Usually means: Substance used to absorb moisture.
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  1. desiccant: Merriam-Webster
  2. desiccant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desiccant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. desiccant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. desiccant: Vocabulary.com
  6. desiccant: Wordnik
  7. desiccant: Wiktionary
  8. desiccant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. desiccant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. desiccant: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. desiccant: Dictionary.com
  12. Desiccant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Desiccant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. desiccant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. desiccant: Rhymezone
  16. Desiccant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. desiccant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. desiccant: FreeDictionary.org
  19. desiccant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. desiccant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. desiccant: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. desiccant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. desiccant: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Desiccant: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Efficient Windows (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  4. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
  7. DESICCANT: Power Engineering

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Definitions from Wiktionary (desiccant)

noun:  A substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity for water.
adjective:  Causing dryness.

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