Dessication

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Misspelling of desiccation. alt-of, misspelling

    "Hockett and Ascher go back to the period of dessication in the Pliocene when the forests were disappearing and the savannah was opening up."

Example

More examples

"Hockett and Ascher go back to the period of dessication in the Pliocene when the forests were disappearing and the savannah was opening up."

More for "dessication"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.