| Spongeous (a.) Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge. Thesaurus Entries absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorption, assimilation, assimilative, bibulous, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, chemisorption, chemisorptive, chemosorption, chemosorptive, digestion, digestive, endosmosis, endosmotic, engrossment, exosmosis, exosmotic, imbibitory, infiltration, osmosis, osmotic, percolation, resorbent, seepage, soaking, sorbent, sorption, sponge, spongeous, sponging, spongy, thirsty |