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drier
  1. One who, or that which, dries; a desiccative.
  2. (chiefly Britain, Canada) Any substance that accelerates drying.
  3. (chiefly Britain, Canada) Catalyst used to promote the drying of paints and varnishes by oxidative crosslinking.
  4. Alternative spelling of dryer
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “I hung my wet clothes on the drier and within hours, they were completely dried.”
dryer
  1. A household appliance that removes the water from clothing by accelerating evaporation, usually though heat and a tumbling motion.
  2. An electric hair dryer.
  3. Any other device, household or industrial, designed to remove water or humidity.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “I need to fix the dryer because it stopped heating, leaving my clothes damp after each cycle.”
dry
  1. (US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
  2. (especially Australia, with "the") The dry season.
  3. (Australia) An area of waterless country.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Hewson is an economic dry with progressive views on foreign policy, the environment, and human rights.”
drought
  1. A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.
  2. (by extension, informal) A longer than expected term without success, particularly in sport.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The drought began to break in mid-December when heavy general rain fell in Victoria, with more after Christmas.”
      “The world's scientific community was encouraged by way of grants given to them for research to find a solution to end the food drought.”
      “When the drought hit and Sally Field had no crops and no income, the bank had to foreclose on her farm.”
dryness
  1. (uncountable) A lack of moisture.
  2. The degree to which something is dry.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The dryness of the soil was evident, a clear sign of the prolonged drought.”
      “The aqueous phase was recovered and for each sample 2 ml aliquots were evaporated to dryness in a freeze drier.”
      “Applying moisturizing creams daily will help prevent dryness and cracks, keeping cuticles looking neat and making cutting unnecessary.”
drying
dryth
  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Dryness.
  2. (obsolete) A drought.
droughtiness
  1. Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
drouth
  1. Alternative form of drought
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  3. Examples:
    1. “All instinct like the bird in drouth got water out of the end of a jar by throwing in pebbles.”
      “Then this drouth came on, and the offerings at Dodge are unfit for any purpose, except to restock ranches.”
      “The latest of these to hit designer bars is Krusovice, a Czech beer of some note and an extremely welcome antidote to the drouth of Scottish youth.”
droughting
  1. Exposure to drought
driedness
  1. Quality of being dried.
droughts
  1. plural of drought
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Across the world, extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more intense.”
      “The eternal droughts and continental erosion and melting polar ice caps, that's what you call your collateral damage.”
      “These initial releases were not successful, because all the plots were destroyed by herbicides, floods, or droughts.”
drynesses
dryings
drouths
dryers
  1. plural of dryer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They were primitive small cylinders, not hooked up to water pipes or drains, with no spin dryers or wringers.”
      “In American homes, natural gas is used in furnaces, stoves, water heaters, clothes dryers, and other appliances.”
      “You stated that clothes dryers should not vent into a garage but must have a duct leading to the outside of the building.”
dryths
  1. plural of dryth
driers
  1. plural of drier
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Traditional siccatives use lead, manganese or cobalt metals to promote oxidation whereas alkyd resin is used in modern driers.”
      “When these driers are dissolved in aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, they are known as siccatives.”
      “With all the new technology in restroom hand driers, you might think blowers are more hygienic than a simple sheet of paper.”
drys
  1. plural of dry
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Exploiting division in their opponents' ranks, drys drafted the bill and pressured Congress to pass it.”
      “The enforcement people feel that they must make a show of activity in New York to make the drys of other sections happy.”
      “The near-surface temperature controls the reaction rate of contaminants as well as how fast the surface drys out.”
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