drying (n.)
- atrophy
- attenuation
- canning
- consumption
- curing
- dehydration
- desiccant
- desiccation
- drainage
- emaciation
- evaporation
- freeze-drying
- freezing
- insolation
- irradiation
- jerking
- mummification
- potting
- refrigeration
- salting
- seasoning
- shrinkage
- shrinking
- siccative
- smoking
- stuffing
- taxidermy
- thinning
- tinning
- wasting
- withering
drying (adj.)
The drying up a single tear has more
Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.