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dessicant

dessicant is the misspelling of desiccant.

Meaning of desiccant

Noun

desiccant (plural desiccants)

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

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Questions about dessicant

What is dessicant the misspelling of?
Dessicant is the misspelling of desiccant.

Words near dessicant in the dictionary

  1. dessiatinas
  2. dessiatine
  3. dessiatines
  4. dessiatins
  5. dessiatiny
  6. dessicant
  7. dessicate
  8. dessicated
  9. dessication
  10. dessicator
  11. dessiccator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dessicant (page history and authors); desiccant (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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