Emollescence

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

  Emollescence \Em`ol*les"cence\, n. [L. e out + mollescere,
     incho. fr. mollere to be soft, mollis soft.]
     That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which
     alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.
     [1913 Webster]