deliquescence

At length, we arrived at the spot, but in a state of deliquescence and exhaustion not to be described.

In many the attractive forms would be considered objects of beauty, were it not for their deliquescence, and often fœtid odour.

Most other metallic chlorates are barred from practical employment owing to instability, deliquescence or other property.

With Henri Matisse we have not to deplore the deliquescence of a great talent, for we have no reason to suppose he ever had any.

This genus can be readily recognized from the black spores and from the deliquescence of the gills and cap into an inky substance.