waterless

Adjective Satellite

lacking sufficient water or rainfall
- "a waterless well"
- "miles of waterless country to cross"

Adj

Dry, arid, lacking water.
Not requiring water.

Examples

How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?
The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

Synonyms

arid

Scrabble Score: 12

waterless: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
waterless: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
waterless: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

waterless: valid Words With Friends Word