Crossword clues for sponginess
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sponginess \Spon"gi*ness\ (sp[u^]n"j[i^]*n[e^]s), n.
The quality or state of being spongy.
--Dr. H. More.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being spongy.
WordNet
n. the porosity of a sponge
the property of being able to occupy less space [syn: compressibility, squeezability] [ant: incompressibility]
Usage examples of "sponginess".
With this tremor, its sponginess began in patches to disappear, and give place to some sort of smooth pale-yellowish substance, which presently had spread so far that it was the sponginess which grew on it in patches.
There grew out of her smooth dead skin, into which the sponginess had now been wholly absorbed, fresh streaks and patches, ash-coloured, which spread and came together, and presently covered her, and grew loose, and wrapped itself round her like a dull dress.
Again, the decoction makes a capital gargle for relaxed sore throat, and for sponginess of the mouth, of the tonsils, and the gums.
On firm ground Ilna might've been able to simply run the gauntlet of the parasites instead of tricking them into fighting for territories, but she didn't trust this jellied sponginess.