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Oscule :: Oscule (n.) One of the excurrent apertures of sponges.

Suberone :: Suberite (n.) Any sponge of the genus Suberites and allied genera. These sponges have a fine and compact texture, and contain minute siliceous spicules..

Synod :: Synocil (n.) A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell..

Polymorphosis :: Polymorphosis (n.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc..

Scepterellate :: Scepterellate (a.) Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth..

Statocracy :: Statoblast (n.) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges, especially in the fresh-water species; -- also called winter buds..

Receipt :: Receipt (n.) A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake..

Hexactinelline :: Hexactinelline (a.) Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules..

Spongin :: Spongilla (n.) A genus of siliceous spongea found in fresh water.

Euplectella :: Euplectella (n.) A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also Venus's flower-basket..

Palpocil :: Palpocil (n.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges.

Imbibe :: Imbibe (v. t.) To drink in; to absorb; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture..

Spunk :: Spunge (n.) A sponge.

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture..

Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To deprive of something by imposition.

Disponge :: Disponge (v. t.) To sprinkle, as with water from a sponge..

Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

Cnidaria :: Cnidaria (n. pl.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Coelenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata..

Sponginess :: Spongin (n.) The chemical basis of sponge tissue, a nitrogenous, hornlike substance which on decomposition with sulphuric acid yields leucin and glycocoll..

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