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    WATERLESSNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)play

    Synonyms:

    dryness; waterlessness; xerotes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("waterlessness" is a kind of...):

    condition; status (a state at a particular time)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "waterlessness"):

    dehydration; desiccation (dryness resulting from the removal of water)

    drought; drouth (a shortage of rainfall)

    aridity; aridness; thirstiness (a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall))

    sereness (a withered dryness)

    conjunctivitis arida; xeroma; xerophthalmia; xerophthalmus (abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A)

    dry mouth; xerostomia (abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva)

    Derivation:

    waterless (lacking sufficient water or rainfall)

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