| drive shaft |
a rotating shaft that transmits torque, as in some automobiles from the transmission to the rear axle. |
| drivethrough |
a means by which customers can do business with an establishment at its premises without exiting their vehicles. This mechanism generally consists of a window to the establishment where business is conducted and a specially designated lane by which cars or other vehicles can access the window and exit once business is finished. [3 definitions] |
| drivetrain |
the assembly that transmits an engine's rotary motion to the actual means of propulsion such as a propeller or wheel. |
| driveway |
a private road that provides access from a street to a building such as a house or garage. |
| driving |
aggressively forward-moving; highly active; exciting. [2 definitions] |
| driving wheel |
a wheel that transmits power from an engine, either to other wheels, or into propulsive effort, as on a locomotive engine. |
| drizzle |
to rain lightly but continuously. [2 definitions] |
| drogue |
an anchor, esp. a canvas sack used for slowing a boat and keeping her prow into the wind. [2 definitions] |
| droit |
a legal claim or right. [2 definitions] |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| drollery |
something funny. [3 definitions] |
| -drome |
racecourse. [3 definitions] |
| dromedary |
an African or Asian camel with one hump. (Cf. Bactrian camel.) |
| drone1 |
a male honeybee or other male bee, whose only function is to impregnate the queen. [3 definitions] |
| drone2 |
to produce a low, continuous hum. [5 definitions] |
| drongo |
any of a family (Dicruridae) of insectivorous passerine birds with black plumage and a forked tail. |
| drool |
to exude saliva from the mouth; drivel. [3 definitions] |
| droop |
to hang or sink down; bend limply. [4 definitions] |
| droopy |
drooping or inclined to droop. [2 definitions] |
| drop |
a small amount of liquid, usu. forming a tiny sphere. [17 definitions] |
| drop a beat |
to miss a beat in music, or otherwise lose the rhythm or continuity of something; falter. [2 definitions] |