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 2002, its radio stations in Minot, N.D., aired canned music as a toxic cloud blanketed the community after a train transporting anhydrous ammonia for fertilizer derailed and exploded.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025
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
The pilot sat in an ejection seat that suggested the electric chair, in front of a fuel compartment containing 2,400 gallons of liquid oxygen and anhydrous ammonia.
From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2019
To discriminate between bromides and chlorides more clearly, the substance is mixed with anhydrous potassium bisulphate and fused in an ignition tube.
From The Elements of Blowpipe Analysis by Getman, Frederick Hutton
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