Definition of spongy

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Spongy (a.) Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy..

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Levulin :: Levulin (n.) A substance resembling dextrin, obtained from the bulbs of the dahlia, the artichoke, and other sources, as a colorless, spongy, amorphous material. It is so called because by decomposition it yields levulose..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.
Solid :: Solid (a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread..
Swan :: Swampy (a.) Consisting of swamp; like a swamp; low, wet, and spongy; as, swampy land..
Fungoid :: Fungoid (a.) Like a fungus; fungous; spongy.
Spongiozoa :: Spongious (a.) Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities like sponge; as, spongious bones..
Mire :: Mire (n.) Deep mud; wet, spongy earth..
Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..
Swamped :: Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore..
Fungous :: Fungous (a.) Of the nature of fungi; spongy.
Fungus :: Fungus (n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds..
Spongelet :: Sponge (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven..
Cancellous :: Cancellous (a.) Having a spongy or porous structure; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones..
Elkwood :: Elkwood (n.) The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella)..
Pith :: Pith (n.) The soft spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees, especially those of the dicotyledonous or exogenous classes. It consists of cellular tissue..
Sponk :: Spongy (a.) Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge..
Sponging :: Sponginess (n.) The quality or state of being spongy.
Fozy :: Fozy (a.) Spongy; soft; fat and puffy.
Muffin :: Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea..
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