desiccate /desˈi-kāt/

1. To dry (up)
2. To preserve by drying

To grow dry

desˈiccant or desiccative /di-sikˈə-tiv/ adjective

1. Drying
2. Having the power of drying

A drying agent

desˈiccated adjective

1. Dried
2. Lacking in vitality, passion or interest

desiccāˈtion noun

1. The act or process of drying up
2. The state of being dried up

desˈiccātor noun

Apparatus for drying

• anthesis
• Anthesteria
• ant-hill
• ant-hills
• antho-
• anthocarp
• amaranths
• Amaranthus
• amarantin
• amarantine
• amarants
• Amarantus
• amaretti
• amaretto
• amarettos
• a mark on
• amaryllid
• Amaryllidaceae
• amaryllidaceous
• amaryllids
• amaryllis
• amaryllises
• amass
• amassable
• amassed