Desiccation is valid Scrabble Word

Is desiccation a scrabble word?
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Words with Friends YES

11 letters word
16 points in Scrabble
19 points in WWF

Definitions for DESICCATION in dictionary:

NOUN:

the state of being desiccated
the removal of moisture from something
The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.
dryness resulting from the removal of water
the process of extracting moisture

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to dry up

Words related to DESICCATION

desiccations17

Words that contain DESICCATION

desiccations17 electrodesiccation25 electrodesiccations26

How to use DESICCATION in a sentence

In the gradual desiccation of that region, the lake has now entirely disappeared.
The degree of decomposition, desiccation, or maceration varies from a comparatively early stage to an extremely advanced stage.
For example, what is done successfully in one case of desiccation may not show favorable results in another.
There are also included, as cases of desiccation, bodies which have been burned or subjected to severe heat.
In all probability in advanced cases of decomposition, desiccation, and maceration it may not be possible to secure inked impressions which can be properly classified.
With respect to cases of desiccation, there will probably be shrinkage, hence, the impressions made may appear smaller than in life and the ridges will be finer.
With regard to the mode or state in which plants are preserved, desiccation, accompanied by pressing, is the most generally used.
A faint spiced odor of desiccation filled the bare walls.
Wherever the air that enwrapped the lifeless form of man or beast was dry, desiccation anticipated and prevented decomposition.
Upon the elevated Western plains of this continent, the bodies of beasts and men by thousands have been preserved from decomposition by desiccation.

When, now, it is added that desiccation has been ascertained to be an efficient agent in the destruction of disease germs, as proved by the experiments of Dr.

Similar words containing SICCA without suffix tion and without prefix de

siccan10 siccar10 desiccant14 desiccate14 exsiccant20 exsiccate20 siccative16 desiccants15 desiccated16 desiccates15 desiccator15 exsiccants21 exsiccated22 exsiccates21 exsiccator21 siccatives17 desiccating17 desiccative19 desiccators16 exsiccating23 exsiccation22 exsiccative25 exsiccators22 desiccations17 desiccatives20 exsiccations23 antidesiccant18 antidesiccants19 electrodesiccat22 electrodesiccation25 electrodesiccations26

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