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Antonyms for deliquescence
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : del-i-kwes-uh ns |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛl ɪˈkwɛs əns |
Definition of deliquescence
- As in inaction : noun state of doing nothing
- As in condensation : noun water buildup
- Now it is the deliquescence of formal verse that is to be feared.
- Extract from : « Unicorns » by James Huneker
- At length, we arrived at the spot, but in a state of deliquescence and exhaustion not to be described.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 451 » by Various
- Helpless, boneless, and jelly-like, old age had overtaken her with a mild form of deliquescence.
- Extract from : « On the Frontier » by Bret Harte
- Deliquescence and later migration of the more soluble nitrates resulted in their accumulation around the edges of the basins.
- Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
- It was the preliminary dwarfing and deliquescence of the mature old beside the embryonic mass of the new.
- Extract from : « Anticipations » by Herbert George Wells
- In many the attractive forms would be considered objects of beauty, were it not for their deliquescence, and often fœtid odour.
- Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
- The whole thing is part, one may suppose, of the deliquescence of the Puritan tradition in morals, and will probably not endure.
- Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
- Most other metallic chlorates are barred from practical employment owing to instability, deliquescence or other property.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 » by Various
- With Henri Matisse we have not to deplore the deliquescence of a great talent, for we have no reason to suppose he ever had any.
- Extract from : « Artist and Public » by Kenyon Cox
- This genus can be readily recognized from the black spores and from the deliquescence of the gills and cap into an inky substance.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
Synonyms for deliquescence
- acedia
- condensate
- crystallization
- deferral
- deliquescence
- depression
- dew
- distillation
- doldrums
- dormancy
- ennui
- fecklessness
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- lassitude
- lethargy
- liquefaction
- otiosity
- passivity
- precipitate
- precipitation
- quiescence
- quietude
- rainfall
- slothfulness
- stagnation
- stasis
- suspension
- torpidity
- torpor
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