(p. 271) khaṭa expressing the sound made by striking on or at something hard (as of knocking the door or of striking or stamping the hoof on stony ground). খটখট, খটাখট int. expressing repetition of this sound; thorough dryness. খটখট করা v. to strike noisily and repeatedly on or at something hard; to look hard and dry (রোদে খটখট করা). খটখটে a. thoroughly hard and dry. 26)

(p. 344) caḍ়caḍ় expressing the onomatopoeic sound as of itching, pricking etc.; expressing the sound of splitting or cracking; the sound of extreme dryness or parchedness. 10)

(p. 593) nīrasa not juicy, juiceless; sapless; dry; dull, having no sense of humour, having no power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipid, uninteresting, jejune, dull (নীরস কথাবার্তা); monotonous, prosaic (নীরস জীবন); glum, sullen (নীরস হাসি বা মুখ); unpleasant, cheerless (নীরস আবহাওয়া). ̃তা n. lack of juice or sap; dryness; lack of sense of humour, lack of power to appreciate finer sentiments and emotions; insipidity, lack of interest, dullness, monotony, prosiness, glumness, sullenness; unpleasantness, cheerlessness. 31)

(p. 767) biśuṣka very dry; wizened (বিশুষ্ক দৃষ্টি); glum, morose (বিশুষ্ক মুখ). ̃তা n. extreme dryness; state of being wizened, glumness, moroseness. 111)

(p. 951) śuṣka dry (শুষ্ক বস্ত্র); withered (শুষ্ক পুষ্প); sapless, pithless (শুষ্ক কাষ্ঠ); dull, uninteresting, pointless (শুষ্ক তর্ক); pale (শুষ্ক মুখ); parched (শুষ্ক কণ্ঠ); harsh (শুষ্ক স্বর); vapoury or empty or insipid (শুষ্ক বাক্য); merely formal (শুষ্ক ভদ্রতা). ̃তা n. dryness. 15)

(p. 951) śōṣa dryness; juiceless or sapless state; (med.) consumption; (med.) sinus. a. dried up within (শোষ মূলো). 81)