effervescencen.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > agitation of liquid in boiling
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welling1371
boilingc1380
fervence14..
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effervescence1651
exaestuation1666
effervescency1681
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wambling1686
popple1826
soubresaut1849
tottling1864
1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 164 Black blood..or lurid, green, &c. do not signifie the corruption of it, but are symbolizations of only..its effervescence, or fermentall turbulency.
1676 N. Grew Exper. Luctation i. §4 Effervescence; then and only properly so called, when they [the bodies mixed] produce some degree of heat.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician vi. 160 The effervescence of the Fever must be permitted.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 44 By proper Internals..allay the Effervescence of the Blood.
2. (Without necessarily implying heat.) The action of bubbling up as if boiling; the tumultuous rise of bubbles of gas from a fluid; esp. as the result of chemical action.
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the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [noun]
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fervence14..
bubblinga1500
burbling1528
bullitiona1626
ebullition1646
fermentationa1661
intumescence1661
effervescence1685
struggle1741
struggling1764
bubblement1842
bubble1870
creaming1888
hotter1923
1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters 87 An effervescence..with some potent Acid.
1695 W. W. Novum Lumen Chirurgicum Extinctum 63 'Tis an Acid, because of its Effervescence with Volatile Salts.
1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §132 That effervescence observed in the mixture of acids and alkalies.
1834 M. Somerville On Connexion Physical Sci. (1849) xvi. 151 A tall glass half full of champagne cannot be made to ring as long as the effervescence lasts.
1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits p. xxiii If brisk effervescence follows..the urea has been converted into carbonate of ammonia.
3. figurative.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > [noun]
excitation1393
motiona1398
concitation1534
erectiona1586
fermentationc1660
effervescence1744
effervescency1767
intumescence1775
electricity1796
electrization1798
sensation1807
electrification1835
bubblement1842
excitement1846
suscitation1870
exuberation1889
splash1899
rousedness1915
adrenaline1928
drama1930
1744 S. Johnson Acct. Life R. Savage 113 The Effervescence of Invention had subsided.
1791 Heroic Ep. to J. Priestley in Poet. Regist. (1808) 397 The weekly burthen of their drowsy din Is..Mere effervescence of an acid soul.
a1806 H. K. White Remains (1807) II. 265 An effervescence of the sublimer affections.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 167 The first effervescence of boyish passions.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. vii. lii. 55 A fellow..who was in an effervescence of surprise.
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