anhydrous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: an=hy=drous

CIDE DICTIONARY

anhydrous, a. [Gr. wanting water; 'an priv. + "y`dwr water.].

 Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anhydrous, adj. Chem. without water, esp. water of crystallization.

Etymology

Gk anudros (as AN-(1), hudor water)

THESAURUS

anhydrous

Saharan, arid, athirst, bone-dry, desert, droughty, dry, dry as dust, dusty, high and dry, juiceless, like parchment, sandy, sapless, thirsting, thirsty, undamped, unwatered, waterless

ROGET THESAURUS

anhydrous

Dryness

N dryness, siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water, exsiccation, desiccation, arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage, drier, desiccative, dessicator, dessicator, hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier, vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln, lyophilizer, clothesline, dry, anhydrous, arid, adust, arescent, dried, undamped, juiceless, sapless, sear, husky, rainless, without rain, fine, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit, water proof, water tight, dehydrated, dessicated.