anhydrous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of anhydrous
1810–20; < Greek ánȳdros waterless (with etymological h restored). See an- 1, hydro- 1, -ous
Vocabulary lists containing anhydrous
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In 2023, the company agreed to pay a fine to the EPA over how its facility in Altoona, Iowa, managed chemical risk posed by the more than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia stored on site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
Prices for anhydrous ammonia and urea, key ingredients for fertilizers used to grow corn and soybeans, have appreciated significantly year-over-year, with much of those gains coming after the war started in late February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
According to the American Chemical Society, anhydrous ammonia is carried around the United States by pipeline, trucks and trains.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
A fertilizer plant battered by Hurricane Ida belched highly toxic anhydrous ammonia into the air.
From New York Times ● Sep. 1, 2021
It is strongly dextrorotatory, the anhydrous sugar having a specific rotatory power of +185°, and the crystalline form, C18H32O16, showing a specific rotation of +104.5°.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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