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Desiccant :: Desiccant (a.) Drying; desiccative.

Desiccant :: Desiccant (n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.

Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit..

Desiccate :: Desiccate (v. i.) To become dry.

Desiccated :: Desiccated (imp. & p. p.) of Desiccat.

Desiccating :: Desiccating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desiccat.

Desiccation :: Desiccation (n.) The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated..

Desiccative :: Desiccative (a.) Drying; tending to dry.

Desiccative :: Desiccative (n.) An application for drying up secretions.

Desiccator :: Desiccator (n.) One who, or that which, desiccates..

Desiccator :: Desiccator (n.) A short glass jar fitted with an air-tight cover, and containing some desiccating agent, as sulphuric acid or calcium chloride, above which is suspended the material to be dried, or preserved from moisture..

Desiccatory :: Desiccatory (a.) Desiccative.

Exsiccant :: Exsiccant (a.) Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.

Exsiccant :: Exsiccant (n.) An exsiccant medicine.

Exsiccate :: Exsiccate (v. t.) To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

Exsiccated :: Exsiccated (imp. & p. p.) of Exsiccat.

Exsiccating :: Exsiccating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exsiccat.

Exsiccation :: Exsiccation (n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.

Exsiccative :: Exsiccative (a.) Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.

Exsiccator :: Exsiccator (n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid..

Hortus Siccus :: Hortus siccus () A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved, and arranged systematically; an herbarium..

Insiccation :: Insiccation (n.) The act or process of drying in.

Sicca :: Sicca (n.) A seal; a coining die; -- used adjectively to designate the silver currency of the Mogul emperors, or the Indian rupee of 192 grains..

Siccate :: Siccate (v. t.) To dry.

Siccation :: Siccation (n.) The act or process of drying.

Siccative :: Siccative (a.) Drying; causing to dry.

Siccative :: Siccative (n.) That which promotes drying.

Siccific :: Siccific (a.) Causing dryness.

Siccity :: Siccity (n.) Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.