osmose

• Bilgewater sloshed around his ankles, creeping under his nanoskin faster than the skin could re-osmose it; the night hung against him hot and sweaty as a giant hand. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
• And if you fail at that you can always put a copy of the book, along with the Orange Bible, under your pillow and try to osmose your way to becoming the Kwisatz Haderach. —  Slashdot: Book Reviews
• 15. To show osmose (see page 19 CHAPTER III SOILS The soil considered agriculturally, is that part of the earth's crust which is occupied by the roots of plants and from which they absorb food and moisture RELATION OF SOIL TO PLANTS We have learned that plant roots penetrate the soil to hold the plant in a firm and stable position, to absorb moisture and with it plant food. —  The First Book of Farming
• Diluted acids are known to induce negative osmose,* and the poisonous action of so many acids on Drosera is, perhaps, connected with this power, for we have seen that the fluids in which they were immersed often became pink, and the glands pale-coloured or white. —  Insectivorous Plants
• To show osmose 23 16. —  The First Book of Farming

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