Answer to "Be parasitic" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word SPONGE which also is the latest solution we found used in Newsday in 2008.

Be parasitic crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
SPONGE	33 %	6
INFEST	33 %	6
FEEDON	33 %	6

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be parasitic

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• leech
• parasite
• infest
• sponge
• supercrescent
• acanthocephalan
• actinomycosis
• amoeba
• ascarid
• bilharzia
• bloodsucking
• botfly

Crossword Answer definitions

SPONGE noun

1. Any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum Porifera, that have a porous skeleton often of silica.
2. A piece of porous material used for washing (originally made from the invertebrates, now often made of plastic).
3. A porous material such as sponges consist of.
4. A heavy drinker.
5. A type of light cake.
6. A type of steamed pudding.
7. A person who takes advantage of the generosity of others (abstractly imagined to absorb or soak up the money or efforts of others like a sponge).
8. A form of contraception that is inserted vaginally; a contraceptive sponge.
9. Any sponge-like substance.
10. A mop for cleaning the bore of a cannon after a discharge. It consists of a cylinder of wood, covered with sheepskin with the wool on, or cloth with a heavy looped nap, and having a handle, or staff.
11. The extremity, or point, of a horseshoe, corresponding to the heel.
12. A nuclear power plant worker routinely exposed to radiation.

SPONGE verb

1. To take advantage of the kindness of others.
2. To get by imposition; to scrounge.
3. To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.
4. To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.
5. To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.
6. To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
7. To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result SPONGE

• Loofah, e.g.
• Holey water container?
• Mooch
• Kind of bath
• Absorbent wiper
• Moocher
• Spill sopper
• Type of bath or cake
• Freeloader
• Absorbent cleaner

More clues leading to the result INFEST

• Overrun
• Invade in great numbers
• Bug out?
• Overrun, as with locusts
• Be parasitic
• Fill (an area), like termites
• Overrun en masse, as ants
• Take over
• Overrun, as with pests
• Plague

More clues leading to the result FEEDON

• Make a meal of
• Be nourished by
• Eat
• Live off of
• Use for nourishment
• Get nourishment from
• Get sustenance from
• Get energy from
• Be nourished by.
• Get support from.