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Absorbent :: Absorbent (a.) Absorbing; swallowing; absorptive.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) Capacity for swallowing; voracity.

Maw :: Maw (n.) A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt..

Masticate :: Masticate (v. t.) To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food..

Ingurgitation :: Ingurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.

Dysphagy :: Dysphagy (n.) Difficulty in swallowing.

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

Regurgitation :: Regurgitation (n.) The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

Swallow :: Swallowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Swallo.

Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..

Engulfment :: Engulfment (n.) A swallowing up as if in a gulf.

Swallow :: Swallow (n.) The act of swallowing.

Cynanche :: Cynanche (n.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing..

Cultrivorous :: Cultrivorous (a.) Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity..

Lithophagous :: Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich..

Engorgement :: Engorgement (n.) The act of swallowing greedily; a devouring with voracity; a glutting.

Resorbent :: Resorbent (a.) Swallowing up.

Swallow :: Swallow (v. i.) To perform the act of swallowing; as, his cold is so severe he is unable to swallow..

Deglutition :: Deglutition (n.) The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.

Wind-sucking :: Wind-sucking (n.) A vicious habit of a horse, consisting in the swallowing of air; -- usually associated with crib-biting, or cribbing. See Cribbing, 4..

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