Definition of "waterless" []

• Lacking water; dry. (adjective)
• Not requiring water, as a cooling system. (adjective)

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• "**I may have incorporated some words/terms/concepts that amuse me (Mongol, ghee, Gobi/gobi (which amuses me because it's both the Mongol word for “waterless place” and the Hindi word for "cauliflower"), globetrotting, jalopy, and the names Pierce, Otto and Ratzinger)."
• "And the word waterless is a main entry in Cobuild, explained in twenty words, whereas in CED it is naught but a so-called "undefined runon" — merely mentioned, but not explained explicitly, as a sub-entry at water."
• "Glenda Larke is a skilful worldbuilder and in this new series she creates a remarkable desert land where water is treasured and the waterless are the outcasts of society."