9-letter words containing dra
- drawshave — drawknife.
- drawsheet — a narrow sheet, often used on hospital beds, placed under a patient's buttocks and often over a rubber sheet, that can easily be removed if soiled.
- drawtubes — Plural form of drawtube.
- drawworks — A drawworks is a drum for reeling the drill string in and out.
- drayhorse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- esdraelon — a plain in N Israel, east of Mount Carmel
- fine-draw — Sewing. to sew together so finely that the joining is not noticeable.
- finedrawn — Drawn out with too much subtlety; overnice.
- firedrake — a mythical fiery dragon.
- form drag — the portion of the resisting force encountered by a body moving through a fluid that is due to the irregularity of shape of the body, reducible to a minimum by streamlining.
- fundraise — to collect by fund-raising: The charity needs to fund-raise more than a million dollars.
- guardrail — Also, guardrailing. a protective railing, as along a road or stairway.
- handrails — Plural form of handrail.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headrails — Plural form of headrail.
- hexahedra — plural of hexahedron: solid figure with six plane faces
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraemia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydramide — (organic compound) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hydrangea — any shrub belonging to the genus Hydrangea, of the saxifrage family, several species of which are cultivated for their large, showy flower clusters of white, pink, or blue.
- hydranths — Plural form of hydranth.
- hydrastis — goldenseal (def 2).
- hydrating — Present participle of hydrate.
- hydration — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydraulus — a pipe organ of ancient Greece and Rome using water pressure to maintain the air supply.
- hydrazide — (chemistry) any compound derived from an oxoacid by replacing the hydroxide group with -NHNH2 or derived forms -NRNR2.
- hydrazine — Also called diamine. a colorless, oily, fuming liquid, N 2 H 4 , that is a weak base in solution and forms a large number of salts resembling ammonium salts: used chiefly as a reducing agent and a jet-propulsion fuel.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- indrawing — An inhale of breath.
- madrassas — Plural form of madrassa.
- main drag — the main street of a city or town; main stem.
- mandrakes — a narcotic, short-stemmed European plant, Mandragora officinarum, of the nightshade family, having a fleshy, often forked root somewhat resembling a human form.
- melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
- minidrama — A short drama, such as a brief theatrical or cinematic piece.
- monodrama — a dramatic piece for only one performer.
- octahedra — Plural form of octahedron.
- overdraft — an act or instance of overdrawing a checking account.
- overdrawn — Past participle of overdraw.
- overdraws — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overdraw.
- panjandra — pompous self-important officials of people of rank
- pendragon — either of two kings of ancient Britain. Compare Arthur (def 2), Uther.
- quadrants — Plural form of quadrant.
- quadrated — Simple past tense and past participle of quadrate.
- quadrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quadrate.
- quadratic — square.