Anhydrous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  anhydrous
       adj : without water; especially without water of crystallization
             [ant: {hydrous}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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