desiccatorn.
/dɪˈsɪkətə//ˈdɛsɪkeɪtə/ One who or that which desiccates or dries; a name given to a chemical apparatus used to dry substances which are decomposed by heat or by exposure to the air (= exsiccator n.); and, in later commercial use, to contrivances for the desiccation of fruit, milk, or other articles of food, also of tan-bark, etc.
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the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > that which
desiccativec1400
dryer1528
desiccant1676
siccative1825
desiccator1837
1837 R. B. Ede Pract. Facts Chem. 173 Occasionally evaporations are performed with much benefit by aid of desiccators.
1883 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. II.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1837- church-reforming
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- church-ring
- church-robbing
- church-ruinating
- church-soken
- church-spoiling
- church-state
- church-stifled
- church-tearer
- church-tympanite
- church-wise
- churchandking man
- churchandstatism
- churchbegot
- churchbegotten
- churchbelieving
- churchbidden
- churchbreaker
- churchbuilding
- churchcatholic
- churchchaffering
- churchchopper
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- churchcommissioned