Desiccation

What do we mean by desiccation?

The state or process of being desiccated

An act or occurrence of desiccating

Words that are spelled similarly to desiccation:
desiccation, dessiccation, designation, dedication, desecration, dessication, desiccator, siccation, desiccating, exsiccation, vesication, desiccative, insiccation, exiccation, desucration.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word desiccation:
syneresis, hemolymph, dryness, aral, sucrose, cracks, drying, burrowing, salinity, tolerance, rotting, lichen, dehydration, mussels, predation, dormant, sahara, drought, freezing, moisture, damp, pathogens, metabolic, nutrient, stresses, arid, starvation, withstand, organism, eggs, hatch, tissues, resistant, physiological, groundwater, humidity, survive, moist, tide, fungi, adaptations, predators, humid, organisms, strains, algae, insects, sediment, nile, logs, stress, bacteria, dry, snails, deposited, mud, wetlands, harvest, reproduction, absorption, radiation, calcium, larvae, protective, beds, currents, extreme, flies, viable, terrestrial, survival, layer, stems, crop, vegetation, exposure, infection, seeds, soil, harsh, exposed, drainage, sensitive, conditions, mammals, shell, naturally, mediterranean, layers, plants, habitat, suitable, fruit, desert, seed, transported, thin, water, temperature, tissue.

Words that rhyme with desiccation:
communication, information, operation, education, implication, station, innovation, organization, application, foundation, consideration, accommodation, association, relation, connotation, aberration, corporation, aspiration, orientation, remuneration, consternation, correlation, alliteration, administration, trepidation, obligation, discrimination, generation, reconciliation, inspiration, situation, revelation, evaluation, determination, civilization, nation, vacation, collaboration, radiation, motivation, integration, abomination, precipitation, appreciation, gentrification, dissertation, collocation, designation, interpretation, compensation, ramification, conversation, configuration, proliferation, expectation, manifestation, indignation, litigation, cooperation, notation, inclination, pronunciation, anticipation, deviation, implementation, approbation, sensation, altercation, constellation, affirmation, remediation, reputation, transportation, vocation, obfuscation, representation, medication, transformation, translation, conservation, adaptation, presentation, population, conflagration, reservation, dedication, citation, salvation, rehabilitation, location, meditation, preparation, observation, segregation, articulation, variation, abbreviation, quotation, edification, mitigation.

Adjectives that are often used to describe desiccation:
complete, progressive, rapid, gradual, extreme, partial, corneal, severe, slow, further, excessive, self, general, prolonged, subsequent, periodic, considerable, natural, final, bipolar, climatic, total, thorough, perfect, simple, consequent, intense, late, spiritual, seasonal, peripheral, extensive, absolute, glacial, frequent, premature, moderate, widespread, slight, temporary, continued, artificial, preliminary, term, emotional, electrosurgical, epithelial, secular, light, spontaneous, cold, cellular, undue, lethal, quick, continuous, steady, superficial, sudden, atmospheric, occasional, wind, foul, postglacial, frost, maximum, mild, electric, osmotic, incipient, closed, pronounced, eventual, intermittent, careful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective desiccation:
tolerance, shrinkage, chamber, rigor, liquefaction, dehydration, process.

Words that sound like desiccation:
desiccation, dessication, desecration, dedication, desolation, disection, discussion, dissection, dislocation, desiccating, diskussion, designation, decimation, derogation, desecrations, denegation, defecation, tessellation, toxication, tesselation, dissolution, divagation, delegation, deprecation, dedications, deification, desolations, vesication, dissension, dissipation, descension, decession, despection, discession, testation, discretion, deduction, discussions, dissertation, edification, distillation, dissociation, desecrating, dissections, dismission, dissuasion, dislocations, desaturation, destination, desperation, decoration, destitution, duction, domestication, desiccated, derivation, desiccate, advocation, diocletian, desiccant, deligation, designations, depilation, rustication, densification, despoliation, desiccator, deskman, decollation, derogations.