n
(pharmacology) A detergent.
n
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
adj
(botany, horticulture) Reducing transpiration in plants.
n
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
adj
Causing or relating to attrition.
v
(transitive, surgery) To remove part of (a malignant tumour).
v
To undergo decalescence.
adj
(botany, dated) decussate
v
To remove fat from a material, especially by the use of solvents
n
The removal of fat from something, either physically or chemically
v
(US, transitive) To remove some or all fiber from.
v
(transitive) To break into fibers.
v
To remove fibrils (from)
v
(transitive, medicine) (of blood) To remove fibrin from; to deprive of fibrin.
v
To remove the fins from.
v
(transitive) To remove the flavor from.
v
(transitive, botany) To remove the flowers from.
v
To remove the follicles (from)
adj
From which any fuzzy attribute has been removed
v
to lose or remove water; to dry
n
The act or process of removing water from something.
adj
That causes, or is accompanied by, dehydration
n
The action or process of deliquescing.
v
Alternative spelling of delustre [To remove the lustre from yarn, typically by adding a pigment at spinning time]
v
to make less red; to remove the red from
v
To lessen the saturation of (a colour).
n
(uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
adj
Of or relating to desiccation.
n
The set of genes, proteins and metabolites involved in an organism's ability to tolerate desiccation.
n
The removal of a swelling
v
To die from dehydration; Only used in hydrate or diedrate
n
A device designed to diffuse a scent efficiently.
n
A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated.
n
A method of food preservation by removing water.
n
(agriculture) ablactation
n
The process of drying out.
adj
Of a straining or purifying process.
n
(archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.
adj
Of or relating to evaporation.
adj
Relating to evaporation or to an evaporator
n
The transfer of water from the surface of the earth to the atmosphere by evaporation, sublimation and transpiration.
adj
Of or pertaining to evapotranspiration
n
The removal of a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
n
(dated, chemistry) The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
n
Obsolete form of exsiccation. [The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.]
adj
Having the quality of drying up; causing a drying up.
n
A set of dried specimens such as that in a herbarium.
n
The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
n
A substance that causes drying.
n
Any material that causes fouling
v
(intransitive) To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern.
n
The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.
v
(transitive) To gorge with effused matter, as the lungs.
v
(dermatology, of the skin) To become thickened and leathery.
v
(physical chemistry) To evaporate through a semipermeable membrane, as a method of separating liquids.
adj
Of, relating to, or involving regurgitation.
n
The act or process of drying.
adj
Causing or promoting drying
n
(medicine, obsolete) floccillation
n
Drying or roasting; especially an anaerobic heat treatment to make wood waterproof.
adj
Pertaining to transpiration.
adj
Relating to, or causing transpiration
adj
Of or relating to transpiration.
adj
Produced by transudation
adj
Of, pertaining to, functioning as, or by means of a ventilator
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