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   Des·ic·cate

   /ˈdesəˌkāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. remove the moisture from (something); cause to become completely dry: "both the older growth and the new vegetation were desiccated by months of relentless sun"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin desiccat- ‘made thoroughly dry’, from the verb desiccare.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desiccative adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • S

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   • I

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   • C

     3

   • C

     3

   • A

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   • T

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   • E

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