Anagrams of: SPONGIN

• A horny, sulfur-containing protein, related to keratin, that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges. A proteinaceous compound of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed.

• (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

• A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.

• (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke.

• (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).

• A conical mound of earth with an ice core caused by permafrost uplift, particularly if lasting more than a year.

• (Sri Lanka) A flexible pole supported on one shoulder, with a load suspended from each end; a carrying pole or carrying yoke.

• (Sri Lanka) A measure of weight equivalent to that which can be carried using a pingo, perhaps about 55 pounds (25 kilograms) (see the 2013 quotation).

• To open.

• a sharp high-pitched resonant sound (as of a sonar echo or a bullet striking metal)

• a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya

• hit with a pinging noise

• sound like a car engine that is firing too early

• make a short high-pitched sound

• contact, usually in order to remind of something

• send a message from one computer to another to check whether it is reachable and active

• any of several low-growing pines of western North America

• an unpleasant smell