9-letter words starting with drop
- drop arch — a pointed arch having radii of length less than the span.
- drop away — become fewer
- drop back — a lowering, as of prices or standards, especially to a previous level: Auto manufacturers requested a dropback in emissions standards.
- drop bear — a mythical creature said to live in the outback; it resembles an oversized koala with sharp teeth and drops from trees to devour unwary passers-by
- drop dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- drop girt — a girt running beneath the ends of joists and at right angles to them.
- drop goal — In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts.
- drop keel — centerboard.
- drop kick — In sports such as football and rugby, a drop kick is a kick in which the ball is dropped to the ground and kicked at the moment that it bounces.
- 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.
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