dry vs slick

dry

noun
  • The process by which something is dried. 

  • The dry season. 

  • A prohibitionist (of alcoholic beverages). 

  • Unsweetened ginger ale; dry ginger. 

  • A radical or hard-line Conservative; especially, one who supported the policies of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. 

  • An area of waterless country. 

  • An area with little or no rain, or sheltered from it. 

verb
  • To remove moisture from. 

  • To lose moisture. 

  • To exhaust; to cause to run dry. 

  • For an actor to forget his or her lines while performing. 

adj
  • Free from or lacking alcohol or alcoholic beverages. 

  • Involving computations rather than work with biological or chemical matter. 

  • Without a usual complement or consummation; impotent. 

  • Of a bite from an animal: not containing the usual venom. 

  • Of a mass, service, or rite: involving neither consecration nor communion. 

  • Describing an area where sales of alcoholic or strong alcoholic beverages are banned. 

  • Athirst, eager. 

  • Low in sugar; lacking sugar; unsweetened. 

  • Free from applied audio effects (especially reverb). 

  • Not using afterburners or water injection for increased thrust. 

  • Exhibiting precise execution lacking delicate contours or soft transitions of color. 

  • Lacking interest, boring. 

  • Amusing without showing amusement. 

  • Built without or lacking mortar. 

  • Free from or lacking moisture. 

  • Free from or lacking embellishment or sweetness 

  • Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk. 

  • Anhydrous: free from or lacking water in any state, regardless of the presence of other liquids. 

slick

noun
  • A tool used to make something smooth or even. 

  • A helicopter. 

  • A wide paring chisel used in joinery. 

  • A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative image which is then used to burn a positive offset plate or other printing device. 

  • In omegaverse fiction, the copious, lubricating bodily fluid produced by an omega in heat. 

  • Someone who is clever and untrustworthy. 

  • A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing. 

  • A covering of liquid, particularly oil. 

verb
  • To make slick. 

adj
  • Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances. 

  • Sleek; smooth. 

  • Extraordinarily great or special. 

  • Appearing expensive or sophisticated. 

  • Clever, making an apparently hard task easy. 

  • Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy. 

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