12
gray(adjective, dull, silver, leaden, steely)
12
grey(dull, lead, leaden, mousy, steely)
11
arid(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale)
11
shriveled(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
10
withered(adjective, burned)
9
sear(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale)
8
dried-up(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
7
dry(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
7
parched(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
7
shrivelled
6
droughty(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
6
waterless(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
6
wizened
5
bone-dry(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale)
5
moistureless(adjective, hard, thin, dry, bare)
5
scorched(adjective, dry, parched, arid, baked)
4
dried(adjective, burned)
4
shrunken
4
thirsty(adjective, hard, dry, bare, stale)
3
adust
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