Desiccant(a.) Drying; desiccative.
Desiccant(n.) A medicine or application for drying up a sore.
Desiccate(v. i.) To become dry.
Desiccate(v. t.) To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.
Desiccated(imp. & p. p.) of Desiccate
Desiccating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desiccate
Desiccation(n.) The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.
Desiccative(a.) Drying; tending to dry.
Desiccative(n.) An application for drying up secretions.
Desiccator(n.) One who, or that which, desiccates.
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.
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