- Types Of Speech
- You can use dry as a article, noun, adjective satellite or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Dry
- A 1 syllables article and 3 letters with the letters d, r, and y, 3 consonants, 0 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter r. Dry starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, dr, and the ending characters are y, ry, ..
- Definition
- A reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Dry is set as a kindergarten word that starts with d, ends with y, 1 syllables, 0 vowels and 3 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is dry a scrabble word? A 7 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Dry in Pig Latin is said as "ydray or ydrway".
- Unigram
- d | r | y
- Bigram
- dr | ry
- Trigram
- dry
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
- Verb Examples
- remove the moisture from and make dry;
"dry clothes";
"dry hair" - become dry or drier;
"The laundry dries in the sun"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years";
"no thank you;
I happen to be teetotal" - lacking warmth or emotional involvement;
"a dry greeting";
"a dry reading of the lines";
"a dry critique" - having a large proportion of strong liquor;
"a very dry martini is almost straight gin" - humorously sarcastic or mocking;
"dry humor";
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
"an ironic novel";
"an ironical smile";
"with a wry Scottish wit" - suffering from fluid deprivation;
"his mouth was dry" - (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast";
"dry meat" - having no adornment or coloration;
"dry facts";
"rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner" - unproductive especially of the expected results;
"a dry run";
"a mind dry of new ideas" - used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones;
"dry weight" - lacking interest or stimulation;
dull and lifeless;
"a dry book";
"a dry lecture filled with trivial details";
"dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown - not shedding tears;
"dry sobs";
"with dry eyes"
- Article Examples
- without a mucous or watery discharge;
"a dry cough";
"that rare thing in the wintertime;
a small child with a dry nose" - (of wines) not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation;
"a dry white burgundy" - 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" - not producing milk;
"a dry cow" - opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages;
"the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers";
"a dry state"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abrasive | a substance that abrades or wears down |
| Absorb | cause to become one with "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax" |
| Abstainer | a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages |
| Acarpous | producing no fruit |
| Acerb | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
| Acerbate | make sour or bitter |
| Acerbic | harsh or corrosive in tone "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose" "a barrage of acid comments" "her acrid remarks make her many enemies" "bitter words" "blistering criticism" "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts |
| Acescent | |
| Acetose | tasting like vinegar |
| Acetous | tasting like vinegar |
View all cognitive synonyms for Dry
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Dry | a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages |
View English words with the unique letters used in dry. Words With The Letters Dry
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crusader | a warrior who engages in a holy war "the crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims" |
| Meliorist | a disputant who advocates reform |
| Reformer | an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel "a catalytic reformer" |
| Reformist | a disputant who advocates reform |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carry Amelia Moore Nation | |
| Carry Nation | |
| Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard | |
| Nation | the people who live in a nation or country; "a statement that sums up the nation''s mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" |
| Willard | United States educator who was an early campaigner for higher education for women (1787-1870) |
| Name | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| Audry | Yes | Yes |
| Maudry | No | No |
| Landry | Yes | No |
| Hendry | Yes | No |
| Sandry | No | Yes |
View All Names For Dry
| Title | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Negative Feelings | Describe dry | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dray (4 letters) | 8 +1 | 7 +1 | yard | ||
| Yard (4 letters) | 8 +1 | 7 +1 | yard | ||
| Dryad (5 letters) | 10 +3 | 9 +3 | dryad | ||
| Dry (3 letters) | 7 | 6 | dry | ||
| Brady (5 letters) | 11 +4 | 11 +5 | brady | ||
| Byrd (4 letters) | 10 +3 | 10 +4 | byrd |
Dry Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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