1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sponge.

2. (a. & n.) from Sponge.

abject ablution absorbency absorbent absorption adsorbent adsorption apple-polishing ass-kissing assimilation backscratching beggarly blotter blotting blotting paper bone-lazy bootlicking brown-nosing cadging chemisorption chemosorption cleaning out cowering crawling cringing crouching digestion dilatory do-nothing doless douche douching dronish drony easy elution elutriation endosmosis enema engrossment ergophobic exosmosis faineant fawnery fawning flattering flunkyism flush flushing flushing out footlicking good-for-nothing groveling handshaking hangdog indolent infiltration ingratiating ingratiation insinuation irrigation laggard lathering lavabo lavage lavation laving lax lazy mealymouthed mealymouthedness mopping mopping up nonaggressive obeisance obeisant obsequious obsequiousness on bended knee osmosis parasitic parasitism percolation procrastinative prostrate prostration remiss rinse rinsing scouring scrounging scrub scrubbing scrubbing up seepage shampoo shiftless slack slothful slow sniveling soaping sorption sponge swabbing sycophancy sycophantic timeserving toadeating toadying toadyish toadyism truckling tufthunting unenterprising wash washing washing up washout washup wiping up work-shy