Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.
Defervescency :: Defervescency (n.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia..
Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form..
Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment..
Effervescency :: Effervescency (n.) A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid..
Effervescent :: Effervescent (a.) Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas.