antimectante
English translation: desiccant or drying agent
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| Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Food & Drink | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Denise DeVries United States Local time: 21:18 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | antihumectant |
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| 4 | desiccant or drying agent |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1antihumectant Explanation: I am almost 100% sure this word was mispelles in Portuguese, as it should have read "antiumectante". -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 mins (2007-01-18 00:17:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Funny thing is I have been reasearching exactly the opposite: humectants, such as glycerin, sorbitol, etc. errr, I misspelled the word misspelled, twice. lol |
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2 hrs confidence:
desiccant or drying agent Explanation: cosmetics have humectants, but food uses desiccants Reference: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=desiccant |
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