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anhydrous

anhydrous adjective: having little or no water.

Adjective

anhydrous (comparative more anhydrous, superlative most anhydrous)

  1. Having little or no water.
  2. (physical) Having no water of crystallization.
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anhydrous meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Tagalog

anhydrous in Tamil

நீரற்ற, நீரிலி, நீரொழிந்த, வறண்ட, மணியுருநிலையின் நீர் வாங்கப்பட்ட

anhydrous in Urdu

غیر آبیدہ, بے آب

anhydrous in Kannada

ನೀರಿಲ್ಲದ

anhydrous in Tagalog

having no water
awanhaydrohan

Forms of anhydrous

comparativemore anhydrous
superlativemost anhydrous

Origin of anhydrous

From an- + Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ous.

Words formed from anhydrous

Questions about anhydrous

What does anhydrous mean?
Anhydrous means having little or no water.
What is anhydrous in Tamil?
Anhydrous in Tamil is நீரற்ற, நீரிலி, நீரொழிந்த. See Anhydrous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is anhydrous?
Anhydrous is an adjective.

Words near anhydrous in the dictionary

  1. anhydrosorbitol
  2. anhydrosugar
  3. anhydrosugars
  4. anhydrotetracycline
  5. anhydrothrombin
  6. anhydrous
  7. anhydrous lime
  8. anhydrousness
  9. anhydrovinblastine
  10. anhydrovinblastines
  11. anhygroscopic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anhydrous (page history and authors); anhydrous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anhydrous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anhydrous (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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