Vocabulary : Spongeous to Spongiole

Spongeous : Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
Sponger : One who sponges, or uses a sponge. ;; One employed in gathering sponges. ;; Fig.: A parasitical dependent; a hanger-on.
Spongiae : The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
Spongida : Spongiae.
Spongiform : Resembling a sponge; soft and porous; porous.

Spongilla : A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.
Spongin : The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll.
Sponginess : The quality or state of being spongy.
Sponging : of Sponge ;; a. & n. from Sponge, v.
Spongiole : A supposed spongelike expansion of the tip of a rootlet for absorbing water; -- called also spongelet.

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