Over-the-counter preparations, such as Biotene products, can be helpful for long-term dry mouth.
Of course, unused basement, attic, porch or garage space can be insulated, wired, dry-walled, floored and air-conditioned to add living space without expanding your home's footprint.
The Arabian oryx prefers dry, near-desert conditions and can survive without water for long periods.
For starters, check out UltraTech's Ever Dry -- a miraculous nanocoating that can make practically any object impervious to water, oil, dirt and even wet concrete.
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Never store your clothes over long periods in plastic dry-cleaning bags which emit gases that can stain or yellow fabrics as well as break down the elasticity in stretch garments.
The result is a tent that can keep a camper warm and dry through even the worst troll-induced Scandanavian snow blasts.
And the patch may need to dry overnight before a layer of micro-asphalt can be laid on top, says a spokeswoman for Hull City Council.
This means that when properly cared for (read: dry cleaning or hand-washing), silk bedding can last for many years.
Because of lower water-tables and depleted aquifers, many rivers can no longer replenish themselves in the dry season.
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Consumers can recycle their clean and dry Ziploc bags at one of about 18, 000 in-store recycling centers across the country.
High oil-yielding strains of algae can be grown and dried and the oil extracted from the dry algal mass, before being similarly converted to biodiesel in a process called transesterification.
The nasal drainage associated with colds can hasten dehydration, and some over-the-counter cold remedies containing antihistamines (many cough syrups, for instance) can dry you out further, Dr. Rosenbaum points out.
They spawn at the end of the dry season, so that the coming floods can carry the fry to the flood-plain.
Taking away the thinned-out material is difficult, and sloppy thinning can increase the risk of fire by leaving dry branches and leaves on the forest floor.
In the most concentrated areas, he says, it could be compared to products you would clean your kitchen with, causing dry or cracked skin, or - in cases of prolonged contact - it can "lift off the top layer of your skin".
"Either Sarah Palin is leaving the people of Alaska high and dry to pursue her long-shot national political ambitions, or she simply can't handle the job now that her popularity has dimmed and oil revenues are down, " DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse said.
And once a few seemingly dry facts have been established - a date and place of birth, for instance - the web can help bring the past to life.
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But building a giant battery using dry-cell technology would require thousands of individual cells - about the size of a soft drinks can - to be strung together in a massive installation.
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