Thirstiness

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thirst·y (thûr

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adj. thirst·i·er, thirst·i·est

1. Desiring to drink.

2. Arid; parched: thirsty fields.

3. Craving something: thirsty for news.

4. Very absorbent: a thirsty sponge.

thirsti·ly adv.

thirsti·ness n.

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Noun	1.	thirstiness - a deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall) aridness, aridity dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
	2.	thirstiness - a physiological need to drink thirst drive - a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire dehydration - depletion of bodily fluids polydipsia - excessive thirst (as in cases of diabetes or kidney dysfunction)
	3.	thirstiness - strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" hunger, thirst, hungriness desire - an inclination to want things; "a man of many desires"

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aridity Aridness dehydration desire drive dryness hunger hungriness polydipsia thirst thirsty waterlessness xerotes			Even nowadays, though, the thirstiness of mankind is something supernatural. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context As I endeavored, during the brief minute of my original survey, to form some analysis of the meaning conveyed, there arose confusedly and paradoxically within my mind, the ideas of vast mental power, of caution, of penuriousness, of avarice, of coolness, of malice, of blood thirstiness, of triumph, of merriment, of excessive terror, of intense - of supreme despair. The Man of the Crowd by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context As I endeavored, during the brief minute of my original survey, to form some analysis of the meaning conveyed, there arose confusedly and paradoxically within my mind, the ideas of vast mental power, of caution, of penuriousness, of avarice, of coolness, of malice, of blood thirstiness, of triumph, of merriment, of excessive terror, of intense - of supreme despair. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context			third-degree burn third-degree burns third-dimensional third-dimensionality third-party insurance Third-penny third-place finish Third-rail system third-rate third-rater third-stream third-world third-year thirdhand Thirdings thirdly thirdstream thirl thirlage Thirlmere thirst thirst for knowledge thirst-quenching Thirster thirstily Thirstiness Thirstle thirsty thirteen Thirteen Colonies thirteenth thirteenth chord thirties thirtieth thirty Thirty Years' War thirty-eight thirty-eighth thirty-fifth thirty-first thirty-five thirty-four thirty-fourth thirty-nine Thirty-nine Articles thirty-ninth thirty-one thirty-second thirty-second note thirty-second part thirty-seven			Thirsk White Horse Swim Team thirst thirst thirst thirst thirst Thirst and sodium appetite thirst center thirst center thirst center thirst center thirst for thirst for thirst for knowledge thirst for knowledge Thirst Induced Lucid Dream thirst-quenching thirsted thirsted thirsted thirsted thirsted thirster thirster thirster thirster thirster thirstier thirstiest thirstily Thirstiness thirsting thirsting thirsting thirsting thirsting Thirstle thirsts thirsts thirsts thirsts thirsts thirsty thirsty thirsty thirsty thirsty thirsty for thirteen thirteen Thirteen (novel) Thirteen Articles of Faith Thirteen Clocks, The Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies Thirteen Colonies, the Thirteen M. Eugene Merchant Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Thirteen minutes to midnight Thirteen Ninety Four Thirteen original colonies Thirteen original colonies

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