Home › Words › S › siccationsiccationsiccation means the act or process of drying.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, siccation ranks #1,934 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyLatin siccatio.nounThe act or process of drying.e.g.“Siccation is the drying up of excremental humidity in bodies” — 1655, John Wooddall, The Surgeons Mate:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.desiccation 76% match — The state or process of being desiccated vs siccation →siccative 76% match — A drier; a catalyst used to promote drying. vs siccation →exsiccate 73% match — To dry, to desiccate, to dehydrate. vs siccation →drying 72% match — The act of drying. vs siccation →exsiccative 70% match — Tending to make dry; having the power of drying. vs siccation →desiccative 70% match — causing to desiccate; drying out vs siccation →desiccate 70% match — To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. vs siccation →dry 69% match — Free from or lacking moisture. vs siccation →