desiccant

Speech parts

1. desiccant - Noun

2. desiccant - Adjective

Meaning

Drying; desiccative.

A medicine or application for drying up a sore.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drier siccative drying agent blotter sorbent DRY bare baked arid impoverished bald barren dusty stale anhydrous
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Antonyms

fresh beautiful precipitation condensation damp wetter
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Hypernyms

chemical agent

Hyponyms

lime

Phrases with the word

less desiccant more desiccant

Anagrams

accidents

Examples

Bags of silica gel desiccant were inadvertently left in the air intake after maintenance. Source: Internet

Cohen, Julius B. Practical Organic Chemistry MacMillan 1930 Anhydrous calcium chloride is used as a desiccant for drying a wide variety of solvents since it is inexpensive and does not react with most nonaqueous solvents. Source: Internet

See also main * Free energy of solvation * Solvents are often refluxed with an appropriate desiccant prior to distillation to remove water. Source: Internet

Ether holds the last bit of water so tenaciously that only a very powerful desiccant such as sodium metal added to the liquid phase can result in completely dry ether. Source: Internet

Most foods can be preserved in soil that is very dry and salty (thus a desiccant) such as sand, or soil that is frozen. Source: Internet

Since nori sheets easily absorb water from the air and degrade, a desiccant is indispensable when storing it for any significant time. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

desialylating desialylation desiatina desiccate desiccated desiccated coconut