absorbents
ab-sor-bents
noun
Materials or substances designed to soak up liquids or gases.
"Keep absorbents handy for any spills in the laboratory."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: absorbent material, receptive, absorptive, thirsty, assimilating, absorbefacient, assimilatory, hygroscopic, assimilative, spongy, spongelike, shock-absorbent
Antonyms: nonabsorbent, nonabsorptive