12-letter words containing dr
- drove chisel — a chisel with a broad edge used for dressing stone
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- drug-driving — driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
- drug-induced — caused by recreational or medical drugs
- drug-running — the activity of illegally taking recreational drugs into a country
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- dry gangrene — death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dry puddling — puddling in a furnace with a bottom of sand.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dry-bone ore — a porous variety of smithsonite found near the surface of the earth.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- eavesdropped — Simple past tense and past participle of eavesdrop.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- edgar adrian — Edgar Douglas, 1889–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1932.
- eggdrop soup — a soup made by stirring beaten eggs into a simmering broth.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- event-driven — (programming) A kind of program, such as a graphical user interface, with a main loop which just waits for events to occur. Each event has an associated handler which is passed the details of the event, e.g. mouse button 3 pressed at position (355, 990). For example, X window system and most Visual Basic application programs are event-driven. See also callback.
- export drive — a united effort to increase a country's exports
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- flash drying — Flash drying is a stage in a process to make something bigger, in which a paste-like feed is broken up and dried at the same time.
- floppy drive — disk drive
- footdragging — the act or practice of acting with deliberate slowness
- forced-draft — using a flow of air or air forced through a pipe or system of pipes by fans or blowers: a forced-draft central heating system.
- formal dress — clothing for elegant or solemn occasions
- foundry sand — silica-based sand mixed with clay, oil, etc, to improve its cohesive strength, used in moulding
- foundry type — type cast in individual characters for setting by hand.
- four hundred — the exclusive social set of a city or area.
- fourdriniers — Plural form of fourdrinier.
- freeze-dried — (of foods and beverages) preserved by means of freeze-drying: freeze-dried coffee.
- french drain — a drainage trench filled to ground level with fragments of brick, rock, etc.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- generic drug — medicine: not sold under brand name
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- grand dragon — a high-ranking official of the Ku Klux Klan.
- granny dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
- green dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- gypsy driver — the driver of a gypsy cab
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- hairdressers — Plural form of hairdresser.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- half-dressed — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.