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drynounThe process by which something is dried.
dryingnounA method of food preservation by removing water.
drynessnoun(uncountable) A lack of moisture.
drouthnoun(Scotland and Northern England, otherwise archaic or poetic) Alternative form of drought. [A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.]
dry seasonnounAny season in which little rain falls; used especially in the tropics where it alternates with the rainy season.
ariditynounA long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
aridnessnounThe state or quality of being arid.
ariditiesnoun
drylandsnoun(subtitled "A Book for the World's Last Reader") a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley.
desertificationnounThe process by which a geographic region becomes a desert, resulting from natural changes in climate or by human activity.
faminenoun(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
desertsnounan outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved
dry spellnoun(figurative) A period or time where there is little activity, productivity, low income etc.
faminesnoun(uncountable) Extreme shortage of food in a region.
drylandnoun(often attributive) Land that is arid, but not so dry as to be a desert.
parchedVery thirsty.
hardshipsnounDifficulty or trouble; hard times.
privationsnounThe state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
hardshipnounDifficulty or trouble; hard times.
floodsnoun"Floods" is a song by American heavy metal band Pantera from their 1996 album The Great Southern Trendkill.

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