Deliquescent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deliquescent \Del`i*ques"cent\, a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p.
     pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. d['e]liquescent.]
     1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of
        attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming
        liquid; as, deliquescent salts.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as
        in most deciduous trees. --Gray.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deliquescent
       adj : (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing
             moisture from the air

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "deliquescent":
     contractive, declining, decoagulated, decreasing, decrescendo,
     decrescent, diminishing, diminuendo, dwindling, in solution,
     in suspension, languishing, lessening, liquefied, liquescent,
     melted, molten, on the wane, reductive, subsiding, thawed,
     unclotted, waning