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- English Word Spongelet Definition See Spongiole.
- English Word Spongeous Definition Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
- English Word Sponger Definition One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
- English Word Sponger Definition One employed in gathering sponges.
- English Word Sponger Definition Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
- English Word Spongiae Definition The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
- English Word Spongida Definition Spongiae.
- English Word Spongiform Definition Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.
- English Word Spongilla Definition A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
- English Word Spongin Definition The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
- English Word Sponginess Definition The quality or state of being spongy.
- English Word Sponging Definition of Sponge
- English Word Sponging Definition a. & n. from Sponge, v.
- English Word Spongiole Definition A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.
- English Word Spongiolite Definition One of the microsporic siliceous spicules which occur abundantly in the texture of sponges, and are sometimes found fossil, as in flints.
- English Word Spongiopilin Definition A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistend with hot water it is used as a poultice.
- English Word Spongiose Definition Alt. of Spongious
- English Word Spongious Definition Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones.
- English Word Spongiozoa Definition See Sponglae.
- English Word Spongoblast Definition One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or the material of the horny fibers.