Words starting with derringdo
Maybe these words will be useful:
- derringers — Plural form of derringer.
- derring-do — Derring-do is the quality of being bold, often in a rather showy or foolish way.
- derringer — a short-barrelled pocket pistol of large calibre
- derring — (obsolete) daring; warlike.
- derrick — A derrick is a machine that is used to move cargo on a ship by lifting it in the air.
- derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- derrida — Jacques. 1930–2004, French philosopher and literary critic, regarded as the founder of deconstruction: author of L'Ecriture et la différence (1967)
- derriere — backside
- derris — any East Indian leguminous woody climbing plant of the genus Derris, esp D. elliptica, whose roots yield the compound rotenone
- derrickhand — A derrickhand is a member of the drilling crew who works on a platform above the rig floor and handles the drillpipe.