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