spongy bread. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The interior of bitter melon is packed with large seeds suspended in spongy material. From Wordnik.com. [Tigers & Strawberries » Eating Bitter, Part One: An Introduction to the Bitter Melon] Reference
Has anyone ever had an issue with baked eggs becoming "spongy"?. From Wordnik.com. [South Beach Diet Phase One Breakfast Casserole Many Ways] Reference
That roof can get very, very -- what we call kind of spongy because it's being impinged by the fire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2008] Reference
Robotics experts also have been searching for the right kind of spongy material to mimic muscle tissue and make movements less jerky. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: December 22, 2002 - December 28, 2002 Archives] Reference
Reserve Banks sees "spongy" recovery and no boom in property market. From Wordnik.com. [Scoop Audio and Video Podcast] Reference
The pads are soaked in the remover and feel slightly "spongy" to the touch. From Wordnik.com. [TheFind blog] Reference
On the other hand, Bilateria, which include worms, mollusks, insects, and vertebrates, did not descend directly from this "spongy" ancestor. From Wordnik.com. [Science Blog - Science news straight from the source] Reference
That kind of spongy language leads many to suspect that the treaty would be used against political dissidents as much as it would be used to protect the feelings of the devout. From Wordnik.com. [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference
"spongy" feel when applying the brakes, and provides a firmer, more responsive pedal. From Wordnik.com. [ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News] Reference
Through the heavy pine trees and onto the spongy ground. From Wordnik.com. [Prey] Reference
It's all computerized thuds and and spongy blocks of sound. From Wordnik.com. [Do You Hear What I Hear?] Reference
I artlessly jammed my hand beneath the wet spongy bikini bra. From Wordnik.com. [My Life In Pools] Reference
A chunk of black soil, spongy grass tumbles into the water. From Wordnik.com. [Monsoon] Reference
What with her narrow skirt and the spongy ground she could scarcely walk. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Maids at Sunrise Camp] Reference
Wood is spongy in grain, moderately durable, but unfit for work requiring strength. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
But the wood was decayed; it was so soft and spongy it would not support his weight. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
The gums become spongy, bleeding on the slightest touch, and the teeth frequently loosen. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
We clambered over the spongy rubber emergency slides and out into a dark, snowy, windy field. From Wordnik.com. ['A Sudden, Terrible Stillness'] Reference
This is a densely tufted perennial grass with branching root-stocks and spongy aromatic roots. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Yes and probably. as you age, the spongy disks between the vertebrae in the spine dry out and thin. From Wordnik.com. [Q&A: Can anything prevent age-related height loss?] Reference
Most peat meadows, in New England, when first relieved of stagnant water, are very light and spongy. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
The food was instant and underwhelming, stale bread and a spongy, uncooked quality about the filling. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty-One] Reference
Others were budding, only half unfolded, amid the darker mass of spongy moss which gave them sustenance. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
When the spongy texture becomes injected with blood, the canal is rendered much narrower than otherwise. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
It is a small, spongy mountain that one of my doctors assures me I will not need after the reconstruction. From Wordnik.com. [The Five of Cups] Reference
Cowper's glands open by very minute orifices on the sides of the spongy urethra anterior to and near the bulb. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The spongy bones, X W, are attached to the outer wall of the nasal fossa, and are situated one above the other. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
With its mixture of the craggy and the spongy, it suggests Mount Rushmore remade in cake form, pock-marked but soft. From Wordnik.com. [John C Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer] Reference
The bulb and glans are expansions or enlargements of the spongy texture, and do not affect the calibre of the canal. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
It is now used as woolen suiting for men's wear and in various kinds of coarse, spongy, shaggy cloth for women's gowns. From Wordnik.com. [Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades] Reference
The outer wall of each naris is grooved by three fossae, called meatuses, and these are situated between the spongy bones. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The three portions into which the urethra is described as being divisible, are the spongy, the membranous, and the prostatic. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Since her miscarriage we spend chill grey Sunday afternoons kneeling on spongy ground without even a decent hymn to break up the monotony. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary] Reference
At the point of junction between the membranous and spongy portions behind the bulb, the canal is described as being naturally constricted. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Though Collor escaped prison, lawmakers expelled dozens of crooked colleagues, drafted tough laws to curb money laundering and cracked down on spongy campaign financing. From Wordnik.com. [LULA'S TRIAL BYFIRE] Reference
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