sponge (n.)
- ablution
- absorbency
- absorbent
- absorption
- adsorbent
- adsorption
- air
- application
- assimilation
- bake
- band
- bandage
- bandaging
- barnacle
- bath
- bathe
- beat
- benthos
- binder
- bloodsucker
- blot
- blotter
- boozer
- brace
- brush
- bubble
- bum
- burn
- butter
- cancel
- cast
- cataplasm
- cetacean
- chaff
- chemisorption
- chemosorption
- chip
- cobweb
- colander
- compress
- cork
- cotton
- cravat
- cribble
- crush
- cure
- damp
- dash
- deadbeat
- dele
- dew
- digest
- digestion
- dolphin
- douche
- down
- drain
- dressing
- drink
- drunk
- dry
- dust
- elution
- enema
- engrossment
- eradicator
- erase
- eraser
- ether
- fairy
- feather
- fingerling
- fire
- fish
- flue
- fluff
- flush
- foam
- freeloader
- froth
- fry
- fuzz
- gargle
- gauze
- give
- gossamer
- guzzler
- hanger-on
- holystone
- honeycomb
- hose
- inebriate
- infiltration
- irrigation
- kiln
- kipper
- lather
- lavabo
- lavage
- lavation
- lave
- leech
- lint
- lush
- lusher
- man-eater
- mash
- minnow
- mop
- mopping
- mote
- mush
- nekton
- net
- osmosis
- paddle
- panfish
- parasite
- parch
- paste
- percolation
- pith
- plankton
- plaster
- porosity
- porousness
- porpoise
- porridge
- poultice
- present
- pudding
- pulp
- pulpwood
- raze
- riddle
- rinse
- rinsing
- roller
- rub
- rubber
- rummy
- salmon
- sauce
- sauna
- scorch
- scour
- scouring
- scratch
- screen
- scrub
- scrubbing
- seepage
- shampoo
- shark
- shower
- sieve
- sling
- slobber
- slop
- sluice
- smash
- smoke
- soak
- soap
- sorb
- sorption
- sot
- souse
- sparge
- spatter
- spiv
- splash
- splatter
- splint
- sponger
- spray
- sprinkle
- spume
- squash
- stew
- strainer
- straw
- stupe
- sucker
- sun
- swab
- swabbing
- swash
- syringe
- tampon
- tape
- tent
- thistledown
- tippler
- tourniquet
- towel
- tub
- wash
- washing
- washout
- washup
- water
- wet
- whale
- wino
- wipe
- wither
sponge (v.)
- absorb
- adsorb
- air
- assimilate
- bake
- band
- bandage
- baptize
- bathe
- beat
- bedew
- bespatter
- besprinkle
- blot
- brace
- brush
- bubble
- bum
- burn
- butter
- cancel
- cast
- chaff
- chemisorb
- chip
- compress
- cork
- cotton
- cribble
- crush
- cure
- dabble
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- dehumidify
- dehydrate
- delete
- desiccate
- dew
- digest
- douche
- down
- drain
- drink
- dry
- dust
- efface
- engross
- erase
- ether
- evaporate
- expunge
- exsiccate
- feather
- fire
- fish
- fluff
- flush
- foam
- freeload
- froth
- fry
- gargle
- give
- holystone
- honeycomb
- hose
- humidify
- imbibe
- inebriate
- infiltrate
- insolate
- irrigate
- kipper
- lather
- launder
- lave
- leech
- lint
- lush
- mash
- moisten
- mop
- mote
- mummify
- mush
- net
- obliterate
- paddle
- parch
- paste
- pith
- plaster
- poultice
- present
- pulp
- raze
- riddle
- rinse
- roller
- rub
- rubber
- sauce
- scorch
- scour
- scratch
- screen
- scrub
- sear
- shampoo
- shark
- shower
- shrivel
- sieve
- sling
- slobber
- slop
- slosh
- sluice
- smash
- smoke
- soak
- soap
- sorb
- sot
- souse
- sparge
- spatter
- splash
- splatter
- splint
- spray
- sprinkle
- spume
- squash
- stew
- straw
- sun
- swab
- swash
- syringe
- tampon
- tape
- tent
- towel
- tub
- wash
- water
- wet
- whale
- wipe
- wither
I drink no more than a sponge.
