deliquesce

1. (intransitive) To melt and disappear.Examples: "But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago."; "The buildings were Victorian ruins; there were never any razor blade; cheap socks deliquesced beneath your feet."; "When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers."intransitive

2. (intransitive, physical chemistry) To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it.intransitivephysical