam to become the reunified Vietnam. |
| preoccupation |
the state of being completely engrossed or absorbed in thought. [1/2 definitions] |
| quantum theory |
a theory in physics that energy radiates or is absorbed in discontinuous quantities, each a multiple of indivisible units or quanta. |
| rad |
a unit of energy of absorbed radiation equal to one hundred ergs per gram of material. |
| rotation of crops |
a system planting different crops in a fixed, repeated order in the same field so that each successive crop restores soil nutrients that were absorbed by the previous one. |
| runoff |
anything that drains away, such as excess rainwater that is not absorbed by the earth. [1/2 definitions] |
| run off |
to flow away and not be absorbed. [1/3 definitions] |
| saturate |
to fill or soak so completely that nothing more can be absorbed. [1/6 definitions] |
| soak |
to be absorbed by the mind (usu. fol. by in). [1/12 definitions] |
| South Vietnam |
a former Southeast Asian country that occupied the southern part of Vietnam and was absorbed in the reunified Vietnam in 1975. |