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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
deliquescent
    adj 1: (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by
           absorbing moisture from the air

2. The 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]

Thesaurus Results for Deliquescent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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