9-letter words containing dra
- dragonize — to turn into a dragon
- dragooned — Simple past tense and past participle of dragoon.
- dragooner — (obsolete) A dragoon.
- dragqueen — Alternative form of drag queen.
- dragsters — Plural form of dragster.
- dragstrip — a race course for drag racing
- drahthaar — one of a German breed of wirehaired pointing dogs.
- drain off — liquid: remove
- drain rod — one of a series of flexible rods with threaded ends that screw together and can be pushed to and fro in a drain to clear a blockage
- drainable — Capable of being drained.
- drainages — Plural form of drainage.
- drainless — inexhaustible.
- drainpipe — a large pipe that carries away the discharge of waste pipes, soil pipes, etc.
- drainplug — A plug for a drain.
- draintrap — A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.
- drake fly — mayfly (def 2).
- drama-doc — a film which combines fact and fiction
- dramamine — dimenhydrinate
- dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
- dramatise — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramatist — a writer of dramas or dramatic poetry; playwright.
- dramatize — to put into a form suitable for acting on a stage.
- dramaturg — a specialist in dramaturgy, especially one who acts as a consultant to a theater company, advising them on possible repertory.
- draperies — coverings, hangings, clothing, etc., of fabric, especially as arranged in loose, graceful folds.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- draughted — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- draughter — a drawing, sketch, or design.
- dravidian — a family of languages, wholly distinct from Indo-European, spoken mostly in southern India and Sri Lanka and including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, and, in Pakistan, Brahui.
- draw away — 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).
- draw back — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- draw down — 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).
- draw fire — If you draw fire for something that you have done, you cause people to criticize you or attack you because of it.
- draw game — a game in which a player must keep drawing pieces from the boneyard until a playable one is drawn.
- draw gear — an apparatus for coupling railway cars
- draw into — involve sb in sth
- draw lots — to decide an issue by using lots
- draw play — draw (def 54).
- draw rein — to tighten the reins
- draw shot — a stroke that imparts a backward spin to the cue ball, causing it to roll back after striking the object ball. Compare follow shot (def 2).
- draw upon — use as source or resource
- draw-gate — the valve that controls a sluice
- draw-loom — an early handloom used for producing figured fabrics.
- draw-slip — a person or thing that lopes, as a horse with a loping gait.
- drawbacks — Plural form of drawback.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- drawerful — an amount sufficient to fill a drawer: a drawerful of socks.
- drawknife — a knife with a handle at each end at right angles to the blade, used by drawing over a surface.
- drawn-out — long-drawn-out.
- drawnwork — Ornamental work on linen or other fabric, done by drawing out threads and usually with additional needlework.
- drawplate — A hardened steel plate having a hole, or a gradation of conical holes, through which wires are drawn to be reduced and elongated.