DELIQUESCE
\dɪlˈɪkwɛs], \dɪlˈɪkwɛs], \d_ɪ_l_ˈɪ_k_w_ɛ_s]\
Definitions of DELIQUESCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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By Princeton University
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To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
By Oddity Software
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To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
By Noah Webster.
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To dissolve gradually and become liquid by taking in moisture from the air, as certain salts.
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Deliquescent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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