deliquescent

3 definitions found

deliquescent - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

deliquescent - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deliquescent
      adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by
             absorbing moisture from the air

deliquescent - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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