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waterless

[ waw-ter-lis, wot-er- ]

/ ˈwɔ tər lɪs, ˈwɒt ər- /

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adjective

devoid of water; dry.

needing no water, as for cooking.

Origin of waterless

before 950; Middle English waterlees, Old English waterlēas. See water, -less

OTHER WORDS FROM waterless

wa·ter·less·ly, adverb wa·ter·less·ness, noun

Words nearby waterless

watering pot, waterish, waterjet, waterleaf, waterleaf family, waterless, waterless cooker, waterlocked, waterlog, waterlogged, waterloo

Example sentences from the Web for waterless

It builds cities like Tucson and Phoenix in waterless deserts.

Swallowed By the Sea |Simon Winchester |March 20, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
A few feet further on was the backyard laid out in a garden with a waterless age-browned concrete fountain in the center.

Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 |Various
The Indus, with its flanking line of waterless desert, was ever a most effectual geographical barrier.

The Gates of India |Thomas Holdich
In three days the men had fought two exhausting actions in a waterless country and under a tropical sun.

The Great Boer War |Arthur Conan Doyle

The highest point of the tableland of the Ginevrie Alp was our pass; from it the path dipped suddenly into a waterless dell.

Italian Alps |Douglas William Freshfield
Jotan had told her something of the long stretches of untracked jungles and waterless plains between Sephar and Ammad.

Warrior of the Dawn |Howard Carleton Browne