Effloresce is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter E for which we found 3 definitions.
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(v. i.) To blossom forth. |
(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. |
(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. |
The word effloresce is a 10 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for effloresce is: ef-flo-resce