8-letter words starting with dr
- drawable — 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).
- drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- drawbars — Plural form of drawbar.
- drawbore — a hole in a tenon made eccentric with the corresponding holes to the mortise so that the two pieces being joined will be forced tightly together when the pin (drawbore pin) is hammered into place.
- drawcard — drawing card.
- drawdown — a lowering of water surface level, as in a well.
- drawhole — a funnel-shaped vertical opening cut at the bottom of a stope, which permits the loading of ore into conveyances in the passageways below.
- drawings — Plural form of drawing.
- drawling — an act or utterance of a person who drawls.
- drawlink — (rail transport) drawbar.
- drawtube — a tube sliding within another tube, as the tube carrying the eyepiece in a microscope.
- dreadful — causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- dreading — to fear greatly; be in extreme apprehension of: to dread death.
- dream on — It isn't true
- dream up — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamers — Plural form of dreamer.
- dreamery — the dream world
- dreamful — a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
- dreamier — Comparative form of dreamy.
- dreamily — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
- dreaming — (often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in the mythology of the Australian Aborigines.
- drearier — Comparative form of dreary.
- drearily — causing sadness or gloom.
- drearing — sorrow; grief
- dredgers — Plural form of dredger.
- dredging — Present participle of dredge.
- dreggish — resembling or containing dregs
- dreibund — a triple alliance, esp that formed between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy (1882–1915)
- dreidels — Plural form of dreidel.
- drenched — to wet thoroughly; soak.
- drencher — One who, or that which, drenches.
- drenches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of drench.
- drepanid — any moth of the superfamily Drepanoidae (family Drepanidae): it comprises the hook-tip moths
- dress up — of or for a dress or dresses.
- dress-up — being an occasion, situation, etc., for which one must be somewhat formally well-dressed: the first dress-up dance of the season.
- dressage — haute école (def 1).
- dressers — Plural form of dresser.
- dressier — Comparative form of dressy.
- dressily — in a dressy manner
- dressing — an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
- dressler — Marie (Leila Koerber) 1869–1934, U.S. actress, born in Canada.
- dressoir — a cabinet of the 18th century, having a number of shallow shelves for dishes over a base with drawers and closed cupboards.
- dribbled — to fall or flow in drops or small quantities; trickle.
- dribbler — A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).
- dribbles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dribble.
- driblets — Plural form of driblet.
- dried-up — depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
- driftage — the action or an amount of drifting.
- drifters — Plural form of drifter.
- drifting — a driving movement or force; impulse; impetus; pressure.