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Pumiced :: Pumiced (a.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot..

Spongy :: Spongy (a.) Soft, and full of cavities; of an open, loose, pliable texture; as, a spongy excrescence; spongy earth; spongy cake; spongy bones..

Solid :: Solid (a.) Of a fleshy, uniform, undivided substance, as a bulb or root; not spongy or hollow within, as a stem..

Medullary :: Medullary (a.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy.

Fungous :: Fungous (a.) Of the nature of fungi; spongy.

Stroma :: Stroma (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell..

Pith :: Pith (n.) The spongy interior substance of a feather.

Sponging :: Sponginess (n.) The quality or state of being spongy.

Elkwood :: Elkwood (n.) The soft, spongy wood of a species of Magnolia (M. Umbrella)..

Solid :: Solid (a.) Not hollow; full of matter; as, a solid globe or cone, as distinguished from a hollow one; not spongy; dense; hence, sometimes, heavy..

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

Cancellated :: Cancellated (a.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones..

Bibulous :: Bibulous (v. t.) Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper..

Amadou :: Amadou (n.) A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter..

Sponk :: Spongy (a.) Having the quality of imbibing fluids, like a sponge..

Swamped :: Swamp (n.) Wet, spongy land; soft, low ground saturated with water, but not usually covered with it; marshy ground away from the seashore..

Muffin :: Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea..

Fungus :: Fungus (n.) A spongy, morbid growth or granulation in animal bodies, as the proud flesh of wounds..

Sprinkled :: Springy (superl.) Abounding with springs or fountains; wet; spongy; as, springy land..

Crumpet :: Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider..

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