(automotive) A type of engine sump where oil that flows down from the crankshaft etc is sucked up into an external reservoir (as opposed to a wet sump where it simply pools in a pan at the bottom of the engine).

Any compound that has an affinity for water such that it will extract it from other materials; a desiccant

Coughing without expectoration of sputum.

To dry with a hair dryer

An instance of blow-drying

(idiomatic) Totally dry; without moisture.

The act of drying dishes after they have been washed up. / (agriculture) ablactation

(intransitive) To become dry (often of weather); to lose water. / (transitive) To cause to become dry. / (intransitive, transitive) To manually dry dishes.

(of a wall, bridge or building) Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar.

(transitive) To wait until all the blood of (a slaughtered animal) has drained off. / (transitive, figuratively, informal) To bleed white.