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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.
Desk Clerk
- noun - a hotel receptionist
Despection
- - A looking down; a despising.
Despicable
- adjective - morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"
Despicably
- adverb - in a despicable manner; "he acted despicably"
Detracting
- verb - take away a part from; diminish; "His bad manners detract from his good character"
Detraction
- noun - a petty disparagement
- the act of discrediting or detracting from someone's reputation (especially by slander); "let it be no detraction from his merits to say he is plainspoken"