1) Absorb 2) Animal 3) Beg 4) Blot 5) Bum 6) Cadge 7) Cadger 8) Freeload 9) Freeloader 10) Freoad 11) Leech 12) Moisten 13) Mooch 14) Parazoan 15) Poriferan 16) Scrounger 17) Sot 18) Wipe up
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1) Absorbent 2) Absorbent cleaner 3) Absorbent counter cleaner 4) Absorbent kitchen cleaner 5) Absorbent material 6) Absorbent wiper 7) Absorbing subject 8) Aid to housecleaning 9) Alternative to carwash mitt 10) Anti-baby option 11) Ask for and get free 12) Bath item 13) Bathroom item 14) Bathroom scrubber
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Egg mass (in crustacean biology)
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• (v. i.) To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast, or leaven. • (n.) A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff. • (v. t.) Fig.: To get by impo...
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(from the article `baking`) The sponge-and-dough mixing method consists of two distinct stages. In the first stage, the mixture, called the sponge, usually contains one-half to ... The albumen of egg white, a protein solution, foams readily when whipped. The highly extended structure has little strength and must be supported ... [2 r...
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any of the primitive multicellular aquatic animals that constitute the phylum Porifera. They number approximately 5,000 described species and inhabit ... [20 related articles]
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A member of the phylum Porifera. Sponges are marine or freshwater invertebrates that live permanently attached to rocks or other surfaces. The body of a sponge is hollow and consists basically of an aggregation of cells between which there is little nervous coordination, although they do have spec...
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1. <zoology> Any one of numerous species of Spongiae, or Porifera. ... 2. The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
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(spunj) a porous, absorbent mass, as a pad of gauze or cotton surrounded by gauze, or the elastic fibrous skeleton of certain species of marine animals. absorbable gelatin sponge a sterile, absorbable, water-insoluble, gelatin-base material used in the control of bleeding.
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This toning tool is used to saturate or de-saturate areas of an image
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Sponge intransitive verb 1. To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
2. Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler
sponges on his neighbor.
E. Eggleston. « The fly is an intruder, and a common smell-feast, that
sponges upon other peopl...
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Sponge noun [ Old French
esponge , French
éponge , Latin
spongia , Greek ..., .... Confer
Fungus ,
Spunk .] [ Formerly written also
spunge .]
1. (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of Spongiæ, or Porifera. See
Illust. and Note under...
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Sponge transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Sponged ;
present participle & verbal noun Sponging .]
1. To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to
sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to
sponge...
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porous rubber for washing live at once expenseÂ
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The form in which certain primary metals are recovered, namely platinum, palladium and titanium. Also iron obtained by direct reduction from ore.
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Sponges (Porifera) are a group of simple animals. They possess a porous ' spongy' texture and no definite external organs or form. They vary in shape and hardness. The sponge body consists of a mass of cells of various kinds forming a delicate tissue, and this is supported on a skeleton of minute rods, or spicules, of calcite, silica or of a horny ...
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Sponge is slang for a heavy drinker.
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aquatic animal of the phylum Porifera, with pores in its body wall and a rigid skeleton. Sponges are very primitive animals, colonies of individuals, that evolved early in the history of the earth. They are attached to the substrate and filter the water for phyto plankton.
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sponge 1. Any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or framework, occurring in large, sessile colonies. 2. The light, yielding, porous, fibrous skeleton or framework of certain animals or colonies of this group; especially, of the genera Spongi...
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Refers to the sponge and dough method for making bread, consisting of two steps. The first step is the making of a yeast starter or yeast pre-ferment (aka sponge). After the sponge is left to ferment, it will be added to the final dough.
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slang for a tough boxer, one who can take a lot of punishment.
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poriferan noun primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies
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Any saclike simple invertebrate of the phylum Porifera, usually marine. A sponge has a hollow body, its cavity lined by cells bearing flagellae, whose whiplike movements keep water circulating, bringing in a stream of food particles. The body walls are strengthened with protein (as in the bath sponge) or small spikes of silica, or a framework of ca...
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esponja
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Also known as a “preferment,” a sponge is a portion of the ingredients that is mixed ahead of time, typically overnight. Using a sponge extends the fermentation process longer and generally releases more complex flavors in your loaf. It can also be used to soften dry ingredients (such as whole grains) and release sugars from the grains.
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