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

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

Desiccatory :: Desiccatory (a.) Desiccative.

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

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

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..

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

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

Exiccation :: Exiccation (n.) See Exsiccation.

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

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

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

Dry :: Dry (a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay..

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

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..

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

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..

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

Drier :: Drier (n.) One who, or that which, dries; that which may expel or absorb moisture; a desiccative; as, the sun and a northwesterly wind are great driers of the earth..

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

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