moistness

moist | American Dictionary

moist
adjective
us/mɔɪst/
slightly wet:
moist blueberry muffins
rich, moist soil

moisten

verb[ I/T ]us/ˈmɔɪ·sən/
[ T ]Moisten the shirts before ironing.

Examples of moist

moist
In tropical moist forest, advance regeneration in the form of shade-suppressed seedlings is a major component of regrowth in new gaps.
A comparison of species growth rates from four moist tropical forest regions using increment-size ordination.
Cats were rewarded with dry or moist food for approaching the cynosure at the 0-deg position or the peripheral stimulus, respectively.
Regular watering maintained soil water content above 27% during storage under moist conditions.
Because of its warm and continuously humid environment, epiphytes make up a conspicuous portion of this moist broadleaved evergreen forest.
The observations were taken after a week of moist weather conditions following a dry period.
The most common natural habitat of these nematodes is moist ground.
In tropical moist forests, length of the dry period may have a profound influence on leaf dynamics, plant growth and survival.
The soil is continually moist and covered with a thick layer of leaves and decaying humus.
A diet of cold and moist things (spiritually, tears) should neutralize the tremendous heat or the arid tumor of pride.
Thus, even after a continuous incubation period on a moist substrate for 42 weeks, <1% of the seeds had germinated.
The demographics o f resprouting in tree and shrub species of a moist tropical forest.
The 0-, 1-, 2-, and 3-day-old eggs placed on a moist filter paper in a plastic cup (50 ml).
The eyes were covered with moist pieces of filter paper.
The dry forest housed the highest number of species, 51, while 44 species occurred in the moist forest and 37 in the wet forest.
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