(Christianity) Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion.
(aviation) Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust.
(chemistry) Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids.
(figurative) Athirst, eager.
(fine arts) Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color.
(humor) Amusing without showing amusement.
(law) Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned.
(masonry) Built without or lacking mortar.
(of a sound recording) Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb).
(sciences, somewhat derogatory) Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter.
(wine and other alcoholic beverages, ginger ale) Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened.
Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages.
Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness
Free from or lacking moisture.
Lacking interest, boring.
Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom.
Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk.
Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent.
noun
(Australia) An area of waterless country.
(Britain, UK politics) A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.
(US) A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages).
(chiefly Australia, with "the") The dry season.
An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it.
The process by which something is dried.
Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger.
verb
(intransitive) To lose moisture.
(intransitive, informal) For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing.
(transitive) To remove moisture from.
(transitive, figurative) To exhaust; to cause to run dry.
