| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| drabbed | imp. & past participle | of Drab |
| drabber | noun | One who associates with drabs; a wencher. |
| drabbet | noun | A coarse linen fabric, or duck. |
| drabble | verb t. | To draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak., To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels. |
| drachma | noun | A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is computed to have been about 19 cents., A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents., Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram. |
| drachme | noun | See Drachma. |
| drafted | imp. & past participle | of Draft |
| dragged | imp. & past participle | of Drag |
| dragbar | noun | Same as Drawbar (b). Called also draglink, and drawlink. |
| dragees | noun pl. | Sugar-coated medicines. |
| draggle | verb t. | To wet and soil by dragging on the ground, mud, or wet grass; to drabble; to trail., To be dragged on the ground; to become wet or dirty by being dragged or trailed in the mud or wet grass. |
| dragmen | plural | of Dragman |
| dragman | noun | A fisherman who uses a dragnet. |
| dragnet | noun | A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing. |
| dragoon | noun | Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man., A variety of pigeon., To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers., To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. |
| drained | imp. & past participle | of Drain |
| drainer | noun | One who, or that which, drains. |
| draping | present participle & vb. noun | of Drape |
| drapery | noun | The occupation of a draper; cloth-making, or dealing in cloth., Cloth, or woolen stuffs in general., A textile fabric used for decorative purposes, especially when hung loosely and in folds carefully disturbed; as: (a) Garments or vestments of this character worn upon the body, or shown in the representations of the human figure in art. (b) Hangings of a room or hall, or about a bed. |
| drastic | adjective | Acting rapidly and violently; efficacious; powerful; — opposed to bland; as, drastic purgatives., A violent purgative. See Cathartic. |
| draught | noun | The act of drawing or pulling, The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like., The drawing of a bowstring., Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish., The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking., A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy., The act of selecting or detaching soldiers; a draft (see Draft, n., 2), The act of drawing up, marking out, or delineating; representation., That which is drawn, That which is taken by sweeping with a net., The force drawn; a detachment; — in this sense usually written draft., The quantity drawn in at once in drinking; a potion or potation., A sketch, outline, or representation, whether written, designed, or drawn; a delineation., An order for the payment of money; — in this sense almost always written draft., A current of air moving through an inclosed place, as through a room or up a chimney., That which draws, A team of oxen or horses., A sink or drain; a privy., A mild vesicatory; a sinapism; as, to apply draughts to the feet., Capacity of being drawn; force necessary to draw; traction., The depth of water necessary to float a ship, or the depth a ship sinks in water, especially when laden; as, a ship of twelve feet draught., An allowance on weighable goods. [Eng.] See Draft, 4., A move, as at chess or checkers., The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, in order that it may be drawn from the sand without injury to the mold., See Draft, n., 7., Used for drawing vehicles, loads, etc.; as, a draught beast; draught hooks., Relating to, or characterized by, a draft, or current of air., Used in making drawings; as, draught compasses., Drawn directly from the barrel, or other receptacle, in distinction from bottled; on draught; — said of ale, cider, and the like., To draw out; to call forth. See Draft., To diminish or exhaust by drawing., To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing. |
| dravida | noun pl. | A race of Hindostan, believed to be the original people who occupied the land before the Hindoo or Aryan invasion. |
| drawing | present participle & vb. noun | of Draw, The act of pulling, or attracting., The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades; especially, such a representation when in one color, or in tints used not to represent the colors of natural objects, but for effect only, and produced with hard material such as pencil, chalk, etc.; delineation; also, the figure or representation drawn., The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies., The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning., The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. |
| drawbar | noun | An openmouthed bar at the end of a car, which receives a coupling link and pin by which the car is drawn. It is usually provided with a spring to give elasticity to the connection between the cars of a train., A bar of iron with an eye at each end, or a heavy link, for coupling a locomotive to a tender or car. |
| drawboy | noun | A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office. |
| drawled | imp. & past participle | of Drawl |
| drawnet | noun | A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. |
| drawrod | noun | A rod which unites the drawgear at opposite ends of the car, and bears the pull required to draw the train. |
| drayage | noun | Use of a dray., The charge, or sum paid, for the use of a dray. |
| draymen | plural | of Drayman |
| drayman | noun | A man who attends a dray. |
| dreaded | imp. & past participle | of Dread |
| dreader | noun | One who fears, or lives in fear. |
| dreadly | adjective | Dreadful., With dread. |
| dreamed | imp. & past participle | of Dream |
| dreamer | noun | One who dreams., A visionary; one lost in wild imaginations or vain schemes of some anticipated good; as, a political dreamer. |
| drecche | verb t. | To vex; to torment; to trouble., To delay. |
| dredged | imp. & past participle | of Dredge |
| dredger | noun | One who fishes with a dredge., A dredging machine., A box with holes in its lid; — used for sprinkling flour, as on meat or a breadboard; — called also dredging box, drudger, and drudging box. |
| drenche | verb t. & i. | To drown. |
| dressed | imp. & past participle | of Dress |
| dresser | noun | One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments., A kind of pick for shaping large coal., An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc., A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use., A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils. |
| dribbed | imp. & past participle | of Drib |
| dribber | noun | One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly. |
| dribble | verb i. | To fall in drops or small drops, or in a quick succession of drops; as, water dribbles from the eaves., To slaver, as a child or an idiot; to drivel., To fall weakly and slowly., To let fall in drops., A drizzling shower; a falling or leaking in drops. |
| driblet | noun | A small piece or part; a small sum; a small quantity of money in making up a sum; as, the money was paid in dribblets. |
| drifted | imp. & past participle | of Drift |
| drilled | imp. & past participle | of Drill |
| driller | noun | One who, or that which, drills. |
| drunken | of Drink, Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated., Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched., Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication. | |
| drinker | noun | One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard. |
| dripped | imp. & past participle | of Drip |
| dripple | adjective | Weak or rare. |
| driving | present participle & vb. noun | of Drive, Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm., Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft., The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously., Tendency; drift. |
| drizzle | verb i. | To rain slightly in very small drops; to fall, as water from the clouds, slowly and in fine particles; as, it drizzles; drizzling drops or rain., To shed slowly in minute drops or particles., Fine rain or mist. |
| drizzly | adjective | Characterized by small rain, or snow; moist and disagreeable. |
| drogher | noun | A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber, cotton, etc., coastwise; as, a lumber drogher. |
| drogman | noun | Alt. of Drogoman |
| drolled | imp. & past participle | of Droll |
| droller | noun | A jester; a droll. |
| dromond | Alt. of Dromon | |
| droning | present participle & vb. noun | of Drone |
| drongos | plural | of Drongo |
| dronish | adjective | Like a drone; indolent; slow. |
| drooled | imp. & past participle | of Drool |
| drooped | imp. & past participle | of Droop |
| drooper | noun | One who, or that which, droops. |
| dropped | imp. & past participle | of Drop |
| droplet | noun | A little drop; a tear. |
| dropper | noun | One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly., A dropping tube., A branch vein which drops off from, or leaves, the main lode., A dog which suddenly drops upon the ground when it sights game, — formerly a common, and still an occasional, habit of the setter. |
| drosera | noun | A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. |
| drossel | noun | A slut; a hussy; a drazel. |
| drought | noun | Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity., Thirst; want of drink., Scarcity; lack. |
| drouthy | adjective | Droughty. |
| drowned | imp. & past participle | of Drown |
| drowner | noun | One who, or that which, drowns. |
| drowsed | imp. & past participle | of Drowse |
| drubbed | imp. & past participle | of Drub |
| drubber | noun | One who drubs. |
| drudged | imp. & past participle | of Drudge |
| drudger | noun | One who drudges; a drudge., A dredging box. |
| drugged | imp. & past participle | of Drug |
| drugger | noun | A druggist. |
| drugget | noun | A coarse woolen cloth dyed of one color or printed on one side; generally used as a covering for carpets., By extension, any material used for the same purpose. |
| druidic | adjective | Alt. of Druidical |
| drummed | imp. & past participle | of Drum |
| drumble | verb i. | To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused., To mumble in speaking. |
| drumlin | noun | A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local glacial motion. |
| drummer | noun | One whose office is to best the drum, as in military exercises and marching., One who solicits custom; a commercial traveler., A fish that makes a sound when caught, The squeteague., A California sculpin., A large West Indian cockroach (Blatta gigantea) which drums on woodwork, as a sexual call. |
| dryades | plural | of Dryas |
| dryfoot | noun | The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced. |
| dryness | noun | The state of being dry. See Dry. |
| dry-rub | verb t. | To rub and cleanse without wetting. |