efflorescence

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ef=flo=res=cence

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.