Crossword-Solution: HYGROSCOPIC
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| Hygroscopic | a. | Of or pertaining to, or indicated by, the hygroscope; not readily manifest to the senses, but capable of detection by the hygroscope; as, glass is often covered with a film of hygroscopic moisture. |
| Hygroscopic | a. | Having the property of readily inbibing moisture from the atmosphere, or of the becoming coated with a thin film of moisture, as glass, etc. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “HYGROSCOPIC”
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| ABSORB water from the air | 1 answer |
| ABSORBING water from the air (pert. to) | 1 answer |
| AIR, tending to absorb water from the (chem.) | 1 answer |
| TEND to absorb water from the air (chem.) | 1 answer |
| TENDING to absorb water from the air (chem.) | 1 answer |
| Tending to absorb moisture from air | 1 answer |
| absorbing water from the air | 1 answer |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with HYGROSCOPIC (5)
PEGAMOID--(1) Personally we prefer glass or flux compounds to any other material for winter work nose-caps as being absolutely non-hygroscopic.
Hygroscopic soil-water Under normal conditions, a certain amount of water is always found in all things occurring naturally, soils included.
Under the conditions prevailing in the Great Basin the hygroscopic water of soils varies from .75 per cent to 3-1/2 per cent; the average amount is not far from 12 per cent.
Hilgard believes that the hygroscopic moisture can be of considerable help in carrying plants through rainless summers, and further, that its presence prevents the heating of the soil particles to a point dangerous to plant roots.
Other authorities maintain earnestly that the hygroscopic soil-water is practically useless to plants.