aridity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=rid=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

aridity, n. [L. ariditas, fr. aridus.].

•  The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.  [1913 Webster]
•  Fig.: Want of interest of feeling; insensibility; dryness of style or feeling; spiritual drought.  Norris.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

aridity

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.