Exsiccation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=sic=ca=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

Exsiccation, n. [L. exsiccatio: cf. F. exsiccation.].

 The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture; state of being dried up; dryness.  Sir T. Browne.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

Exsiccation

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.