All desiccant synonyms
des·ic·cant
D d adj desiccant
- dusty — filled, covered, or clouded with or as with dust.
- arid — Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
- torrid — subject to parching or burning heat, especially of the sun, as a geographical area: the torrid sands of the Sahara.
- parched — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- barren — A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- stale — not fresh; vapid or flat, as beverages; dry or hardened, as bread.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- drained — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
- sear — to burn or char the surface of: She seared the steak to seal in the juices.
- desert — A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- bald — Someone who is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head.
- baked — to cook by dry heat in an oven or on heated metal or stones.
- sapped — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- desiccated — Desiccated things have lost all the moisture that was in them.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- thirsty — feeling or having thirst; craving liquid.
- anhydrous — containing no water, esp no water of crystallization
- athirst — having an eager desire; longing
- rain — water that is condensed from the aqueous vapor in the atmosphere and falls to earth in drops more than 1/50 inch (0.5 mm) in diameter. Compare drizzle (def 6).
- dried-up — depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
- droughty — dry.
- juice — the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- sapless — without sap; withered; dry: sapless plants.
- waterless — devoid of water; dry.
- bone-dry — very dry.
- sere — dry; withered.
adjective desiccant
- moisture — condensed or diffused liquid, especially water: moisture in the air.
- dehydrated — (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture
- depleted — reduced or exhausted
- dry — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.