Definition of Nondrying

1. Adjective. Not drying; remaining wet. ¹

2. Adjective. Of a garment, not requiring use of a dryer after washing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nondrying

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nondrying

nondrinkers
nondrinking
nondrip
nondripping
nondriver
nondrivers
nondriving
nondropout
nondropouts
nondroughted
nondrowsy
nondrug
nondrugged
nondrugs
nondrunken
nondrying (current term)
nondual
nondualism
nondualistic
nondubbed
nonducted
nonductile
nonduplex
nondurability
nondurable
nondurables
nondurational
nondusty
nondutiable
nondyadic

Literary usage of Nondrying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Tropical Agriculture: The Climate, Soils, Cultural Methods, Crops, Live by Earley Vernon Wilcox (1916)
"The group of fixed oils includes drying oils, semi-drying oils, nondrying oils, and vegetable fats. Drying oils are characterized by their power to absorb ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1916)
"The oils from different species are very similar, are nondrying oils, and possess an agreeable taste. They are used by the Chinese for culinary, medicinal, ..."

3. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... lacquering, or coating with a nondrying petroleum product are successful and water-base paint unsuccessful, in inhibiting sublimation. ..."

4. The Practical Use of Books and Libraries: An Elementary Manual by Gilbert Oakley Ward (1914)
"... and nondrying, oils, according to the degree to which they thicken by absorbing oxygen. The animal and vegetable oils, fats, and waxes have been grouped ..."

5. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."

6. Methods of Organic Analysis by Henry Clapp Sherman (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."

7. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1905)
"While especially characteristic of the drying and semi- drying oils, linoleic acid is also found in nondrying oils and in small quantity in some of the ..."

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