Exsiccant(a.) Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
Exsiccant(n.) An exsiccant medicine.
Exsiccate(v. t.) To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.
Exsiccated(imp. & p. p.) of Exsiccate
Exsiccating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exsiccate
Exsiccation(n.) The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.
Exsiccative(a.) Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
Exsiccator(n.) An apparatus for drying substances or preserving them from moisture; a desiccator; also, less frequently, an agent employed to absorb moisture, as calcium chloride, or concentrated sulphuric acid.
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