The climate is arid -- warm in the daytime, but much cooler in the evenings.
The lower parts of the country have a semi-arid or desert climate.
The moon's dry central regions are covered in rippling dunes and arid deserts.
Each unit interlocks with the next one, eliminating nailing on the exposed edge arid holding it down against wind and rain.
Tablemates eating the dry, chewy pork chops or the equally arid medallions of jerk pork had a different answer.
The arid valley they were digging in, Ischigualasto, has been a rich source of fossils from the earliest days of dinosaurs.
It features a semi-arid climate with four distinct seasons.
The salt pans are located in a very arid region that may get little or no rain at all in any given year.
The arid desert lowlands and the camps are unfamiliar to these people.
Water for residential use is less expensive in some of the more arid Western cities than in other selected cities.
British Dictionary definitions for arid
arid
/ˈærɪd/
adjective
1.
having little or no rain; dry; parched with heat
2.
devoid of interest
Derived Forms
aridity (əˈrɪdɪtɪ), aridness, noun aridly, adverb
Word Origin
C17: from Latin āridus, from ārēre to be dry
Word Origin and History for arid
adj.
1650s, "dry, parched," from French aride (15c.) or directly from Latin aridus "dry, arid, parched," from arere "to be dry," from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (see ash (n.1)). Figurative sense of "uninteresting" is from 1827. Related: Aridly.
arid in Science
arid
(ār'ĭd) Very dry, especially having less precipitation than is needed to support most trees or woody plants. Deserts have arid climates.