deliquesce

deliquesce is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 25 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
2. verb. melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air

   "this type of salt deliquesces easily"

3. verb. melt away in the process of decay

   "The fungi eventually deliquesced"

Common word forms

deliquesced, deliquesces, deliquescing

Words from these letters

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