Usually means: Absorbs moisture; causes drying out.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. desiccative: Merriam-Webster
  2. desiccative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desiccative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. desiccative: Wordnik
  5. desiccative: Wiktionary
  6. desiccative: Dictionary.com
  7. Desiccative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. desiccative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Desiccative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. desiccative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. desiccative: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Desiccative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. desiccative: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. desiccative: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (desiccative)

▸ adjective:  causing to desiccate; drying out
▸ noun:  Any substance that promotes drying.

Similar:
desiccant, exsiccant, siccative, inspissated, dehydrated, deliquescent, semidrying, dehydrothermal, drum-dried, moist-adiabatic, more...

Opposite:
moisturizing, hydrating, dampening

Types:
silicgel, calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, boric acid, more...

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Similar:
desiccant, exsiccant, siccative, inspissated, dehydrated, deliquescent, semidrying, dehydrothermal, drum-dried, moist-adiabatic, more...

Opposite:
moisturizing, hydrating, dampening

Types:
silicgel, calcium chloride, calcium sulfate, boric acid, more...



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