ETYM Latin aridus, from arere to be dry: cf. French aride.
1. Lacking sufficient water or rainfall; SYN. waterless.
2. Lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; SYN. desiccate, desiccated.
3. Dry, barren (land etc.); dull, unoriginal, lifeless.

ETYM Latin curtus; cf. Skr. kart to cut. Related to Curtail.
Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise.

1. (Of food) Eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish
2. (Of wines) Not sweet because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation
3. Free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
4. Having a large proportion of strong liquor
5. Having no adornment or coloration
6. Humorously sarcastic or mocking; SYN. ironic, ironical, wry.
7. Lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; SYN. juiceless.
8. Lacking warmth or emotional involvement
9. Not producing milk
10. Not shedding tears
11. Opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages
12. Practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; SYN. teetotal.
13 suffering from fluid deprivation
14. Unproductive especially of the expected results
15. Used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones
16. Without a mucous or watery discharge + prikaži više

1. (Nautical) Pertaining to the after part of a vessel.
2. Severe and unremitting in making demands; SYN. strict, exacting.

(Homonym: rye).
1. Marked by a subtle, slightly ironic wit; drole.
2. Bent to one side.

ETYM French cigarette.
Finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking; SYN. cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag.
Thin paper tube stuffed with shredded tobacco for smoking, now usually plugged with a filter. The first cigarettes were the papelitos smoked in South America about 1750. The habit spread to Spain and then throughout the world; today it is the most general form of tobacco smoking, although it is dangerous to the health of both smokers and nonsmokers who breathe in the smoke.
Since the 1960s warnings from the US Surgeon General have been added to packages and cartons, about the dangers of smoking and cancer, lung disease, heart disease, and the effects on the developing fetus.
In the prisons of many countries, and in wartime, cigarettes have been used as an unofficial form of currency. + prikaži više

1. Something (as a cigarette) to smoke
2. Marijuana
3. An act of smoking tobacco; especially; a smoking break

1. Not still wet.
2. Preserved by removing natural moisture; SYN. dehydrated, desiccated.