Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To blossom forth.

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce..

Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source; as, the walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of calcium in consequence of the action in consequence of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere..

Effloresced :: Effloresced (imp. & p. p.) of Effloresc.

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc..

Efflorescence :: Efflorescence (n.) The powder or crust thus formed.

Efflorescency :: Efflorescency (n.) The state or quality of being efflorescent; efflorescence.

Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) That effloresces, or is liable to effloresce on exposure; as, an efflorescent salt..

Efflorescent :: Efflorescent (v. i.) Covered with an efflorescence.

Efflorescing :: Efflorescing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Effloresc.

Random Fonts

Most Popular