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efflagitate |
efflate |
efflation |
effleurage |
effloresce |
efflorescence
| efflorescency
| efflorescent
| efflower
| effluence
| effluency
efflorescence
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun efflorescence has 4 senses
- efflorescence(n = noun.time) bloom, blossom, flower, flush, heyday, peak, prime - the period of greatest prosperity or productivity; Array is a kind of period, period of time, time period
- efflorescence(n = noun.state) rash, roseola, skin rash - any red eruption of the skin; Array is a kind of eruption
- efflorescence(n = noun.process) anthesis, blossoming, florescence, flowering, inflorescence - the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms; Array is a kind of development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
- efflorescence(n = noun.phenomenon) bloom - a powdery deposit on a surface; Array is a kind of crystallisation, crystallization, crystallizing
has particulars: golden age
has particulars: heat rash, miliaria, prickly heat, hives, nettle rash, urticaria, urtication
Derived forms verb effloresce1, adjective efflorescent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
efflorescence, n. [F. efflorescence.].
- Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth. [1913 Webster]
- A redness of the skin; eruption, as in rash, measles, smallpox, scarlatina, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The formation of the whitish powder or crust on the surface of efflorescing bodies, as salts, etc. [1913 Webster]
ROGET THESAURUS
efflorescence
Pulverulence
N powderiness, pulverulence, sandiness, efflorescence, friability, powder, dust, sand, shingle, sawdust, grit, meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule, crumb, seed, grain, particle, limature, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs, magistery, fine powder, flocculi, smoke, cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke, puff of smoke, volume of smoke, sand storm, dust storm, pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure, limitation, tripsis, filing, mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology, powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous, arenose, arenarious, arenaceous, gritty, efflorescent, impalpable, lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline, sporaceous, sporous, pulverizable, friable, crumbly, shivery, pulverized, attrite, in pieces.
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