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Desiccants
- noun - a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)
Desiccated
- verb - lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo
- lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- preserved by removing natural moisture; "dried beef"; "dried fruit"; "dehydrated eggs"; "shredded and desiccated coconut meat"
- remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
- thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split"
Desiccates
- verb - lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
- preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
- remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
Desiccator
- - One who, or that which, desiccates.
Desiderata
- noun - something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
Desiderate
- - To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want.
Designable
- - Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable.
Designated
- verb - assign a name or title to
- decree or designate beforehand;
- design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
Designates
- verb - assign a name or title to
- decree or designate beforehand;
- design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
- give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
Designator
- - An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.