Usually means: Substance used to promote drying.
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  1. exsiccative: Collins English Dictionary
  2. exsiccative: Wordnik
  3. exsiccative: Wiktionary
  4. Exsiccative, exsiccative: Dictionary.com
  5. Exsiccative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. exsiccative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Exsiccative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. exsiccative: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Exsiccative: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. exsiccative: Encyclopedia

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  1. exsiccative: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (exsiccative)

▸ adjective:  Tending to make dry; having the power of drying.
▸ noun:  A substance that causes drying.

Similar:
driable, excretive, exhalable, evaporable, dryable, dehydratable, solvent, evincive, adsorbent, dissipable, more...

Opposite:
humid, wet, damp, moist

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Similar:
driable, excretive, exhalable, evaporable, dryable, dehydratable, solvent, evincive, adsorbent, dissipable, more...

Opposite:
humid, wet, damp, moist



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