liquation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: li=qua=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

liquation, n. [L. liquatio: cf. F. liquation.].

•  The act or operation of making or becoming liquid; also, the capacity of becoming liquid.  [1913 Webster]
•  The process of separating, by heat, an easily fusible metal from one less fusible; eliquation.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

liquation

Liquefaction

N liquefaction, liquescence, liquescency, melting, colliquation, colliquefaction, thaw, liquation, deliquation, deliquescence, lixiviation, dissolution, solution, apozem, lixivium, infusion, flux, solvent, menstruum, alkahest, liquefied, liquescent, liquefiable, deliquescent, soluble, colliquative.