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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRY, a. [See the Verb.]
1. Destitute of moisture; free from water or wetness; arid; not moist; as dry land; dry clothes.
2. Not rainy; free from rain or mist; as dry weather; a dry March or April.
3. Not juicy; free from juice, sap or aqueous matter; not green; as dry wood; dry stubble; dry hay; dry leaves.
4. Without tears; as dry eyes; dry mourning.
5. Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.
6. Thirsty; craving drink.
7. Barren; jejune; plain; unembellished; destitute of pathos, or of that which amuses and interests; as a dry style; a dry subject; a dry discussion.
8. Severe; sarcastic; wiping; as a dry remark or repartee; a dry run.
9. Severe; wiping; as a dry blow; a dry basting. See the verb, which signifies properly to wipe, rub, scour.
10. Dry goods, in commerce, cloths, stuffs, silks, laces, ribbons, etc., in distinction from groceries.
DRY, v.t. [G., to dry, to wipe; Gr., L. See Dry. The primary sense is to wipe, rub, scour.]
1. To free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; originally by wiping, as to dry the eyes; to exsiccate.
2. To deprive of moisture by evaporation or exhalation; as, the sun dries a cloth; wind dries the earth.
3. To deprive of moisture by exposure to the sun or open air. We dry cloth in the sun.
4. To deprive of natural juice, sap or greenness; as, to dry hay or plants.
5. To scorch or parch with thirst; with up.
Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. Isaiah 5.
6. To deprive of water by draining; to drain; to exhaust; as, to dry a meadow.
To dry up, to deprive wholly of water.
DRY, v.i.
1. To grow dry; to lose moisture; to become free from moisture or juice. The road dries fast in a clear windy day. Hay will dry sufficiently in two days.
2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; sometimes with up; as, the stream dries or dries up.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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" [ant: wet]
2: 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" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
3: lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint" [ant: wet]
4: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]
5: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: lactating, wet]
6: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" [ant: sweet]
7: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose" [ant: phlegmy]
8: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
9: 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 [syn: dry, juiceless]
10: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
11: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
12: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal" [syn: dry, teetotal] n
1: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages [syn: dry, prohibitionist] v
1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair" [syn: dry, dry out] [ant: wet]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn: dry, dry out]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective (drier; also dryer; driest; also dryest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dry?ge; akin to Old High German truckan dry, Old English dr?ahnian to drain Date: before 12th century 1. a. free or relatively free from a liquid and especially water b. not being in or under water <dry land> c. lacking precipitation or humidity <a dry climate> 2. a. characterized by exhaustion of a supply of liquid <a dry well> b. devoid of running water <a dry ravine> c. devoid of natural moisture <my throat was dry> d. no longer sticky or damp <the paint is dry> e. not giving milk <a dry cow> f. lacking freshness ; stale g. anhydrous 3. a. marked by the absence or scantiness of secretions <a dry cough> b. not shedding or accompanied by tears <a dry sob> 4. obsolete involving no bloodshed or drowning <I would fain die a dry death — Shakespeare> 5. a. marked by the absence of alcoholic beverages <a dry party> b. prohibiting the manufacture or distribution of alcoholic beverages <a dry county> 6. served or eaten without butter or margarine <dry toast> 7. a. lacking sweetness ; sec <dry champagne> b. having all or most sugar fermented to alcohol <a dry wine> <dry beer> 8. a. solid as opposed to liquid <dry groceries> b. reduced to powder or flakes ; dehydrated <dry milk> 9. functioning without lubrication <a dry clutch> 10. of natural gas containing no recoverable hydrocarbon (as gasoline) 11. requiring no liquid in preparation or operation <a dry photocopying process> 12. a. not showing or communicating warmth, enthusiasm, or tender feeling ; severe <a dry style of painting> b. wearisome, uninteresting <dry passages of description> c. lacking embellishment ; plain <the dry facts> 13. a. not yielding what is expected or desired ; unproductive <a writer going through a dry spell> b. having no personal bias or emotional concern <the dry light of reason> c. reserved, aloof 14. marked by matter-of-fact, ironic, or terse manner of expression <a dry wit> 15. lacking smooth sound qualities <a dry rasping voice> 16. being a dry run <a dry rehearsal> • dryish adjective • drily or dryly adverb • dryness noun II. verb (dried; drying) Date: before 12th century transitive verb to make dry intransitive verb to become dry • dryable adjective III. noun (plural drys) Date: 13th century 1. the condition of being dry ; dryness 2. something dry; especially a dry place 3. prohibitionist

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj., v., & n. --adj. (drier; driest) 1 free from moisture, not wet, esp.: a with any moisture having evaporated, drained, or been wiped away (the clothes are not dry yet). b (of the eyes) free from tears. c (of a climate etc.) with insufficient rainfall; not rainy (a dry spell). d (of a river, well, etc.) dried up; not yielding water. e (of a liquid) having disappeared by evaporation etc. f not connected with or for use without moisture (dry shampoo). g (of a shave) with an electric razor. 2 (of wine etc.) not sweet (dry sherry). 3 a meagre, plain, or bare (dry facts). b uninteresting; dull (dry as dust). 4 (of a sense of humour, a joke, etc.) subtle, ironic, and quietly expressed; not obvious. 5 (of a country, of legislation, etc.) prohibiting the sale of alcoholic drink. 6 (of toast, bread, etc.) without butter, margarine, etc. 7 (of provisions, groceries, etc.) solid, not liquid (dry goods). 8 impassive, unsympathetic; hard; cold. 9 (of a cow etc.) not yielding milk. 10 colloq. thirsty or thirst-making (feel dry; this is dry work). 11 Polit. colloq. of or being a political 'dry'. --v. (dries, dried) 1 tr. & intr. make or become dry by wiping, evaporation, draining, etc. 2 tr. (usu. as dried adj.) preserve (food etc.) by removing the moisture (dried egg; dried fruit; dried flowers). 3 intr. (often foll. by up) Theatr. colloq. forget one's lines. 4 tr. & intr. (often foll. by off) cease or cause (a cow etc.) to cease yielding milk. --n. (pl. dries) 1 the process or an instance of drying. 2 sl. a politician, esp. a Conservative, who advocates individual responsibility, free trade, and economic stringency, and opposes high government spending. 3 a (prec. by the) esp. Austral. colloq. the dry season. b Austral. a desert area, waterless country. 4 a dry ginger ale. b dry wine, sherry, etc. Phrases and idioms: dry battery Electr. an electric battery consisting of dry cells. dry cell Electr. a cell in which the electrolyte is absorbed in a solid and cannot be spilled. dry-clean clean (clothes etc.) with organic solvents without using water. dry-cleaner a firm that specializes in dry-cleaning. dry cough a cough not producing phlegm. dry-cure cure (meat etc.) without pickling in liquid. dry dock an enclosure for the building or repairing of ships, from which water can be pumped out. dry-fly adj. (of fishing) with an artificial fly floating on the surface. --v.intr. (-flies, -flied) fish by such a method. dry ice solid carbon dioxide. dry land land as opposed to the sea, a river, etc. dry measure a measure of capacity for dry goods. dry milk US dried milk. dry-nurse a nurse for young children, not required to breast-feed. dry out 1 become fully dry. 2 (of a drug addict, alcoholic, etc.) undergo treatment to cure addiction. dry-plate Photog. a photographic plate with sensitized film hard and dry for convenience of keeping, developing at leisure, etc. dry-point 1 a needle for engraving on a bare copper plate without acid. 2 an engraving produced with this. dry rot 1 a decayed state of wood when not ventilated, caused by certain fungi. 2 these fungi. dry run colloq. a rehearsal. dry-salt = dry-cure. dry-salter a dealer in dyes, gums, drugs, oils, pickles, tinned meats, etc. dry-shod without wetting the shoes. dry up 1 make utterly dry. 2 dry dishes. 3 (of moisture) disappear utterly. 4 (of a well etc.) cease to yield water. 5 colloq. (esp. in imper.) cease talking. go dry enact legislation for the prohibition of alcohol. Derivatives: dryish adj. dryness n. Etymology: OE dryge, drygan, rel. to MLG dröge, MDu. droghe, f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wine Wine, n. [OE. win, AS. win, fr. L. vinum (cf. Icel. v[=i]n; all from the Latin); akin to Gr. o'i^nos, ?, and E. withy. Cf. Vine, Vineyard, Vinous, Withy.] 1. The expressed juice of grapes, esp. when fermented; a beverage or liquor prepared from grapes by squeezing out their juice, and (usually) allowing it to ferment. ``Red wine of Gascoigne.'' --Piers Plowman. Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. --Prov. xx. 1. Bacchus, that first from out the purple grape Crushed the sweet poison of misused wine. --Milton. Note: Wine is essentially a dilute solution of ethyl alcohol, containing also certain small quantities of ethers and ethereal salts which give character and bouquet. According to their color, strength, taste, etc., wines are called red, white, spirituous, dry, light, still, etc. 2. A liquor or beverage prepared from the juice of any fruit or plant by a process similar to that for grape wine; as, currant wine; gooseberry wine; palm wine. 3. The effect of drinking wine in excess; intoxication. Noah awoke from his wine. --Gen. ix. 24. Birch wine, Cape wine, etc. See under Birch, Cape, etc. Spirit of wine. See under Spirit. To have drunk wine of ape or wine ape, to be so drunk as to be foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine acid. (Chem.) See Tartaric acid, under Tartaric. [Colloq.] Wine apple (Bot.), a large red apple, with firm flesh and a rich, vinous flavor.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dry Dry, a. [Compar. Drier; superl. Driest.] [OE. dru?e, druye, drie, AS. dryge; akin to LG. dr["o]ge, D. droog, OHG. trucchan, G. trocken, Icel. draugr a dry log. Cf. Drought, Drouth, 3d Drug.] 1. Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist. The weather, we agreed, was too dry for the season. --Addison. (b) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay. (c) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry. (d) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink. Give the dry fool drink. -- Shak (e) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears. Not a dry eye was to be seen in the assembly. -- Prescott. (f) (Med.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh. 2. Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain. These epistles will become less dry, more susceptible of ornament. --Pope. 3. Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit. He was rather a dry, shrewd kind of body. --W. Irving. 4. (Fine Arts) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring. Dry area (Arch.), a small open space reserved outside the foundation of a building to guard it from damp. Dry blow. (a) (Med.) A blow which inflicts no wound, and causes no effusion of blood. (b) A quick, sharp blow. Dry bone (Min.), Smithsonite, or carbonate of zinc; -- a miner's term. Dry castor (Zo["o]l.) a kind of beaver; -- called also parchment beaver. Dry cupping. (Med.) See under Cupping. Dry dock. See under Dock. Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. --Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone science desires to see its objects. -- J. C. Shairp. Dry masonry. See Masonry. Dry measure, a system of measures of volume for dry or coarse articles, by the bushel, peck, etc. Dry pile (Physics), a form of the Voltaic pile, constructed without the use of a liquid, affording a feeble current, and chiefly useful in the construction of electroscopes of great delicacy; -- called also Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry plates. Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans.html">Dry pipe.html">Zamboni's , from the names of the two earliest constructors of it. {Dry pipe (Steam Engine), a pipe which conducts dry steam from a boiler. Dry plate (Photog.), a glass plate having a dry coating sensitive to light, upon which photographic negatives or pictures can be made, without moistening. Dry-plate process, the process of photographing with dry plates. Dry point. (Fine Arts) (a) An engraving made with the needle instead of the burin, in which the work is done nearly as in etching, but is finished without the use acid. (b) A print from such an engraving, usually upon paper. (c) Hence: The needle with which such an engraving is made. Dry rent (Eng. Law), a rent reserved by deed, without a clause of distress. --Bouvier. Dry rot, a decay of timber, reducing its fibers to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus ({Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. --D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, powder post. --Hebert. Dry stove, a hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. --Brande & C. Dry vat, a vat, basket, or other receptacle for dry articles. Dry wine, that in which the saccharine matter and fermentation were so exactly balanced, that they have wholly neutralized each other, and no sweetness is perceptible; -- opposed to sweet wine, in which the saccharine matter is in excess.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dry Dry, v. i. 1. To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly. 2. To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up. 3. To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. --I Kings xiii. 4.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Dry Dry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dried; p. pr. & vb. n. Drying.] [AS. drygan; cf. drugian to grow dry. See Dry, a.] To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay. To dry up. (a) To scorch or parch with thirst; to deprive utterly of water; to consume. Their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- Is. v. 13. The water of the sea, which formerly covered it, was in time exhaled and dried up by the sun. --Woodward. (b) To make to cease, as a stream of talk. Their sources of revenue were dried up. -- Jowett (Thucyd. ) To dry, or dry up, a cow, to cause a cow to cease secreting milk. --Tylor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(drier, or dryer, driest, dries, drying, dried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is dry, there is no water or moisture on it or in it. Clean the metal with a soft dry cloth... Pat it dry with a soft towel... Once the paint is dry, apply a coat of the red ochre emulsion paint... ? wet, damp ADJ • dryness ...the parched dryness of the air. N-UNCOUNT 2. When something dries or when you dry it, it becomes dry. Leave your hair to dry naturally whenever possible... Wash and dry the lettuce... VERB: V, V n 3. When you dry the dishes after a meal, you wipe the water off the plates, cups, knives, pans, and other things when they have been washed, using a cloth. Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes. = wipe VERB: V n • Dry up means the same as dry. (BRIT) He got up and stood beside Julie, drying up the dishes while she washed. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) 4. If you say that your skin or hair is dry, you mean that it is less oily than, or not as soft as, normal. Nothing looks worse than dry, cracked lips... ? greasy ADJ • dryness Dryness of the skin can also be caused by living in centrally heated homes and offices. 5. If the weather or a period of time is dry, there is no rain or there is much less rain than average. Exceptionally dry weather over the past year had cut agricultural production... ? wet ADJ 6. A dry place or climate is one that gets very little rainfall. ...a hot, dry climate where the sun is shining all the time. = arid ? wet ADJ: usu ADJ n • dryness He was advised to spend time in the warmth and dryness of Italy. 7. In the dry means in a place or at a time that is not damp, wet, or rainy. (mainly BRIT) Such cars, however, do grip the road well, even in the dry. ? wet N-SING: the N, usu in N 8. If a river, lake, or well is dry, it is empty of water, usually because of hot weather and lack of rain. ADJ 9. If an oil well is dry, it is no longer producing any oil. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 10. If your mouth or throat is dry, it has little or no saliva in it, and so feels very unpleasant, perhaps because you are tense or ill. His mouth was dry, he needed a drink... ADJ: usu v-link ADJ • dryness Symptoms included frequent dryness in the mouth. N-UNCOUNT: usu with supp 11. If someone has dry eyes, there are no tears in their eyes; often used with negatives or in contexts where you are expressing surprise that they are not crying. There were few dry eyes in the house when I finished... ? moist ADJ 12. If a country, state, or city is dry, it has laws or rules which forbid anyone to drink, sell, or buy alcoholic drink. (INFORMAL) Gujurat has been a totally dry state for the past thirty years. = teetotal ADJ 13. If you say that someone is sucking something dry or milking it dry, you are criticizing them for taking all the good things from it until there is nothing left. He's just milking the company dry. ADJ: v n ADJ [disapproval] 14. Dry humour is very amusing, but in a subtle and clever way. Fulton has retained his dry humour... ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval] • drily 'That is surprising.'—'Hardly,' I said drily. ADV: ADV with v, ADV adj • dryness Her writing has a wry dryness. 15. If you describe something such as a book, play, or activity as dry, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting. ...dry, academic phrases. ADJ [disapproval] 16. Dry bread or toast is plain and not covered with butter or jam. For breakfast, they had dry bread and tea. ADJ: ADJ n 17. Dry sherry or wine does not have a sweet taste. ...a glass of chilled, dry white wine. ? sweet ADJ 18. high and dry: see high home and dry: see home

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Free from moisture, dried. 2. Arid, parched. 3. Thirsty, craving drink. 4. Uninteresting, barren, dull, jejune, meagre, tame, vapid, dreary, tiresome, tedious, unembellished, plain. 5. Sarcastic, severe, sly, keen, sharp. II. v. a. Desiccate, exsiccate, free from moisture, make dry. III. v. n. Become dry, lose moisture.

Moby Thesaurus

Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air-dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, antisaloon, apathetic, arid, ascetic, athirst, austere, bake, baked, bald, bare, barren, blah, blank, blast-freeze, bleed, bleed white, bloodless, blot, bone-dry, brassy, brazen, brine, broken-record, bromidic, brush, burn, cake, candid, caustic, celibate, characterless, childless, choked, coarse, cold, colorless, common, commonplace, concrete, congeal, corn, crab, crabbed, cracked, croaking, croaky, cure, cynical, dead, dehumidify, dehydrate, dehydrated, denude, deplete, depleted, deplume, desert, desiccate, desiccated, desolate, despoil, direct, discreet, dismal, displume, divest, draggy, drain, drained, drearisome, dreary, dried-up, droughty, dry as dust, dry-cure, dry-salt, dryasdust, dull, dusty, earthbound, effete, elephantine, embalm, empty, etiolated, evaporate, everlasting, exhaust, exhausted, exsiccate, fade, fallow, fire, flat, flay, fleece, frank, freeze, freeze-dry, fruitless, fume, gaunt, gelded, grating, green, gruff, guttural, harping, harsh, harsh-sounding, heavy, high and dry, ho-hum, hoarse, hollow, homely, homespun, humdrum, husky, impotent, impoverish, impoverished, inane, indurate, ineffectual, inexcitable, infecund, infertile, insipid, insolate, invariable, ironic, irradiate, issueless, jarring, jejune, jerk, jog-trot, juiceless, kiln, kipper, leached, leaden, lean, lifeless, like parchment, literal, long-winded, low-spirited, marinade, marinate, matter-of-fact, menopausal, metallic, milk, modest, moistureless, monotonous, mummify, mundane, natural, neat, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific, open, pale, pallid, parch, parched, pedestrian, phlegmatic, pick clean, pickle, pickled, plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, plodding, pluck, pointless, poky, ponderous, preservatize, prohibitionist, prolix, prosaic, prosing, prosy, pungent, pure, quick-freeze, ragged, rasping, raucid, raucous, refrigerate, rough, roupy, rub, rude, rugged, rustic, salt, sandy, sapless, sapped, sarcastic, sardonic, satiric, scorch, sear, season, sec, sere, set, severe, shear, shovel, shrivel, simple, simple-speaking, sine prole, singsong, skin, slow, smoke, smoke-cure, soak up, sober, solemn, solidify, sour, sour as vinegar, soured, sourish, spare, spiritless, sponge, squawking, squawky, staid, stark, sterile, stertorous, stiff, stodgy, stoic, stolid, straightforward, strangled, strident, stridulous, strip, strip bare, stuff, stuffy, suck dry, sucked dry, sun, sun-dry, superficial, swab, tart, tartish, tasteless, tedious, teemless, teetotal, thick, thirsting, thirsty, throaty, tinny, torrefy, towel, treadmill, unadorned, unaffected, uncultivated, undamped, unembellished, uneventful, unfanciful, unfertile, unfruitful, ungarnished, unideal, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, uninventive, unlively, unoriginal, unplowed, unpoetic, unpoetical, unpretentious, unproductive, unprolific, unripe, unromantic, unromanticized, unsown, unsweet, unsweetened, untilled, unvarnished, unvarying, unwatered, vapid, vinegarish, vinegary, virgin, waste, wasted, waterless, weariful, wearisome, weazen, wipe, wither, without issue, wizen, wooden