9-letter words starting with dr
- drop leaf — a hinged leaf attached to the end or side of a table that can be raised to extend the tabletop or folded vertically downward when not in use.
- drop pass — (in hockey and soccer) a pass in which a player in control of the ball or puck simply leaves it to be picked up by a trailing teammate and continues past it to draw off the defense.
- drop seat — a hinged seat, as in a taxicab or bus, that may be pulled down for use when an additional seat is needed.
- drop shot — (in tennis, badminton, etc.) a ball or shuttlecock so softly hit that it falls to the playing surface just after clearing the net.
- drop tank — an external aircraft tank, usually containing fuel, that can be detached and dropped in flight
- drop zone — an area into which paratroopers, soldiers, or supplies are landed from aircraft for a military operation. Abbreviation: DZ.
- drop-dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- drop-down — computer menu, list: displayed when selected
- drop-kick — to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- drop-outs — 1. A variety of "power glitch" (see glitch); momentary zero voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing characters in typed input due to software malfunction or system overload (one cause of such behaviour under Unix when a bad connection to a modem swamps the processor with spurious character interrupts; see screaming tty). 3. Mental glitches; used as a way of describing those occasions when the mind just seems to shut down for a couple of beats. See glitch, fried.
- drop-ship — to ship (goods) as a drop shipment: The books will be drop-shipped by the publisher to your home.
- dropcloth — A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
- dropkicks — Plural form of dropkick.
- droplight — an electric or gas lamp suspended from the ceiling or wall by a flexible cord or tube.
- droppable — Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
- droppings — the act of a person or thing that drops.
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- dropsonde — an instrument similar to a radiosonde that is attached to a parachute and released from an aircraft.
- dropstone — an old name for stalactites
- dropworts — Plural form of dropwort.
- droshkies — Plural form of droshky.
- drown out — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- drownings — Plural form of drowning.
- drubbings — Plural form of drubbing.
- drug czar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- drug lord — the head of an organization or network involved in illegal drug trafficking.
- drug test — screening for traces of a substance
- drug tsar — a senior public official charged with tackling the problem of drugs
- druggists — Plural form of druggist.
- drugmaker — a person or company that manufactures pharmaceutical products.
- drugstore — the place of business of a druggist, usually also selling cosmetics, stationery, toothpaste, mouthwash, cigarettes, etc., and sometimes soft drinks and light meals.
- druidical — Alt form Druidical.
- drum into — instill by repetition
- drum roll — fast continuous drumming
- drumbeats — Plural form of drumbeat.
- drumettes — Plural form of drumette.
- drumheads — Plural form of drumhead.
- drumrolls — Plural form of drumroll.
- drumstick — a stick for beating a drum.
- drunkards — Plural form of drunkard.
- drunkenly — intoxicated; drunk.
- drunkness — Drunkenness.
- drupelets — Plural form of drupelet.
- dry basis — The dry basis is a measure of how much water is in a solid, which is expressed as the weight of water as a percentage of the completely dry solid.
- dry drunk — an alcoholic who is not currently drinking alcohol but is still following an irregular undisciplined lifestyle like that of a drunkard
- dry goods — fabrics, clothing
- dry nurse — a nurse who cares for a child without suckling it
- dry plate — a glass photographic plate coated with a sensitive emulsion of silver bromide and silver iodide in gelatin.
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- dry riser — a vertical pipe, not containing water, having connections on different floors of a building for a fireman's hose to be attached. A fire tender can be connected at the lowest level to make water rise under pressure within the pipe