Sentences with phrase «of dessication»

There's the mad, grimacing scientist figure of Zynus Theory — whether Demon of Dessication and Withering (1953), or the long - limbed, stileto'd horse of The Moon Rider Official on a White Horse (1956).

Not exact matches

Freezer burn is simply dessication — loss of moisture from whatever's being frozen.

If none of that works or you want to get really serious, take Sudafed (the old - fashioned kind that dries up all your mucous membranes, not the new non-drowsy kind) for a week or however long you can take the total - body dessication properties.

It's likely, he says, that during recovery from dessication, bdelloids pick up genes from members of their own species, too — dead members, that is, whose genes spill out of ruptured cell membranes.

In their common habitats of moss, soil, and seasonal pools, these minuscule, transparent animals routinely survive periods of complete dessication that can last from days to years.

The cavernous space holds 25 massive vitrines containing sculptures that are evocative of destruction, dessication, desolation, detritus.