46
dryness(noun, passion, desire, dryness, dehydration)
20
aridity(noun, passion, desire, lack, deficiency)
15
thirst(noun, craving, dryness, dehydration, lack of moisture)
15
dearth(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
11
scarcity(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
10
lack(noun, verb, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
10
deficiency(noun, lack, shortage, scarcity, nonexistence)
10
drouth
8
want(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
6
famine(noun, want, lack, deficiency, shortage)
6
absence(noun, state, lack, usual, shortage)
5
shortage(noun, want, lack, scarcity)
4
need(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
4
aridness
4
deficit
4
starvation(noun, want, scarcity, insufficiency)
4
insufficiency(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, scarcity)
3
barrenness(noun, dryness, waterlessness)
3
desiccation(noun, lack, deficiency, shortage, dryness)
3
poverty(want, lack, shortage, scarcity, insufficiency)
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