DRYING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRYING?

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Associations of "Drying" (30 Words)

anhydrous	(of a substance, especially a crystalline compound) containing no water.
arid	Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless-C.J.Rolo. The arid plains north of Cape Town.
aridity	A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall.
blacken	Damage or destroy (someone’s reputation) by speaking badly of them. Stone blackened by the soot of ages.
char	Burn to charcoal. The char will clean the carpet.
climatic	Of or relating to a climate. Under certain climatic conditions desert locusts increase in number.
dehydrate	Lose water or moisture. In the desert you get dehydrated very quickly.
desert	Desert a cause a country or an army often in order to join the opposing cause country or army. We feel our public representatives have deserted us.
desiccant	A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent. Natural desiccants cause fleas to dehydrate and die.
desiccate	Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. Years of drought have desiccated the soil.
desiccated	Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless. Shredded and desiccated coconut meat.
desiccation	Dryness resulting from the removal of water. Long periods of drought have led to the desiccation of farming land.
dried	Preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture. The ink has dried.
drought	A shortage of rainfall. Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season.
dryness	Lack of interest, excitement, or embellishment; dullness. Dryness of the mouth may occur while you are taking this medicine.
evaporate	Lose or cause to lose liquid by vaporization leaving a more concentrated residue. Evaporate milk.
evaporation	The process of something abstract ceasing to exist. Thousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plans.
famish	Deprive of food. They had famished the city into surrender.
humidity	A quantity representing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere or in a gas. The temperature is seventy seven the humidity in the low thirties.
moisturize	Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin.
parch	Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. A piece of grassland parched by the sun.
parched	Dried out with heat. Parched corn.
precipitation	An unexpected acceleration or hastening. These convective processes produce cloud and precipitation.
scorch	Become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry conditions. The invaders scorched the land.
sear	Become superficially burned. The unfortunate childhood encounter is seared on his memory.
semiarid	Somewhat arid. A semiarid region with little annual rainfall.
shrivel	Decrease in size, range, or extent. She shrivelled him with one glance.
singe	A superficial burn. The fire had singed his eyebrows.
thirst	A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something. A thirst for knowledge.
withered	(used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture. He did well despite his withered arm.