Noun:
1: prohibitionist, dry a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
Verb:
1: dry, dry out remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"
2: dry out, dry become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"
Adjective:
1: rainless, semi-dry, baked, sear, shrivelled, dry, desiccated, bone dry, sunbaked, air-dried, kiln-dried, arid, air-dry, thirsty, waterless, semiarid, dry-shod, dried, parched, withered, dried-out, dried-up, scorched, adust, bone-dry, dried-up, sere, shriveled free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"
2: ironical, humorous, ironic, wry, humourous, dry humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
3: dry lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint"
4: dry opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"
5: dry, milkless not producing milk; "a dry cow"
6: dry, brut, medium-dry, unsweet, sec (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"
7: dry without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
8: tearless, dry-eyed, dry not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
9: unexciting, dry, unstimulating, juiceless lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown
10: solid, dry used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"
11: dry, unproductive unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
12: plain, dry having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13: dry, plain (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"
14: alcoholic, dry having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"
15: unemotional, dry lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: dry, teetotal, sober practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"