EXSICCATION

Definition: EXSICCATION

1. The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.

Etymology: Exsiccation \Ex`sic*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression exsiccatio: compare to the French expression exsiccation.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Geography	In climatology, the drying up of an area due to some change which decreases the amount of moisture without reducing the rainfall. Draining a marsh is an example of exsiccation, which should be carefully distinguished from desiccation. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Dryness	Exsiccation, desiccation; arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage; drier.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

English words defined with "EXSICCATION": Exiccation. (references)

Language		Translations for "EXSICCATION"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏جفاف (aridity, aridness, coldness, dehydration, desiccation, drought, dry, drying up, dryness). (various references)

Danish		toerlaegning. (various references)

Dutch		drooglegging (dessication, drainage, land drying). (various references)

Finnish		kuivatus (draining, drying). (various references)

French		dessèchement, assèchement. (various references)

German		Trockenlegung (draining). (various references)

Greek		αποξήρανσις. (various references)

Italian		essiccazione (drying), prosciugamento (dessication), drenaggio (drainage, drain). (various references)

Pig Latin		exsiccationay.(various references)

Portuguese		exsicação (dessication), enxugo (drainage), secagem (seasoning), dessecação (desiccation). (various references)

Russian		высушивание (desiccation, drying up). (various references)

Spanish		desecación (desiccation). (various references)

Swedish		torrläggning (dessication). (various references)

Ukrainian		висушування (desiccation), висихання (mummification). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự làm khô héo sự cô đặc, sự làm khô (desiccation). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "EXSICCATION": exsiccations. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-n-o-s-t-x"
	-2 letters: exactions, excitonic.
	-3 letters: acetonic, aconites, aconitic, canities, canoeist, cationic, cocaines, coenacts, conceits, cosecant, exaction, excision, excitons, sonicate.
	-4 letters: accents, acetins, acinose, aconite, actinic, actions, antisex, ascetic, ascitic, atonics, atonies, cations, cineast, cocaine, cocains, coenact, coexist, conceit, concise, coxitis, eosinic, exciton, exotica, exotics, incites, inexact, inosite, isatine, notices, oceanic, octanes, sciatic, section, sextain, toxines.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-n-o-s-t-x"
	+1 letter: exsiccations.
	+2 letters: excruciations.
	+5 letters: excommunications.
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