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salivaless

salivaless adjective: lacking saliva.

Adjective

salivaless (comparative more salivaless, superlative most salivaless)

  1. Lacking saliva.
    • He was sweating freely now. He patted his brow with his handkerchief and tried to clear his salivaless throat.1995, David Armstrong, Until Dawn Tomorrow, London: Collins Crime, →ISBN, page 42

Forms of salivaless

comparativemore salivaless
superlativemost salivaless

Origin of salivaless

From saliva + -less.

Questions about salivaless

What does salivaless mean?
Salivaless means lacking saliva.
What part of speech is salivaless?
Salivaless is an adjective.

Words near salivaless in the dictionary

  1. saliva tests
  2. salivae
  3. salivagram
  4. salivagrams
  5. salival
  6. salivaless
  7. salivalike
  8. salivant
  9. salivants
  10. salivaria
  11. salivarian

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