emollescence

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. In a body beginning to melt, that degree of softness which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusion.

Wiktionary

1. n. That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. That degree of softness in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility.