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Spondyle
- - A joint of the backbone; a vertebra.
Spongers
- noun - a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
- a workman employed to collect sponges
- Cadger
Spongiae
- - The grand division of the animal kingdom which includes the sponges; -- called also Spongida, Spongiaria, Spongiozoa, and Porifera.
Spongier
- adjective - easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
- like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
Sponging
- verb - ask for and get free; be a parasite
- erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
- gather sponges, in the ocean
- soak up with a sponge
- wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten
Spongoid
- - Resembling sponge; like sponge.
Sponsion
- - The act of becoming surety for another.
Sponsors
- noun - an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)
- assume responsibility for or leadership of; "The senator announced that he would sponsor the health care plan"
- assume sponsorship of
- do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of
- someone who supports or champions something
Spontoon
- - A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.