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] |
drag out |
to prolong; protract. |
drag queen |
(slang) a male, generally a homosexual, who dresses in a theatrical and exaggerated way as a woman. |
drain |
to remove water or other liquid from, esp. by means of flow through a pipe. [12 definitions] |
drainage |
the act or method of draining. [3 definitions] |
drainage basin |
the natural drainage area of a river system. |
drainboard |
a sloping surface placed next to or in a kitchen sink on which dishes are left to dry. |