Desiccate
41dry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. arid, thirsty (see dryness); barren, sterile; humorless, grave. See impotence, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Having little or no moisture] Syn. arid, parched, waterless, dried up, evaporated …
42sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… …
43desiccated — 1670s, pp. adj. from DESICCATE (Cf. desiccate) …
44saus-, sus- — saus , sus English meaning: dry Deutsche Übersetzung: “trocken, dũrr” Note: The real root was *sa , su “dry” which was suffixed either with common ska or tra, dra, dor, ter in PIE. It seems that the Root saus , sus : (dry)… …
45ters- — ters English meaning: dry; thirst Deutsche Übersetzung: “trocknen, verdorren; Durst, dũrsten” Material: O.Ind. tr̥ṣyati “dũrstet, lechzt” (= Goth. Þau rsjan), tarṣáyati “läßt dursten, schmachten” (= Lat. torreō , O.H.G.… …
46sack — English has three separate words sack, one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac, sachet, and satchel). This in turn came from Greek… …
47dehydration — noun 1. dryness resulting from the removal of water • Syn: ↑desiccation • Derivationally related forms: ↑desiccate (for: ↑desiccation), ↑dehydrate • Hypernyms: ↑ …
48desiccated — adjective 1. thoroughly dried out old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars dried out boards beginning to split • Syn: ↑dried out • Similar to: ↑dry 2. preserved by removing natural moisture dried beef …
49desiccation — noun 1. dryness resulting from the removal of water • Syn: ↑dehydration • Derivationally related forms: ↑desiccate, ↑dehydrate (for: ↑dehydration) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
50desicate — v. t. variant spelling of {desiccate}. Syn: dehydrate, dry up, dessicate. [WordNet 1.5] …
