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Desiccative

Desiccative \De*sic"ca*tive\, a. [Cf. F. dessicatif.] Drying; tending to dry.
--Ferrand. -- n. (Med.) An application for drying up secretions.

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desiccative

a. causing to desiccate, dry n. Any substance that promotes drying.

Usage examples of "desiccative".

Existing in a region of Sol III’s North American continent called the Great Basin, she read, the twelve-thousand-hectare desert formed during the final desiccative phases of an ancient inland lake.