8-letter words containing drop
- air drop — An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
- airdrops — Plural form of airdrop.
- andropov — Yuri Vladimirovich. 1914–84, Soviet statesman; president of the Soviet Union (1983–84)
- backdrop — A backdrop is a large piece of cloth, often with scenery painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.
- cut drop — a drop scene cut to reveal part of the upstage area.
- dewdrops — a drop of dew.
- drop box — 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.
- drop off — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop out — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- drop tee — a tee having lugs for attaching it to a wall or joist.
- drop-add — the period at the beginning of a term when students can sign up for new courses and drop courses for which they were previously registered
- drop-box — 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.
- drop-ins — [analogy with drop-outs] Spurious characters appearing on a terminal or console as a result of line noise or a system malfunction of some sort. Especially used when these are interspersed with one's own typed input.
- drop-off — a vertical or very steep descent: The trail has a drop-off of several hundred feet.
- dropable — (US) Alternative form of droppable.
- dropback — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- dropdown — (computing, GUI, of a widget) Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
- drophead — (British) Shortened form of 'drophead coupé'.
- dropkick — (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
- dropleaf — A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
- droplets — Plural form of droplet.
- dropline — a headline or bank consisting of a top line set flush with the left margin, with each succeeding line indented on the left, and the final line flush with the right margin.
- droplock — a variable-rate bank loan used on international markets that is automatically replaced by a fixed-rate long-term bond if the long-term interest rates fall to a specified level; it thus combines the advantages of a bank loan with those of a bond
- dropoffs — Plural form of dropoff.
- dropouts — Plural form of dropout.
- droppage — an amount dropped or wasted during application, installation, etc.: Mix some extra plaster to allow for droppage.
- droppers — Plural form of dropper.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- dropship — (science fiction, gaming) A flying transport that drops troops onto the battlefield.
- dropsley — a dish of very small dumplings made from a batter of butter, egg, flour, and seasoning dropped in small pieces into broth.
- dropwise — in the form of a drop
- dropwort — a European plant, Filipendula vulgaris, of the rose family, bearing small, scentless, white or reddish flowers.
- dropzone — The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
- eardrops — an earring with a pendant.
- eavedrop — A drop falling from the eaves of a building; an eavesdrop.
- evesdrop — Archaic form of eavesdrop.
- eyedrops — Plural form of eyedrop.
- gumdrops — Plural form of gumdrop.
- headrope — the part of a bolt-rope attached to the head of a sail
- hydropac — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Pacific Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydropic — dropsical.
- hydropsy — (formerly) edema.
- leg drop — a narrow scenery flat or drop, often used in a pair to form an inverted U .
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- mic drop — a gesture in which a person drops (or imitates the action of dropping) a handheld microphone to the ground as the finale to a speech or performance
- mic-drop — the act of intentionally dropping one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.
- namedrop — Alternative spelling of name-drop.
- paradrop — airdrop.
- raindrop — a drop of rain.
- snowdrop — any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
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