anhydrous

3 definitions found

anhydrous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anhydrous \An*hy"drous\, a. [Gr. ? wanting water; 'an priv. +
     "y`dwr water.]
     Destitute of water; as, anhydrous salts or acids.
     [1913 Webster] Ani

anhydrous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anhydrous
      adj 1: without water; especially without water of
             crystallization [ant: hydrated, hydrous]

anhydrous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "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