Thesaurus / spongy
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It’s a rare backpacking treat, with no roads, signs, or designated campsites—but plenty of rough and spongy backcountry tundra.
50 U.S. WILDERNESS AREAS, RANKEDERILEYJULY 26, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEWithin xylem, sap is pulled like a string, caught in a tug-of-war between spongy soil and airy leaves.
FROGHOPPERS ARE THE SUPER-SUCKERS OF THE ANIMAL WORLDJONATHAN LAMBERTJULY 13, 2021SCIENCE NEWSNeuroscience is moving towards a “holistic conception of health” that considers the brain’s functions in concert with our other spongy, slippery organs, rather than as a separate entity studied alone in a jar.
TREATING THE BRAIN THROUGH THE STOMACH: TWEAKING THE GUT MICROBIOME SLOWED ALS IN MICESHELLY FANJULY 13, 2021SINGULARITY HUB One used tubular structures and the other spongy tissue structures to help deliver cell nutrients and remove waste.
NASA INCHES CLOSER TO PRINTING ARTIFICIAL ORGANS IN SPACETATYANA WOODALLJUNE 18, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWWe butterflied the penis, slicing the shaft neatly in half to reveal the spongy tissue within.
YOU CAN’T DISSECT A VIRTUAL CADAVER - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITYMICHAEL DENHAMMAY 5, 2021NAUTILUSAfter the third year, Alvarez said now the top 17 inches of soil is spongy and carbon-rich.
FARMERS WANT TO CREATE SAN DIEGO’S CARBON DUMPSMACKENZIE ELMERFEBRUARY 3, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOThe wood of the tree pandans is too spongy and soft to make a good material for the construction of houses.
PHILIPPINE MATSHUGO H. MILLERThe stone is the soft spongy limestone which abounds on this coast, and I may add, through most of Palestine.
LETTERS FROM PALESTINEJ. D. PAXTONPrepare the crabs by removing the apron and the spongy substance under the shell of each crab.
WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 3WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCESWith this variety, lift up the points on each side of the back shell and remove the spongy substance that is found under them.
WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF COOKERY, VOL. 3WOMAN'S INSTITUTE OF DOMESTIC ARTS AND SCIENCESWORDS RELATED TO SPONGY
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- fine
- flabby
- fleecy
- fleshy
- flexible
- flimsy
- flocculent
- flowing
- fluffy
- fluid
- formless
- furry
- gelatinous
- impressible
- limp
- malleable
- moldable
- mushy
- pappy
- pithy
- plastic
- pliable
- pulpy
- quaggy
- rounded
- satiny
- silken
- silky
- smooth
- snug
- spongy
- squashy
- supple
- thin
- velvety
- yielding
- bendable
- comfortable
- comfy
- cottony
- cozy
- creamy
- cushiony
- cushy
- delicate
- doughy
- downy
- ductile
- easeful
- easy
- elastic
- feathery
- fine
- flabby
- fleecy
- fleshy
- flexible
- flimsy
- flocculent
- flowing
- fluffy
- fluid
- formless
- furry
- gelatinous
- impressible
- limp
- malleable
- moldable
- mushy
- pappy
- pithy
- plastic
- pliable
- pulpy
- quaggy
- rounded
- satiny
- silken
- silky
- smooth
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- velvety
- yielding
- agile
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- atmospheric
- buoyant
- crumbly
- dainty
- delicate
- downy
- easy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- featherweight
- feathery
- filmy
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluffy
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- imponderous
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- light as a feather
- light-footed
- lightweight
- lithe
- little
- loose
- meager
- nimble
- petty
- porous
- portable
- sandy
- sheer
- slender
- slight
- small
- spongy
- sprightly
- sylphlike
- thin
- tissuelike
- trifling
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
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