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DESICCATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
desiccative (comparative more desiccative, superlative most desiccative)
causing to desiccate; drying out
Noun
desiccative (plural desiccatives)
Any substance that promotes drying.
Source: Wiktionary
De*sic"ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. dessicatif.]
Definition: Drying; tending to dry. Ferrand.
– n. (Med.)
Definition: An application for drying up secretions.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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