Reverse Dictionary: DRY

ADJECTIVES
1547 ► SICCATIVE drying; having the property of absorbing moisture 
1620 ► SITICULOUS very dry, very thirsty → obs.
1626 ► ADURENT dry and hot, burning → obs.
1628 ► ADRY in a dry condition 
1656 ► SICCANEOUS dry, arid 
1656 ► SICCIFIC having power to make dry → obs.
1656 ► SICCIFICAL having power to make dry → obs.
1667 ► SICCED  dry → obs.
1790 ► HASKY dry, parched → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1801 ► REESLIN-DRY so dry as to make a rustling sound → Sc.
1874 ► KECKSY dry, juiceless; thirsty → Eng. dial.
1889 ► DRY-AS-DUST extremely dry or rainless 
1896 ► DRY AS A KECK very dry → Eng. dial.
1896 ► THREAD-DRY quite dry, not the least wet → Sc.
1898 ► BASKED dry, parched → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C ► DRY AS A NUN’S FANNY very dry → Brit. sl.
..20C ► DRY AS A NUN’S MINGE very dry → Brit. sl.
1900 ► DAFFY dry, insipid → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HASKISH dry, harsh → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAZEL half-dry → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► HAZLING drying → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► VENOM dry, hard, harsh, hot → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1951 ► STRAW-DRY very dry 
1970 ► DRY AS A POPCORN FART very dry → Amer. dial.
1999 ► DRY AS A DEAD DINGO’S DONGER extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► DRY AS A GUMDIGGER’S DOG extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► DRY AS A KOOKABURRA’S KHYBER IN THE SIMPSON DESERT extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► DRY AS A POM’S TOWEL extremely dry; desirous of alcoholic refreshment → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1300 ► DRYHEAD dryness, drought; a dry place, desert → obs.
1398 ► DRYNESS a dry place; dry land → obs.
1477 ► SICCITY dryness; absence of moisture → obs.
1533 ► DRYTH dryness, dry condition → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1599 ► SICCITUDE dryness; absence of moisture → obs.
1612 ► SICCATION the process of drying → obs.
1887 ► HAIZER a drying or airing in the sun; a drying clothes lightly → Sc.
..20C ► SNOOKER PLAYER’S POCKET symbolic of dryness (generally a snooker player keeps his chalk in his waistcoat pocket; what the thirsty may claim to have a throat like) → Brit. sl.
1902 ► HASKNESS dryness, harshness → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1991 ► XEROPHOBIA fear of dryness and dry places, as deserts (Bk.)

VERBS
1000 ► ADROUGH → ADROWE to dry up; to become dry or withered → obs.
1550 ► ADUST to dry up with heat; to burn, to scorch, to scar → obs.
1570 ► SICCATE to make dry → obs.
1639 ► SICCICATE to make dry → obs.
1642 ► HAZEL → HAZLE → HAZZLE to dry, season in the sun; to dry on the surface → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1777 ► QUADDLE → QUODDLE to dry, to shrivel up; to make limp or flabby → Eng. dial.
..19C ► RASH to dry or air thoroughly (often said of clothes by the fire) → Eng. dial.
1805 ► REEST to dry by the heat of the sun or fire → Sc.
1819 ► HAZE to dry by exposure to the air; to half-dry, to dry on the surface → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1824 ► REESTLE to dry by the heat of the fire; to warm → Sc. obs.
1880 ► HAIZER to dry, esp. partially or on the surface; said of newly-washed clothes, etc. → Sc.
1898 ► BEAZE to dry in the sun → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► HAP to dry or mop up a wet place → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1979 ► SEASON to let dry by exposure to air; said of clothes → Amer. dial.