7-letter words containing d, p
- dopiaza — (in Indian cookery) a dish of meat or fish cooked in an onion sauce
- dopings — Plural form of doping.
- doppler — Christian Johann, 1803–53, Austrian physicist: discovered the Doppler effect.
- doxepin — a tricyclic antidepressant, C 19 H 21 NO, used primarily to treat depression or anxiety.
- drag up — old subject: raise again
- drapeau — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1916–1999, Canadian lawyer and politician: mayor of Montreal 1954–57 and 1960–86.
- drapers — Plural form of draper.
- drapery — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- drapier — a draper
- draping — to cover or hang with cloth or other fabric, especially in graceful folds; adorn with drapery.
- drappie — a little drop, esp a small amount of spirits
- draw up — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
- dripped — to let drops fall; shed drops: This faucet drips.
- dripper — Agent noun of drip; one who drips.
- drooped — to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- drop by — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop in — Informal.. Also, dropper-in. a person who or thing that pays an unexpected or uninvited visit: a feeder for squirrels, raccoons, and other drop-ins.
- drop it — stop talking about it
- drop-by — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop-in — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dropbox — a box for holding shuttles on a loom, as a box loom, used on either side of the race plate in weaving cloth having a variety of colors in the filling.
- dropfly — (in angling) an artificial fly usually used as an extra fly
- droplet — a little drop.
- dropoff — Alternative form of drop-off.
- dropout — an act or instance of dropping out.
- dropped — Let or make (something) fall vertically.
- dropper — a person or thing that drops.
- dropple — a trickle
- drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
- dry mop — dust mop.
- du pont — É(leuthère) I(rénée)1771-1834; Am. industrialist, born in France
- dubstep — a style of mostly instrumental electronic music, originating in London, influenced by dub and characterized by syncopated rhythm and an emphasis on bass and drum elements.
- duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
- duckpin — Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
- dude up — a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
- duff up — To duff someone up means to hit them many times and injure them.
- dump on — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dumpbin — a free-standing unit in a bookshop in which the books of a particular publisher are displayed
- dumpers — Plural form of dumper.
- dumpier — Comparative form of dumpy.
- dumping — to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- dumpish — depressed; sad.
- duopoly — the market condition that exists when there are only two sellers. Compare monopoly (def 1), oligopoly.
- duotype — two halftone plates made from a monochrome original but etched differently to create two values of intensity when superimposed in printing.
- dupable — a person who is easily deceived or fooled; gull.
- dupatta — A length of material worn as a scarf or head covering, typically with a salwar, by women from South Asia.
- dupioni — a cocoon formed jointly by two silkworms.
- dupleix — Joseph François [zhoh-zef frahn-swa] /ʒoʊˈzɛf frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), Marquis, 1697–1763, French colonial governor of India 1724–54.
- duplets — Plural form of duplet.
- duppies — Plural form of duppy.