Definition of moisture

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Moisture (n.) A moderate degree of wetness.

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Moistless :: Moistless (a.) Without moisture; dry.
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Hygroscopic :: Hygroscopic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture..
Season :: Season (n.) One of the divisions of the year, marked by alternations in the length of day and night, or by distinct conditions of temperature, moisture, etc., caused mainly by the relative position of the earth with respect to the sun. In the north temperate zone, four seasons, namely, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, are generally recognized. Some parts of the world have three seasons, -- the dry, the rainy, and the cold; other parts have but two, -- the dry and the rainy..
Westness :: Westness (n.) The quality or state of being wet; moisture; humidity; as, the wetness of land; the wetness of a cloth..
Soggy :: Soggy (superl.) Filled with water; soft with moisture; sodden; soaked; wet; as, soggy land or timber..
Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To cause to excrete moisture from the skin; to cause to perspire; as, his physicians attempted to sweat him by most powerful sudorifics..
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..
Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage..
Fulling :: Fulling (n.) The process of cleansing, shrinking, and thickening cloth by moisture, heat, and pressure..
Dry :: Dry (v. i.) To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up..
Physiography :: Physiography (n.) The science which treats of the earth's exterior physical features, climate, life, etc., and of the physical movements or changes on the earth's surface, as the currents of the atmosphere and ocean, the secular variations in heat, moisture, magnetism, etc.; physical geography..
Arid :: Arid (a.) Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren.
Malaria :: Malaria (n.) A morbid condition produced by exhalations from decaying vegetable matter in contact with moisture, giving rise to fever and ague and many other symptoms characterized by their tendency to recur at definite and usually uniform intervals..
Exudation :: Exudation (n.) The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded..
Mulch :: Mulch (n.) Half-rotten straw, or any like substance strewn on the ground, as over the roots of plants, to protect from heat, drought, etc., and to preserve moisture..
Siccity :: Siccity (n.) Dryness; aridity; destitution of moisture.
Air :: Air (n.) A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc..
Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) To emit moisture, as green plants in a heap..
Dank :: Dank (n.) Moisture; humidity; water.
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