Definitions For Recalescence

Noun

RECALESCENCE. (countable and uncountable, plural RECALESCENCEs) An increase in temperature that occurs while cooling metal through a range of temperatures in which change in structure occurs. : Synonym: reglow

Etymology

From Latin recalescere ("to grow warm again"), from {{af, la, re-, calesco, nocat=1}}, inchoative of calēre, t=to be warm. In use since at least 1873 (Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, published 1985). {{surf, en, re-, calescence}}.

Is Recalescence a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
23

The word Recalescence is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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