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anhydrous
an·hy·drous [ an hdrəss ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
with no water: describes compounds that contain no water, or crystals that lack chemically bound water water of crystallization
[Early 19th century. < Greek anudros "waterless" < hudōr "water"]
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