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thirsty

adj. able to take in large quantities of moisture; "thirsty towels"

thirsty

adj. feeling a need or desire to drink; "after playing hard the children were thirsty"

thirsty

adj. needing moisture; "thirsty fields under a rainless sky"

thirsty, athirst, hungry

adj. extremely desirous; usu followed by "for": "a thirst for knowledge"; "hungry for recognition"; "thirsty for information"

disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), prepared

adj. having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"

absorbefacient, sorbefacient

adj. inducing or promoting absorption

assimilative

adj. capable of mentally absorbing ; "assimilative processes", "assimilative capacity of the human mind"

spongy, spongelike

adj. like a sponge in being able to absorb liquids and yield it back when compressed

sunbaked

adj. baked or hardened by exposure to sunlight; not burned; "sunbaked adobe bricks"

anhydrous

adj. without water; especially without water of crystallization

arid, desiccate, desiccated

adj. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo

bone-dry

adj. without a trace of moisture

desiccated, dried-out

adj. thoroughly dried out; "old boxes of desiccated Cuban cigars"; "dried-out boards beginning to split"

dried

adj. not still wet; "the ink has dried"; "a face marked with dried tears"

dried-up

adj. depleted of water; "a dried-up water hole"

dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered

adj. (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture; "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

dry-shod

adj. having or keeping the feet or shoes dry; "a land bridge over which man and beasts could have crossed dry-shod"

rainless

adj. lacking rain; "a rainless month"; "rainless skies"

anxious(p), dying(p)

adj. eagerly desirous; "anxious to see the new show at the museum"; "dying to hear who won"

appetent

adj. marked by eager desire; "a big rich appetent Western city"

avid, devouring(a), esurient, greedy

adj. (often followed by `for') ardently or excessively desirous; "avid for adventure"; "an avid ambition to succeed"; "fierce devouring affection"; "the esurient eyes of an avid curiosity"; "greedy for fame"

covetous, envious, jealous

adj. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

hungry

adj. feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food; "a world full of hungry people"

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