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dry

1. having little or no rainfall

2. not providing milk

3. (of a wine, cider, etc.) not sweet

4. Pathol not accompanied by or producing a mucous or watery discharge

5. Electronics (of a soldered electrical joint) imperfect because the solder has not adhered to the metal, thus reducing conductance

6. Brit informal a Conservative politician who is considered to be a hard-liner

7. the dry Austral informal the dry season

8. US and Canadian an informal word for prohibitionist

dry [drī]

(science and technology)

Free from or deficient in moisture.

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