English words: Dreux to drive a stake through its heart

300 English words, part 102 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 27 have a page of their own.

English words Dreux to drive a stake through its heart

Dreux proper noun: A commune in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
dreve verb /dɹiːv/: To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
drever noun: A short-legged scenthound of a Swedish breed.
drevil noun: A fool or drudge.
Drevlian adjective, noun: A member of a tribe of Early East Slavs between the 6th and 10th centuries, inhabiting the territories of Polesia and Right-bank Ukraine, west of the...
Drewery proper noun: A surname.
Drewry proper noun: A surname.
Drexel proper noun: A surname.
drexil noun: The threshold of a door.
Drexler proper noun: A surname.
drey noun /dɹeɪ/: A squirrel’s nest, built of twigs in a tree.
drey poking noun: The forcing of squirrels out of their drey with a long pole in order to shoot them.
dreydel noun: Alternative spelling of dreidel.
dreydl noun: Alternative spelling of dreidel.
dreydle noun: Alternative spelling of dreidel.
Dreyer noun: a Dreyer object – an entry/object in the New General Catalogue (NGC) compiled by J. L. E. Dreyer.
Dreyfus proper noun /ˈdɹeɪfəs/: A surname.
Dreyfusard noun: A supporter of Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).
Dreyfusism noun: Support for Alfred Dreyfus in the Dreyfus Affair.
Dreyfusist noun: Synonym of Dreyfusard.
Dreyfuss proper noun: A surname from German.
DRF noun: Development Request Form.
DRI noun: Initialism of declarative referential integrity.
driable adjective: Alternative form of dryable.
drib noun, verb /ˈdɹɪb/: To cut off; chop off.
dribber noun: One who dribs; an archer who shoots weakly or badly.
dribble noun, verb /ˈdɹɪ.bəl/: In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly.
dribble glass noun: A drinking glass with hidden holes that spill the drink when tilted, used as a prank.
dribbler noun: A person who dribbles (salivates excessively).
dribblesome adjective: Characterised or marked by dribbling; dribbly.
dribblet noun: Alternative form of driblet.
dribbling noun, verb /ˈdɹɪblɪŋ/: An amount of liquid that is dribbled.
dribbling drunk adjective: Thoroughly drunk.
dribbly adjective: Prone to dribbling.
dribendazole noun: An anthelminthic drug.
driblet noun: A small portion or part.
dribs and drabs noun: A series of negligible amounts.
drider noun /ˈdɹaɪdɚ/: A monstrous hybrid of a drow or other dark elf and a spider, with a humanoid (vertical) upper body and an arachnid opisthosoma forming the (horizontal)...
dried adjective, verb /dɹaɪd/: Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
dried fruit noun: Small fruit that has been preserved by drying.
dried milk noun: Powdered milk.
dried out adjective, verb: Old; worn out; useless.
dried plum noun: A prune.
dried up adjective, verb: Dry; having run out of water or liquid.
dried-up-ness noun: The state or condition of being dried up.
driedness noun: Quality of being dried.
driedoorn noun: Rhigozum trichotomum, a southern African shrub.
driedoring noun: Synonym of driedoorn.
driegh adjective /dɹix/: Drear, dreary; dree.
drier adjective, noun /ˈdɹaɪɚ/: Alternative spelling of dryer.
Driessen proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
Driffield proper noun /ˈdɹɪfiːld/: A market town and civil parish with a town council in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0257).
drift noun, verb /dɹɪft/: Anything driven at random.
drift along verb: To idle through life; to be generally aimless.
drift anchor noun: Synonym of sea anchor.
drift apart verb: To lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.
drift excursion noun: The movement of something (such as a vehicle, structure, or charged particles) from its intended course or position due to outside forces.
drift fishing noun: Fishing carried out with a drift net.
drift fruit noun: A fruit adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.
drift ice noun: One or more floating slabs of ice which have become detached from larger sheets or shoreline glaciers and which are moved by wind or sea currents.
drift meter noun: An optical device, with a telescope and reticle, used to improve dead reckoning in aircraft navigation.
drift mine noun: Any mine reached by a drift (horizontal or inclined passage) from the surface.
drift mining noun: Mining for gold by means of drifts in the gravel and detritus of old riverbeds.
drift net noun: A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat.
drift of the forest noun /ˌdɹɪft‿əv ðə ˈfɒɹɪst/: The act of driving or herding cattle in a forest to a particular place in order to determine who they belong to and whether the owners have a right to...
drift off verb: To fall asleep slowly.
drift park noun: A driving track where people partake in the sport of drifting.
drift phonk noun /dɹɪft fɒŋk/: A subgenre of phonk that emerged in the late 2010s in Russia.
drift sail noun: A sail immersed in the water, used for lessening the drift of a vessel during a storm.
drift seed noun: A seed adapted for long-distance dispersal by water.
drift space noun: The space in an electron tube in which there is no modulated field
drift wood noun: Alternative form of driftwood
driftage noun: Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.
driftbolt noun: A bolt for driving out other bolts.
drifter noun /ˈdɹɪftə/: A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
driftfish noun: Any of the family Nomeidae of perciform fishes found in tropical and subtropical waters throughout the world.
driftful adjective: Marked by drift or lack of clear direction; drifty.
driftfulness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being driftful.
driftily adverb: In a drifty manner.
driftin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of drifting.
driftiness noun: The quality of being drifty.
drifting adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɹɪftɪŋ/: Moving aimlessly or at the mercy of external forces.
driftingly adverb: In a way that drifts.
driftingness noun /ˈdɹɪf.tɪŋ.nəs/: The state or quality of being drifting; the property of drifting or seeming to drift.
driftland noun: A tribute paid for the privilege of driving cattle through a manor.
driftless adjective: Having no goal or direction; aimless; purposeless
driftlessly adverb: In a driftless manner.
driftlessness noun: Quality of being driftless.
driftlet noun: A little drift, as of snow.
driftling noun: One who is carried about, drifts, or wanders aimlessly; a drifter; wanderer; traveller.
driftnet noun, verb: Alternative spelling of drift net.
driftpin noun: A smooth drift (slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal).
driftway noun: A road or path for driving cattle or sheep, on the commons or on private land.
driftweed noun: Seaweed brought ashore by the wind or tide.
driftwind noun: A wind that drives snow, sand, etc., into heaps.
driftwood noun /ˈdɹɪftwʊd/: Floating wood that drifts with the current of a body of water.
driftwood catfish noun: Any of the family Auchenipteridae of nocturnal catfishes found in rivers from Panama to Argentina.
drifty adjective: Tending or seeming to drift.
Drigg proper noun: A village in Drigg and Carleton parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland district (OS grid ref SD0699).
Driggers proper noun: A surname.
Driggs proper noun: A surname.
dright noun /dɹaɪt/: A multitude; army; host.
drighten noun /ˈdɹaɪ.tən/: A lord; ruler; sovereign; chief; leader; prince.
drightin noun: Alternative form of drighten.
drilid noun: Any beetle in the family Drilidae, now considered to be the elaterid tribe Drilini.
drill noun, verb /dɹɪl/: To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
drill and bass noun: A style of electronic music with fast, loud percussion and harsh noises.
drill and practice noun: A behaviorist teaching method where learners are given the same input repeatedly until proficiency is achieved.
drill bit noun: A twist drill.
drill bow noun: a bow used to rapidly turn a drill around which the bowstring takes a turn
drill core noun: The long cylinder of material obtained by use of a core drill
drill down noun, verb: To examine something on a more detailed level.
drill floor noun: An area (especially in a drill hall) in which military drill is carried out
drill ground noun: An open area where military drills are practised.
drill hall noun: A building in which soldiers practice drill; normally also used as a headquarters for military reservists
drill hoe noun: Synonym of Warren hoe.
drill in verb: Synonym of drill down.
drill instructor noun: The generic term for the principal instructor of fresh military recruits undergoing basic training in the various branches of the United States military,...
drill jig noun: A type of jig that expedites repetitive hole center location on multiple interchangeable parts by acting as a template to guide the twist drill into the...
drill 'n' bass noun: Alternative spelling of drill and bass.
drill out verb: To switch from a database or other data source to another.
drill pipe noun: A thin-walled metal alloy pipe used on drilling rigs.
drill press noun: A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole.
drill rig noun: An oil rig.
drill sergeant noun: drill instructor
drill string noun: A column of drill pipe on a drilling rig, which transmits drilling fluid and torque to the drill bit.
drill through verb: To display or cause a computer to display more specific, relevant data.
drill up verb: To replace data with data from one level higher or less specific.
drilla noun: Alternative form of driller (“term of address”).
drillability noun: The quality or degree of being drillable.
drillable adjective: Suitable for being drilled through.
drillbit noun: Alternative spelling of drill bit.
drillcore noun: Alternative spelling of drill core.
drilldo noun /ˈdɹɪldəʊ/: A dildo attached to a drill bit.
drilldown noun /ˈdrɪl(ˌ)daʊn/: The action of drilling down, or examining something at a higher level of detail.
driller noun /ˈdɹɪlɚ/: One who drills.
drillground noun: Alternative form of drill ground.
drillhead noun: The head of a drill.
drillhole noun: A hole made by a drill
drilling noun, verb /ˈdɹɪlɪŋ/: Making holes in objects.
drilling fluid noun: A fluid used to aid the drilling of boreholes, serving to provide hydrostatic pressure, to keep the drill bit cool and clean, and to suspend the drill cuttings.
drilling hammer noun: Synonym of lump hammer.
drilling rig noun: An oil rig.
drillmaster noun: One who trains others in something.
drillproof adjective: Resistant to drills.
drillship noun: Any vessel fitted with drilling equipment
drillstock noun: The part of a drill that holds the shank of the bit.
drillstring noun: Alternative form of drill string.
drilosphere noun: The part of the soil that has been through the digestive tract of earthworms
drilvis noun: A numbfish or electric ray.
drily adverb: Alternative spelling of dryly.
drimane noun: A particular bicyclic sesquiterpene, (4aR,5S,6S,8aS)-1,1,4a,5,6-pentamethyldecahydronaphthalene.
drimenol noun: A sesquiterpene alcohol found in the bark of Drimys winteri.
drimys noun: A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Winteraceae.
Drin proper noun: The longest river in Albania, flowing about 190 km across the north of the country from the confluence of the rivers Black Drin and White Drin near Kukës,...
Drina proper noun: A river that flows northward 160 miles along the border of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia to empty into the Sava River.
drinabant noun: A drug that acts as a selective CB1 receptor antagonist.
drinamyl noun /ˈdɹɪnəmɪl/: A stimulant made from dextroamphetamine and amobarbital.
-drine suffix /dɹiːn/: Used to form names of sympathomimetics.
dring noun, verb: To press; squeeze; crowd; push.
drink noun, verb /ˈdɹɪŋk/: To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
drink alert noun: A warning that information to follow may cause the reader to laugh unexpectedly and, if drinking, cause drink to exit the nose.
drink and drive verb: To drive a motor vehicle shortly after having consumed alcohol beverages.
drink down verb: To drink all of (something).
drink driver noun: A person who engages in drink-driving.
drink driving noun: Operation of a motor vehicle after recently consuming an alcoholic beverage.
drink from a firehose verb: To be overwhelmed (with work, information, etc.); to be inundated with an unrestricted or unfiltered amount.
drink from the fire hydrant verb: Synonym of drink from a firehose.
drink from the same well verb: To draw artistic inspiration from an existing source or established topic, resulting in production of similar works.
drink hail interjection: The customary old English reply to a drinking pledge or wassail.
drink hall noun: A large public house, venue, or open hall that specializes in serving drinks (especially beer) in a communal, spacious setting; sometimes used...
drink in verb: To absorb (liquid).
drink like a fish verb: To drink (especially alcohol) heavily and in excess.
drink link noun: An ATM machine.
drink off verb: To drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp.
drink one's own Kool-Aid verb: Synonym of smoke one's own dope.
drink oneself to death verb: To consume alcohol in large enough quantities to induce liver disease or other fatal reactions.
drink out verb: To finish a beverage; to empty a cup by drinking the contents.
drink problem noun: Alternative form of drinking problem.
drink run noun: A short break that involves procuring (non-alcoholic) drinks and possibly snacks.
drink shop noun: A convenience store, selling drinks and other items.
drink someone's bathwater verb: To be excessively adoring of someone.
drink something like lemonade verb: To drink something (especially an alcoholic drink) easily and in large quantities.
drink table noun: A table located at an event or venue on which beverages are placed so that drinks can be supplied to guests.
drink the Kool Aid verb: To come under the influence of a leader, organization, or movement to the point of believing uncritically in an espoused idea or ideology.
drink to verb: To raise one's glass as a toast to (someone or something).
drink under verb: To drink more alcohol than another person, possibly to the point of that person passing out.
drink under the table verb: To drink more alcohol than (someone) while remaining relatively sober.
drink up verb: To drink completely; to finish (one's drink).
drink walking noun: Walking as a pedestrian while under the influence of alcohol.
drink with the flies verb: To drink alcohol while alone.
drinkability noun: The state or property of being drinkable.
drinkable adjective, noun /ˈdɹɪŋk.ə.bəl/: Able to be drunk (as liquid).
drinkableness noun: The quality of being drinkable.
Drinkard proper noun: A surname.
drinkathon noun: A prolonged session of drinking alcohol.
drinker noun /ˈdɹɪŋkə(ɹ)/: Agent noun of drink; someone or something that drinks.
drinker moth noun: A large British moth (Euthrix potatoria).
drinkerd noun: One who routinely drinks alcoholic beverages socially, but who is not a drunkard.
drinkery noun: A place where alcoholic drinks are served; a public house.
drinkfest noun: An event where large amounts of alcoholic drink are consumed.
drinkholder noun: A receptacle for holding a cup, can, or bottle; cupholder.
drinkie noun /ˈdɹɪŋki/: drink
drinking adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɹɪŋk.ɪŋ/: An act or session by which drink is consumed, especially alcoholic beverages.
drinking age noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The least age at which one is permitted by law to drink alcoholic beverages.
drinking bird noun: A toy heat engine that mimics the motions of a bird drinking from a water source.
drinking culture noun: A set of traditions and social behaviors that surround the consumption of alcoholic beverages as a recreational drug and social lubricant.
drinking-cup noun: A cup for drinking
drinking fountain noun: A device in a public place that provides water to drink.
drinking game noun: A game (often a logic or memory game) which involves the drinking of alcohol, usually as a penalty for making mistakes, as the intoxication makes the game...
drinking hole noun: A bar or other local drinking establishment.
drinking horn noun: Alternative form of drinking horn; a drinking-vessel made from the horn of an animal.
drinking man's degree noun: A lower second class honours or 2.2 degree.
drinking problem noun: Compulsive, excessive consumption of alcohol.
drinking song noun: A song which celebrates or accompanies the drinking of alcohol.
drinking straw noun: A long tube (usually made out of plastic or paper) through which a beverage is drunk via suction.
drinking-up time noun: The time when customers in a public house should finish consuming their drinks, before closing time.
drinking vinegar noun: A sweetened vinegar-based syrup used in making shrub.
drinking water noun: Water that is suitable or intended for ingestion by humans: potable water.
drinkle verb /ˈdɹɪŋkl̩/: To drink (an alcoholic beverage); also, to cause (someone) to drink such a beverage; to drench; to drown.
drinkless adjective: Without a drink, without drinks.
drinklessness noun: Absence of drink.
drinkmaking noun: The process of making alcoholic drinks, especially cocktails.
drinkologist noun: A person who specializes in innovating and creating new beverages, such as employed in food labs of drink companies and beverage shops such as cafe chains.
drinkometer noun: An instrument used in scientific experiments to measure the amount that an animal drinks.
drinks noun, verb /dɹɪŋks/: A short break in play to allow the players to have a drink, and for quick repairs to be made to equipment or the pitch.
drinks cabinet noun: A cellarette.
drinks o'clock noun: The time to begin social drinking.
drinks table noun: Alternative form of drink table.
drinks trolley noun: A small table on wheels used to deliver beverages to guests (especially alcoholic beverages), as for example at a party or on an aeroplane.
drinks waiter noun: Synonym of twelfth man.
drinksie noun: An alcoholic beverage.
drinkstuff noun: A material that may be used as drink.
drinkware noun: Vessels from which people drink.
drinkwater adjective, noun: Potable water; water intended for drinking
drinkworthy adjective: Capable or worthy of being drunk; drinkable; potable.
drinky noun /ˈdɹɪŋki/: drink
drinky bird noun: Synonym of drinking bird.
drinkypoo noun: An alcoholic drink.
drins noun: The chlorinated insecticides aldrin, dieldrin and endrin.
drip noun, verb /ˈdɹɪp/: To fall one drop at a time.
drip coffee noun: Coffee made by brewing hot water through a filter that drips into a carafe or other vessel.
drip-dry adjective, noun, verb: Made of a fabric that does not wrinkle when hung dripping wet for drying.
drip edge noun: A metal flashing or other overhanging component with an outward projecting lower edge, intended to control the direction of dripping water and help protect...
drip feed noun, verb: A device for dispensing liquids in a slow, regular stream of drops or very small quantities.
drip gas noun: A naturally occurring form of gasoline found near many oil and natural gas wells. It can be used in vehicles, but doing so is illegal and has been reported...
drip irrigation noun: An irrigation method that delivers water slowly and directly to the rootzone of plants through a network of valves, pipes, and emitters.
drip line noun: On the table of nuclides, the limit beyond which an atomic nucleus will immediately decay by emitting a proton or neutron.
drip loss noun: The fluid that leaks from food, especially meat, poultry, fruits, and vegetables, after freezing and thawing, caused by ice crystals rupturing cell walls,...
drip marketing noun: A communication strategy in which a previously prepared series of messages are sent to customers or prospects over time.
drip painting noun: A form of abstract art in which paint is dripped or poured onto the canvas.
drip point noun: Synonym of drip tip.
drip pricing noun /dɹɪp pɹaɪsɪŋ/: The practice of adding hidden fees to a stated price.
drip tip noun: An elongated leaf tip from which excess water can drip harmlessly, as found in plants of the rainforest.
drip torch noun: Alternative form of driptorch.
dripfeed noun: Alternative form of drip-feed.
driphole noun: A hole in the floor of a cave, formed by dripping water.
dripless adjective: Without drips.
driplessly adverb: Without dripping.
driplessness noun: Absence of drips.
dripline noun: Alternative form of drip line.
dripology noun: The imaginary study of impressing others.
drippage noun /ˈdɹɪpɪdʒ/: A dripping, the act of dripping; something that drips.
dripped out adjective: Showily adorned with jewellery or ornaments.
dripper noun: Agent noun of drip: one who drips.
dripperline noun: Synonym of drip line (“pipe used to irrigate crops”).
drippily adverb /ˈdɹɪpəli/: In a drippy way.
drippin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of dripping.
drippiness noun: The state or condition of being drippy.
dripping adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɹɪpɪŋ/: Solid animal fat, traditionally collected from dripping off roasting meat.
dripping cake noun: A traditional British cake made with dripping, currants and raisins.
dripping pan noun: A pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat during roasting.
dripping point noun: Synonym of drip tip.
dripping water hollows a stone proverb: Many minor influences gradually produce a significant effect.
dripping wet adjective: Extremely wet; soaking wet.
drippingly adverb: So as to drip.
dripple verb /ˈdɹɪpəl/: to dribble briskly; to drip with wet
dripproof adjective: Resistant to damage caused by the dripping of moisture.
drippy adjective /ˈdɹɪpi/: Dripping or tending to drip.
drips and drabs noun: Alternative form of dribs and drabs.
dripstick noun: A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
dripstone noun: A protective moulding over a door or window that allows rain to drip away from the structure.
driptorch noun: A portable tool consisting of a fuel canister, spout, and wick, used to light fires by dripping flaming fuel onto the ground.
dripwater noun: water that drips from the roof of a cave, typically forming a stalactite
Driscoll proper noun /ˈdɹɪskəl/: A surname from Irish, a variant of O'Driscoll.
driselase noun: A commercial mixture of cellulase, hemicellulase, pectinase etc used to remove plant cell walls
drisheen noun /dɹɪʃiːn/: A type of Irish sausage made from pigs' blood, suet, and salt; an Irish version of black pudding.
Driskell proper noun: A surname.
Driskill proper noun: A surname.
drite verb /dɹaɪt/: To defecate.
drith noun: Alternative form of dryth.
drivability noun: The quality of being drivable, of being easy or pleasant to drive
drivable adjective /ˈdɹaɪvəbl̩/: Capable of being driven (as a vehicle).
drive noun, verb /dɹaɪv/: To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
drive a coach and horses through verb: To spoil, break or render ineffective (a rule, plan or agreement).
drive a coach and six through verb: Alternative form of drive a coach and horses through.
drive a hard bargain verb: To negotiate forcefully.
drive a nail in someone's coffin verb: To do something tending to hasten someone's death or ruin.
drive a nail where it will go verb: To take a pragmatic or expedient approach, rather than the ideal.
drive a stake through its heart verb: get rid of, destroy permanently or stop talking about

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.