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waterless

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeelrsstwStarts with WEnds with S0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lacking sufficient water or rainfall

Word origin

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

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  • The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.
  • Also the Russian lines over which these locomotives run pass through long stretches of waterless country, where the only alternative to hauling additional water-tank wagons is to conserve the water supply by condensing.
  • Contrasting the luxurious life of the foreigners with the overcrowded, fetid, waterless existence of the Arabs.

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