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waterless

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wa·ter·less  (wôtr-ls, wtr-)
adj.
1. Lacking water; dry.
2. Not requiring water, as a cooling system.
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Adj.1.waterless - lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate"; "a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
arid
dry - free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
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So that for an hour or more, a thousand fathoms in the sea, he carries a surplus stock of vitality in him, just as the camel crossing the waterless desert carries a surplus supply of drink for future use in its four supplementary stomachs.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
The Germans were contesting stubbornly every mile of waterless, thorn-covered ground and clinging desperately to their positions along the railway.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
She knew, too, that many of them were used now by the nomadic tribes of green men, but that among them all was no city that the red men did not shun, for without exception they stood amidst vast, waterless tracts, unsuited for the continued sustenance of the dominant race of Martians.
Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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