All parch synonyms
parch
P p noun parch
- drought β A prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this.
- dry spell β a prolonged period of dry weather.
- aridities β being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- aridity β being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- dryness β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- aridness β The state or quality of being arid.
- exsiccation β The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.
- desiccation β Desiccation is the process of becoming completely dried out.
verb parch
- freeze-dried β (of foods and beverages) preserved by means of freeze-drying: freeze-dried coffee.
- freeze-dry β to subject to freeze-drying.
- calcine β to heat (a substance) so that it is oxidized, reduced, or loses water
- weltering β to roll, toss, or heave, as waves or the sea.
- fossilized β Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
- freeze-drying β a process for drying heat-sensitive substances, as foods, blood plasma, antibiotics, and the like, by freezing the substance and then subliming the ice or other frozen solvent in a high vacuum.
- calcined β to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- dry up β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- fossilise β Alternative spelling of fossilize.
- browning β a substance used to darken soups, gravies, etc
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- crisped β (especially of food) hard but easily breakable; brittle: crisp toast.
- decocted β Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- deviling β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- fossilised β Non-Oxford British standard spelling of fossilized.
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- escallop β A scallop shell as a charge.
- braise β When you braise meat or a vegetable, you fry it quickly and then cook it slowly in a covered dish with a small amount of liquid.
- incinerate β to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- devilled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
- conflagrate β to catch or set on fire
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- mummy β the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
- fricassee β meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- exsiccate β To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate.
- boil away β When you boil away a liquid, or when it boils away, it is boiled until all of it changes into steam or vapour.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- dematerialize β to cease to have material existence, as in science fiction or spiritualism
- fricasseed β meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.
- cotton mouth β a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cook β When you cook a meal, you prepare food for eating by heating it.
- dry β free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- wizen β wizened.
- cottonmouth β water moccasin
- decoct β to extract (the essence or active principle) from (a medicinal or similar substance) by boiling
- evanish β (archaic, intransitive) To vanish.
- desiccate β to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- griddling β a frying pan with a handle and a slightly raised edge, for cooking pancakes, bacon, etc., over direct heat.
- wizening β Present participle of wizen.
- dehumidify β to remove water from (something, esp the air)
- anhydrate β (organic chemistry) An acid anhydride.
- deviled β Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.