dryer |
a machine used for removing the moisture from something. |
dry-eyed |
not crying; emotionally unmoved. |
dry farming |
a kind of farming practiced in arid regions without irrigation by growing drought-resistant crops or covering them with mulch or other substances to prevent the soil's moisture from evaporating. |
dry gangrene |
gangrene that results from an arterial obstruction, characterized by mummification of the affected tissue but no infection. |
dry goods |
(sometimes used with a sing. verb) textiles, textile products, and related goods for sale. |
Dry Ice |
trademark for solidified carbon dioxide that evaporates as a gas at a very low temperature without passing through a liquid phase, used as a refrigerant. |
dryly |
in a matter-of-fact manner. |
dry measure |
a system of units for measuring the volume of dry things such as grains or fruits. |
dryness |
the quality or condition of being dry. [3 definitions] |
dry nurse |
a woman employed to care for another's baby but not to breast-feed it. (Cf. wet nurse.) |
dry-nurse |
to care for (another's baby) without breast-feeding it. (Cf. wet-nurse.) |
dry off |
to make the surface of something dry. [2 definitions] |
dry out |
to lose the moisture that is inside. [3 definitions] |
drypoint |
an engraving technique, used esp. on copper, in which furrows are incised with a hard steel needle so as to leave a burr at the sides for a softer outline. [2 definitions] |
dry rot |
a fungus decay of seasoned timber that causes it to become brittle and crumble into a dry powder, or the fungus causing this decay. [3 definitions] |
dry run |
(informal) a military exercise without live ammunition. [2 definitions] |
dry up |
to become completely dry, evaporate so as to cause shrinking or disappearance. [3 definitions] |
dry wall |
a prefabricated wall or panel made of plaster dried between paper sheets or boards; wallboard. |
D.S. |
abbreviation of "dal segno," from the sign (used in music as a direction to return to the point so marked and repeat a passage). |
DSC |
abbreviation of "Distinguished Service Cross." |
DST |
abbreviation of "daylight saving time," standard time that has been advanced by one hour in a given time zone, usu. in the spring and lasting into the fall, in order to provide one more hour of daylight at the end of each day. |