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"Spongy"
Keywords:
porous
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excrescence
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drenched
,
rainy
,
scarcely
Related Terms:
Spicule
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Compact bone
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Excrescence
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Cancellous
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Spongy bone
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Lamellae
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Bone
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Cortical bone
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Skeleton
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Pith
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Sponge
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Ossify
,
Stringy
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Hydrostatic skeleton
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Fibrous
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Porifera
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Tuberosity
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Callus
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Endoskeleton
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Crust
,
Cartilaginous
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Periosteum
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Aƫrenchyma
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Grafting
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Phyllo
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Vascular tissue
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Exoskeleton
,
Body fossil
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Cuticle
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Apophysis
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Cartilage
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Retinaculum
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Sea cucumber
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Siphonostele
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Dentine
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Ossification
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Hair
,
Hydroxyapatite
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Protostele
,
Gelatine
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Vascular bundle
,
Cementum
,
Trabecula
,
Mesophyll
,
Scutes
,
Filo
,
Test
,
Ergot
,
Xylem
Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones.
ftp.uga.edu
Wet; drenched; soaked and soft, like sponge; rainy.
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Irregularly interrupted by small, sometimes scarcely distinguishable cavities; porous.
dodge.unl.edu
resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility; "spongy bread"
wordnet.princeton.edu
A porous condition in metal powder particles usually observed in reduced oxides.
copper.org
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Keywords:
imbibing
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fluids
,
quality
Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge.
ftp.uga.edu
Keywords:
compressed
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recovers
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absorb
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yield
,
able
having a surface that can be compressed but recovers.
paoli.it
like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed
wordnet.princeton.edu