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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For as long as most people can remember, much of California's 110-square-mile Owens Lake has been dry as dust. The liturgy in many places is an excellent source of enlightenment; the use of the Bible as "textbook" is worthy of applause; and the new Catechism of the Catholic Church is authoritative but, unfortunately, dry as dust even for professional catechists. |
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