Regional accent and taste absorbing women (5)
I believe the answer is:
twang
'regional accent' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'taste absorbing women' is the wordplay.
'taste' becomes 'tang' (tang is a kind of taste).
'absorbing' indicates putting letters inside.
'women' becomes 'w' (standard abbreviation).
'tang' placed around 'w' is 'TWANG'.
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for twang that I've seen before include "Local accent" , "Plucking sound - nasal tone" , "Nasal accent" , "brogue" , "Characteristically plucky" .)