Draconian |
(often l.c.) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
Dracula |
in a late nineteenth-century novel by Bram Stoker, the title character, a vampire, who is able to transform himself into a bat. |
draft |
a preliminary sketch of a piece of writing; rough draft. [18 definitions] |
draftable |
combined form of draft. |
draft board |
a body of citizens who select men for compulsory U.S. military service. |
draft dodger |
a person who attempts to avoid compulsory military service. |
draftee |
one who has been drafted, esp. for compulsory military service. |
draftsman |
a man who draws detailed plans and designs, as for machines or buildings. [2 definitions] |
draftsperson |
a draftsman or draftswoman. |
draftswoman |
a woman who draws detailed plans and designs, as for machines and buildings. [2 definitions] |
drafty |
having or being subject to drafts or currents of air. |
drag |
to pull along with force (often partly on the ground); haul. [13 definitions] |
draggle |
to soil or wet by dragging through mud. [3 definitions] |
draggy |
dull, slow-moving, lethargic, or monotonous. |
dragnet |
a net that is dragged along a river or pond bottom or along the ground and used to catch fish or small animals. [2 definitions] |
dragoman |
in Near Eastern countries, an interpreter or guide. |
dragon |
a mythical animal that is usu. depicted as a monstrous, winged, fire-breathing reptile with claws and a long tail, often acting as a guardian of a place, treasure, or the like. [2 definitions] |
dragonfly |
any of a large group of brightly colored insects with four long, veined, translucent wings usu. held perpendicular to a long, narrow body. |
dragon's blood |
any of several deep red resins obtained from trees, esp. from a tropical palm, formerly used in medicine and now used in photoengraving and varnishes. |
dragon tree |
a tree of the agave family with sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, one source of dragon's blood. |
dragoon |
a heavily armed cavalryman of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. [3 definitions] |