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Synonyms for deliquesce
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : del-i-kwes |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛl ɪˈkwɛs |
Définition of deliquesce
Origin :- 1756, in chemistry, from Latin deliquescere "to melt away," from de- (see de-) + liquescere "to melt," from liquere "to be liquid" (see liquid (adj.)). General use dates from 1858.
- verb melt
- The gills are free, flesh-colored, and inclined to deliquesce.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- The plant at the extreme right has expanded and begun to deliquesce.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- They'll deliquesce like fungi, and keep a hundred eulogists mopping the spot where they left off.
- Extract from : « A Plea for Captain John Brown » by Henry David Thoreau
- And all the substances which this acid unites with crystallize, and do not deliquesce.
- Extract from : « Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry » by Joseph Priestley
- The old name for the liquid formed when perchloride of iron is allowed to deliquesce by free exposure to the air.
- Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
- It was nothing else than copper sulphate which had been allowed to deliquesce to a white powder.
- Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
- In this figure one can see the change in color of the gills just at the time when they begin to deliquesce.
- Extract from : « Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. » by George Francis Atkinson
- They then expand quickly, curl up in shreds, and deliquesce into a black inky fluid which stains the ground.
- Extract from : « Mushroom Culture » by W. Robinson
- This feebler cohesive force renders it apt to deliquesce, especially if there be a small excess of the alkali.
- Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
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