desiccates

On the ants— apparently the key ingredient in ALL the colony-killers is boric acid, which doesn't poison them but desiccates them.

Making Light: Open thread 134 2010

If it desiccates when you're not having any, what will you do about it?

My Garden Is Telling Me That I'm Abusing My Kids 2008

In the arid Southwest, bark desiccates and can blow around the yard.

Pamper your pet's paws outdoors 2010

There is already insufficient water in California to support its current population, industry and agribusiness and the state's water supply -- from the Colorado, from snow melt from the aquifer of the Central Valley -- is actually in decline as climate change raises the state's mean temperatures, desiccates its forests and dries out its topsoil.

Giles Slade: Aint Got The Do-Re-Mi: The Beginning of The End of The Californian Dream 2009

If it desiccates when you're not having any, what will you do about it?

Archive 2008-02-01 2008

Frying and Sautéing Baking oiled vegetables is sometimes called “oven frying,” and indeed true frying in oil also desiccates the food surface, browns it, and enriches the flavor with the characteristic notes contributed by the oil itself.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Frying and Sautéing Baking oiled vegetables is sometimes called “oven frying,” and indeed true frying in oil also desiccates the food surface, browns it, and enriches the flavor with the characteristic notes contributed by the oil itself.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

During prolonged droughts, Malheur Lake desiccates to a point that it cannot be used by trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

During prolonged droughts, Malheur Lake desiccates to a point that it cannot be used by trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

During prolonged droughts, Malheur Lake desiccates to a point that it cannot be used by trout.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002