In 1931 American chemical engineer Samuel Kistler invented the lightest known solid--an aerogel--by drying a form of silicon dioxide (a raw material for glass) under intense pressure and high temperature.

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When you hear the word "mummy, " you might think of the ancient Egyptians who preserved their rulers by drying out their bodies and wrapping them in bandages treated with special chemicals.

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Facades are often hidden by drying laundry.

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With Test cricket played at a much faster rate these days, I would think it would be easier to make a batsmen fidgety by drying up the runs than it was 20 years ago - but North and Haddin were not made to work hard at all.

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Bankers have also been hurt by the drying-up of foreign credit.

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Like the other leaders, he took advantage of drying conditions on a course hit by thunderstorms earlier this week.

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For example, the Controller respond to a frequency disturbance by turning off the heating element of a drying machine, but keep the tumbler turning.

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Farmers and trappers prepare skins by scraping off the fat, then stretching and drying the pelts.

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But this is now drying up, because new rules imposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission have shrunk the profits that market makers earn on the spread between buy and sell prices.

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That may do much to restore profitability to a business which has been mercilessly squeezed by requirements for higher capital ratios, at a time when wholesale funding is becoming more expensive or drying up altogether.

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