Dry or dryness most often refers to: * Lack of rainfall, which may refer to ** Arid regions ** Drought * Dry or dry area, relating to legal prohibition of selling, serving, or imbibing alcoholic beverages * Dry humor, deadpan * Dryness (medical) * Dryness (taste), the lack of sugar in a drink, especially an alcoholic one * Dry direct sound without reverberation Dry or DRY may also refer to:

Places

* Dry Brook (disambiguation), various rivers * Dry Creek (disambiguation), various rivers and towns * Dry, Loiret, a commune of the Loiret ''département'' in France * Dry River (disambiguation), various rivers and towns

Art, entertainment, and media

Film and television

* ''Dry'' (2014 film), a Nigerian film directed by Stephanie Linus * ''Dry'' (2022 film), an Italian film directed by Paolo Virzì * ''The Dry'' (film), a 2020 film directed by Robert Connolly and based on the novel by Jane Harper ** '' Force of Nature: The Dry 2'', a 2024 sequel film * ''The Dry'' (TV series), an Irish TV series

Literature

* ''Dry'' (memoir), a 2003 memoir by Augusten Burroughs * ''The Dry'' (novel), a 2016 novel by Jane Harper * ''Dry'', a 2018 novel by Jarrod and Neal Shusterman

Music

* Dry (group), a Cantopop music duo * ''Dry'' (album), by PJ Harvey, 1992 * "Dry", a song by PJ Harvey from the 1993 album '' Rid of Me'' * "Dry" (song), by Rancid Eddie, 2021 * "Dry", a song by Kutless from their self-titled album * "Dry", a song by Welsh band Feeder from the 1999 album '' Yesterday Went Too Soon''

Organizations

* Asociación Democracia Real Ya * Plataforma ¡Democracia Real YA! * Wets and dries, a faction in the British Conservative Party

Technology and computing

* Don't repeat yourself (DRY), a software development principle * Dry cell, a type of battery

Other uses

* Dry (surname), a surname * Dry (rapper) (born 1977), real name Landry Delica, rapper of Congolese origin