Associations to the word «Desiccation»

Wiktionary

DESICCATION, noun. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
DESICCATION, noun. An act or occurrence of desiccating

Dictionary definition

DESICCATION, noun. Dryness resulting from the removal of water.
DESICCATION, noun. The process of extracting moisture.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope