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Desiccating
- 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"
Desiccation
- noun - dryness resulting from the removal of water
- the process of extracting moisture
Desiccative
- - Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand. -- n. (Med.) An application for drying up secretions.
Desideratum
- noun - something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"
Desightment
- - The act of making unsightly; disfigurement.
Designating
- 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"
Designation
- noun - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
- the act of designating or identifying something
- the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
Designative
- adjective - serving to designate