| absorbent | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorptive |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
| accumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent |
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| adsorbent | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorptive, surface-assimilative |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance | Synonyms: adsorbent material |
| bent | (adjective) of metal e.g. | Synonyms: crumpled, dented |
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| (adjective) fixed in your purpose | Synonyms: bent on, dead set, out to |
| (adjective) used of the back and knees; stooped | Synonyms: bended |
| (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: hang, knack |
| (noun) a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
| (noun) an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges | - |
| (noun) grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens | Synonyms: bent-grass, bent grass |
| benthal | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthic, benthonic |
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| benthic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthonic |
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| benthonic | (adjective) of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water | Synonyms: benthal, benthic |
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| benthos | (noun) organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream | - |
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| (noun) a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones | Synonyms: benthic division, benthonic zone |
| bentonite | (noun) an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic ash | - |
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| bentonitic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing bentonite | - |
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| bentwood | (noun) wood that is steamed until it becomes pliable and then is shaped for use in making furniture | - |
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| debenture | (noun) a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt | - |
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| (noun) the ability of a customer to obtain goods or services before payment, based on the trust that payment will be made in the future | Synonyms: debenture bond, unsecured bond |
| decumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, recumbent |
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| incumbent | (adjective) currently holding an office | - |
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| (adjective) necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding | - |
| (adjective) lying or leaning on something else | - |
| (noun) the official who holds an office | Synonyms: officeholder |
| lambent | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: aglow, lucent, luminous |
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| merobenthos | (noun) benthos consisting of organisms in pre-adult stages that later become adult in the plankton. | - |
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| microbenthos | (noun) microscopic benthic organisms that are less than 0.1 mm in size. | - |
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| nonabsorbent | (adjective) not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids) | Synonyms: nonabsorptive |
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| nonadsorbent | (adjective) lacking a capacity to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: nonadsorptive |
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| procumbent | (adjective) having stems that trail along the ground without putting down roots | - |
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| recumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: accumbent, decumbent |
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| sorbent | (noun) a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption | Synonyms: sorbent material |
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| subentry | (noun) An entry, such as one in an account or reference work, that is included within a main entry. | - |
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| superincumbent | (adjective) lying or resting on and exerting pressure on something else | - |
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| unbent | (adjective) erect in posture | Synonyms: straight, unbowed |
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| (adjective) not bent | - |