| drab | (noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | Synonyms: olive drab |
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| draba | (noun) any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique | - |
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| drabness | (noun) having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance | Synonyms: dowdiness, homeliness |
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| dracaena | (noun) an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage | - |
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| drachm | (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachma, dram |
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| (noun) a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters | Synonyms: fluid drachm, fluid dram, fluidram |
| drachma | (noun) formerly the basic unit of money in Greece | Synonyms: Greek drachma |
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| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, dram |
| dracontium | (noun) any plant of the genus Dracontium; strongly malodorous tropical American plants usually with gigantic leaves | - |
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| dracunculiasis | (noun) a painful and debilitating infestation contracted by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can mature inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through a painful blister in the person's skin | Synonyms: Guinea worm, Guinea worm disease |
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| draff | (noun) the residue of malt and grain which remains in the mash-kettle after the mashing and lautering process. | Synonyms: brewer's grain, spent grain |
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| draft | (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draught, drawing |
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| (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draught, gulp, swig |
| (noun) compulsory military service | Synonyms: conscription, muster, selective service |
| (noun) a dose of liquid medicine | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) a preliminary sketch of a design or picture | Synonyms: rough drawing |
| (noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace | - |
| (noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) any of the various versions in the development of a written work | Synonyms: draft copy |
| (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draught, potation, tipple |
| (noun) a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) | Synonyms: draught |
| (noun) a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another | Synonyms: bill of exchange, order of payment |
| draftee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, inductee |
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| drafter | (noun) a writer of a draft | - |
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| drafting | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: draftsmanship, drawing |
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| (noun) writing a first version to be filled out and polished later | - |
| (noun) the craft of drawing blueprints | Synonyms: mechanical drawing |
| draftsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsperson, draughtsman |
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| (noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: drawer |
| draftsmanship | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, drawing |
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| draftsperson | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draughtsman |
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| drag | (noun) the act of dragging (pulling with force) | - |
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| (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: puff, pull |
| (noun) clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man) | - |
| (noun) something tedious and boring | - |
| (noun) something that slows or delays progress | - |
| (noun) the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | Synonyms: retarding force |
| dragee | (noun) pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | - |
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| (noun) sugar-coated nut or fruit piece | - |
| (noun) silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes | - |
| dragger | (noun) a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish | Synonyms: trawler |
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| (noun) someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something | Synonyms: puller, tugger |
| dragnet | (noun) a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths | Synonyms: trawl, trawl net |
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| (noun) a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | - |
| dragoman | (noun) an interpreter and guide in the Near East; in the Ottoman Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries a translator of European languages for the Turkish and Arab authorities and most dragomans were Greek (many reached high positions in the government) | - |
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| dragon | (noun) any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body | Synonyms: flying dragon, flying lizard |
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| (noun) a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman | Synonyms: tartar |
| (noun) a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings | Synonyms: European dragon, firedrake |
| dragonet | (noun) small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of Europe and America | - |
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| dragonfly | (noun) slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc. | Synonyms: darning needle, devil's darning needle, mosquito hawk, sewing needle, skeeter hawk, snake doctor, snake feeder |
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| dragonhead | (noun) American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers | Synonyms: Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragon's head |
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| dragoon | (noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen | - |
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| drain | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drainage |
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| (noun) a gradual depletion of energy or resources | - |
| (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drainpipe, waste pipe |
| (noun) tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material | - |
| drainage | (noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it | Synonyms: drain |
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| drainboard | (noun) a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink | Synonyms: draining board |
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| drainpipe | (noun) a pipe through which liquid is carried away | Synonyms: drain, waste pipe |
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| drainplug | (noun) a removable plug for holding water in a tub or basin | - |
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| drake | (noun) adult male of a wild or domestic duck | - |
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| dram | (noun) the basic unit of money in Armenia | - |
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| (noun) 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams | - |
| (noun) a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains | Synonyms: drachm, drachma |
| drama | (noun) the quality of being arresting or highly emotional | - |
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| (noun) the literary genre of works intended for the theater | - |
| (noun) a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage | Synonyms: dramatic play, play |
| (noun) an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional | Synonyms: dramatic event |
| dramatics | (noun) participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity | - |
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| (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre |
| dramatisation | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatization |
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| (noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatization |
| dramatist | (noun) someone who writes plays | Synonyms: playwright |
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| dramatization | (noun) a dramatic representation | Synonyms: dramatisation |
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| (noun) conversion into dramatic form | Synonyms: dramatisation |
| dramaturgy | (noun) the art of writing and producing plays | Synonyms: dramatic art, dramatics, theater, theatre |
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| drape | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drapery, mantle, pall |
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| (noun) a sterile covering arranged over a patient's body during a medical examination or during surgery in order to reduce the possibility of contamination | - |
| (noun) the manner in which fabric hangs or falls | - |
| draper | (noun) a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods) | - |
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| drapery | (noun) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) | Synonyms: curtain, drape, mantle, pall |
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| (noun) cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds | - |
| draught | (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draft, drawing |
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| (noun) a large and hurried swallow | Synonyms: draft, gulp, swig |
| (noun) a dose of liquid medicine | Synonyms: draft |
| (noun) the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded) | Synonyms: draft |
| (noun) a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg | Synonyms: draft, potation, tipple |
| (noun) a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle) | Synonyms: draft |
| draughts | (noun) a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces | Synonyms: checkers |
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| draughtsman | (noun) a skilled worker who draws plans of buildings or machines | Synonyms: draftsman, draftsperson |
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| draw | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: haul, haulage |
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| (noun) poker in which a player can discard cards and receive substitutes from the dealer | Synonyms: draw poker |
| (noun) (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage | Synonyms: draw play |
| (noun) a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer | Synonyms: hook, hooking |
| (noun) a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack | - |
| (noun) anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random | Synonyms: lot |
| (noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: standoff, tie |
| (noun) a gully that is shallower than a ravine | - |
| (noun) an entertainer who attracts large audiences | Synonyms: attracter, attraction, attractor, drawing card |
| drawback | (noun) the quality of being a hindrance | - |
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| drawbar | (noun) a strong metal bar bearing a hook to attach something to be pulled | - |
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| drawbridge | (noun) a bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it | Synonyms: lift bridge |
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| drawee | (noun) the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment | - |
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| drawer | (noun) a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out | - |
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| (noun) an artist skilled at drawing | Synonyms: draftsman |
| (noun) the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else | - |
| drawers | (noun) (used in the plural) underpants worn by women | Synonyms: bloomers, knickers, pants |
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| (noun) underpants worn by men | Synonyms: boxers, boxershorts, shorts, underdrawers |
| drawing | (noun) the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams | Synonyms: drafting, draftsmanship |
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| (noun) act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source | Synonyms: drawing off |
| (noun) players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | Synonyms: lottery |
| (noun) the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling | Synonyms: draft, draught |
| (noun) a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines | - |
| (noun) an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper | - |
| drawknife | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawshave |
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| drawl | (noun) a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels | - |
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| drawler | (noun) someone who speaks with a drawl | - |
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| drawnwork | (noun) ornamental needlework done by drawing threads to form lacelike patterns | - |
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| drawshave | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawknife |
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| drawstring | (noun) a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening | Synonyms: drawing string, string |
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| dray | (noun) a low heavy horse cart without sides; used for haulage | Synonyms: camion |
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| drayhorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, carthorse |
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| dread | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness |
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| dreadfulness | (noun) a quality of extreme unpleasantness | Synonyms: awfulness, horridness, terribleness |
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| dreadlock | (noun) one of many long thin braids of hair radiating from the scalp; popularized by Rastafarians | - |
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| dreadnaught | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnought |
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| dreadnought | (noun) battleship that has big guns all of the same caliber | Synonyms: dreadnaught |
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| dream | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dreaming |
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| (noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dreaming |
| (noun) a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) | Synonyms: pipe dream |
| (noun) a state of mind characterized by abstraction and release from reality | - |
| (noun) a cherished desire | Synonyms: ambition, aspiration |
| (noun) someone or something wonderful | - |
| dreamer | (noun) a person who escapes into a world of fantasy | Synonyms: escapist, wishful thinker |
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| (noun) someone guided more by ideals than by practical considerations | Synonyms: idealist |
| (noun) someone who is dreaming | - |
| dreaminess | (noun) a relaxed comfortable feeling | Synonyms: languor |
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| dreaming | (noun) a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep | Synonyms: dream |
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| (noun) imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake | Synonyms: dream |
| dreamland | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamworld, never-never land |
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| dreamworld | (noun) a pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination | Synonyms: dreamland, never-never land |
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| dreariness | (noun) extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest | Synonyms: boringness, insipidity, insipidness |
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| dreck | (noun) merchandise that is shoddy or inferior | Synonyms: schlock, shlock |
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| dredge | (noun) a power shovel to remove material from a channel or riverbed | - |
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| dredger | (noun) a barge (or a vessel resembling a barge) that is used for dredging | - |
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| dreg | (noun) a small amount of residue | - |
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| dregs | (noun) sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid | Synonyms: settlings |
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| drekkar | (noun) a Viking longship, described in historical sources as elegant and ornately decorated, and used by those who went raiding and plundering. | - |
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| drenching | (noun) the act of making something completely wet | Synonyms: soaking, souse, sousing |
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| dress | (noun) a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice | Synonyms: frock |
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| (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, garb |
| (noun) clothing in general | Synonyms: apparel, clothes, wearing apparel |
| dressage | (noun) maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider | - |
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| dresser | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: bureau, chest, chest of drawers |
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| (noun) a cabinet with shelves | - |
| (noun) low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup | Synonyms: dressing table, toilet table, vanity |
| (noun) a wardrobe assistant for an actor | Synonyms: actor's assistant |
| (noun) a person who dresses in a particular way | - |
| dressing | (noun) the activity of getting dressed; putting on clothes | Synonyms: grooming |
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| (noun) the act of applying a bandage | Synonyms: bandaging, binding |
| (noun) processes in the conversion of rough hides into leather | - |
| (noun) a cloth covering for a wound or sore | Synonyms: medical dressing |
| (noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, fertilization |
| (noun) savory dressings for salads; basically of two kinds: either the thin French or vinaigrette type or the creamy mayonnaise type | Synonyms: salad dressing |
| (noun) a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables | Synonyms: stuffing |
| dressmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: garment-worker, garment worker, garmentmaker |
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| dressmaking | (noun) the craft of making dresses | - |
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| drey | (noun) the nest of a squirrel | - |
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| drib | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: driblet, drop |
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| dribble | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribbling |
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| (noun) saliva spilling from the mouth | Synonyms: drivel, drool, slobber |
| (noun) flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid | Synonyms: drip, trickle |
| dribbler | (noun) a person who dribbles | Synonyms: driveller, drooler, slobberer |
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| (noun) a basketball player who is dribbling the ball to advance it | - |
| dribbling | (noun) the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks | Synonyms: dribble |
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| driblet | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: drib, drop |
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| drier | (noun) an appliance that removes moisture | Synonyms: dryer |
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| (noun) a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) | Synonyms: desiccant, drying agent, siccative |
| drift | (noun) a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine | Synonyms: gallery, heading |
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| (noun) the pervading meaning or tenor | Synonyms: purport |
| (noun) a general tendency to change (as of opinion) | Synonyms: movement, trend |
| (noun) a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents | - |
| (noun) a force that moves something along | Synonyms: impetus, impulsion |
| (noun) the gradual departure from an intended course due to external influences (as a ship or plane) | - |
| (noun) a process of linguistic change over a period of time | - |
| driftage | (noun) the deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to drifting | - |
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| drifter | (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, floater, vagabond, vagrant |
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| driftfish | (noun) small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide | - |
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| (noun) larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico | - |
| drifting | (noun) aimless wandering from place to place | - |
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| driftwood | (noun) wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore | - |
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| drill | (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: exercise, practice, practice session, recitation |
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| (noun) (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms | - |
| (noun) similar to the mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored | Synonyms: Mandrillus leucophaeus |
| (noun) a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows) | - |