Liquefaction

Whenas in silks my Julia goes, / Then, then (methinks) how sweetly flows / That liquefaction of her clothes.

Where we might usually have applied dressings and put bandages on, many people weren't able to keep dressings on their cats clean and dry because houses and gardens were full of liquefaction.

The student army carried on shovelling liquefaction and the women in the homes nearby fed them without a thought.