-esce, -escent, -escence

(Latin: beginning to be, becoming; to be somewhat; a suffix that forms nouns and adjectives)

virilescent
vitrescence
1. The quality or state of being vitreous; glassiness, or the quality of being vitrescent.
2. Having the capability of conversion into glass.
3. The susceptibility of being formed into glass.
vitrescent
Tending to become glass.