English words: dronist to Droste

English words dronist to Droste

1. dronist noun: A drone pilot or hobbyist.
2. dronkgras noun: Melica decumbens
3. dronkgrass noun: Alternative form of dronkgras.
4. dronkie noun: A drunkard.
5. dronkverdriet noun: Depression caused by drunkenness.
6. dronology noun: The use of repeated lengthy droning sounds in music.
7. dronte noun: The dodo (†Raphus cucullatus).
8. drony adjective /ˈdɹəʊni/: Dronelike.
9. droob noun: An ineffectual or unattractive person; a dag.
10. Droodiana noun: Artifacts relating to The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a mystery novel by Charles Dickens, left unfinished upon his death in 1870.
11. droodle noun, verb /ˈdɹuː.dəl/: A simple cartoon or doodle, whose contents are given a humorous description; another person is challenged to identify the picture in the manner of a riddle.
12. droog noun /druːɡ/: A violent young gang member or a hooligan.
13. droogish adjective: Amoral and savage, like a droog.
14. drook noun, verb: To drench, to soak.
15. drooked adjective, verb: Drenched, soaked.
16. drool noun, verb /dɹuːl/: To secrete saliva, especially in anticipation of food.
17. drool-proof adjective: Alternative form of droolproof
18. drooler noun: A person or animal who drools.
19. drooliness noun: The quality of being drooly.
20. drooling noun, verb /ˈdɹuːlɪŋ/: Salivation.
21. droolingly adverb: In a drooling manner or fashion.
22. droolproof adjective: Resistant to saliva.
23. droolsome adjective: Characterised or marked by drooling.
24. droolworthy adjective: Highly physically attractive or otherwise desirable.
25. drooly adjective /ˈdɹuːli/: Producing an excess of drool.
26. droop adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɹuːp/: To hang downward; to sag.
27. droop snoot noun /ˌdɹuːp ˈsnuːt/: An aeroplane nose which tends to lower or which can be lowered.
28. droopage noun: A condition caused by drooping
29. drooped adjective, verb /dɹuːpt/: Lacking stiffness.
30. drooper noun: One who, or that which, droops.
31. droopily adverb /ˈdɹuːpɪli/: In a droopy manner.
32. droopiness noun: The characteristic of being droopy.
33. drooping adjective, noun, verb /ˈdɹuːpɪŋ/: An instance of something drooping.
34. drooping saxifrage noun: Saxifraga cernua, a plant of the Arctic.
35. droopingly adverb: In a drooping manner.
36. droopingness noun: Quality of being drooping.
37. droopsnoot noun: Alternative form of droop snoot.
38. droopy adjective /ˈdɹuːpi/: Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
39. drooth noun: drought
40. droozy adjective: drowsy or sleepy
41. drop noun, verb /dɹɒp/: A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
42. drop a bomb verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, bomb.
43. drop a bombshell verb: To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning.
44. drop a brick verb: To commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned.
45. drop a chalupa verb: To release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
46. drop a clanger verb: To commit a conspicuous and embarrassing blunder or gaffe, for example by saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.
47. drop a deuce verb: To release feces into a toilet; to defecate.
48. drop a dime verb: To make a telephone call.
49. drop a dime on someone verb: To inform on (a person); to turn someone in.
50. drop a hint verb: To reveal a clue or hint about something.
51. drop a nickel verb: Alternative form of drop a dime.
52. drop acid verb: to take LSD.
53. drop acid, not bombs proverb: A hippie anti-war slogan encouraging LSD use.
54. drop anchor verb: To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.
55. drop astern verb: To pass or move towards the stern.
56. drop at comb noun: The vertical distance between the top of the shotgun's rib (barrel) and the top of the stock at the comb, where the shooter's cheek rests.
57. drop attack noun: A person's unexpected fall to the ground, without loss of consciousness, associated with neurological dysfunction.
58. drop away verb: To become less or fewer.
59. drop back noun, verb: Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball,...
60. drop-ball noun: A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.
61. drop bar noun: Ellipsis of drop handlebar.
62. drop bear noun /dɹɒp bɛə/: A fictional Australian marsupial in the form of a large, carnivorous koala said to fall upon its prey from treetops.
63. drop behind verb: To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others.
64. drop bolt noun: A bolt that holds a trapdoor shut.
65. drop box noun: Alternative form of dropbox.
66. drop by noun, verb: To visit informally and spontaneously.
67. drop cake noun: Alternative form of drop cake.
68. drop call verb: To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
69. drop cap noun: A large initial letter that drops below the first line of a paragraph, usually used at the beginning of a section or chapter of a book.
70. drop capital noun: Synonym of drop cap.
71. drop ceiling noun: A dropped ceiling
72. drop cloth noun: Alternative form of dropcloth.
73. drop crotch adjective, verb: Being or relating to a style of pruning in which an upper limb is cut back to the next lower lateral.
74. drop crotching noun, verb: Drop-crotch pruning.
75. drop curtain noun: A curtain on the stage of the theatre that is lowered and raised
76. drop D noun: An alternate (scordatura) guitar tuning in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned down ("dropped") from the usual E of standard tuning by one whole step,...
77. drop dead adjective, adverb, interjection, verb: Very impressively or spectacularly.
78. drop dimes verb: Synonym of drop a dime.
79. drop down adjective, noun, verb: Alternative form of dropdown.
80. drop-down list noun: Alternative spelling of dropdown list.
81. drop-down menu noun: dropdown list
82. drop-drill noun: An agricultural device for dropping seed and manure into the soil simultaneously.
83. drop-eared adjective: Having drooping ears.
84. drop earring noun: Synonym of eardrop (“a pendant for the ear; an earring”)
85. drop fade noun: A fade (hairstyle) in which the hairline follows the arc of the ear.
86. drop fence noun: An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a log fence with lower ground on the other side.
87. drop foot noun: Alternative form of foot drop.
88. drop forge noun: A forge designed for drop forging.
89. drop-forged adjective: Treated by drop forging.
90. drop forging noun: A forging process where a hammer is raised and then dropped onto the workpiece to deform it according to the shape of the die.
91. drop frame noun: A bicycle with no top tube.
92. drop goal noun: A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.
93. drop grommet noun: A type of grommet (hole) on the topside of office furniture through which cables can fit.
94. drop gun noun: A gun used as a drop weapon.
95. drop hammer noun: A heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop, as used for piledriving and drop-forging.
96. drop handlebar noun: A type of curved handlebar typically used on racing bicycles.
97. drop in adjective, noun, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, in.
98. drop-in center noun: A service agency for underserved populations such as the homeless, mentally ill or drug addicts.
99. drop-in/drop-out noun: A style of competitive or cooperative multiplayer game where players can join or leave a game at any time without incurring a penalty for themselves or...
100. drop in the bucket noun: Something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.
101. drop in the ocean noun: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance, especially an inconsequential effort or action as compared to a huge problem.
102. drop in the pond noun: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
103. drop in the sea noun: A very small or insignificant amount; something of little importance.
104. drop into verb: Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).
105. drop into someone's lap verb: Synonym of fall into someone's lap.
106. drop kerb noun: A kerb of reduced height to allow vehicles access to properties adjoining a road, or to assist wheelchair users.
107. drop kick noun, verb: A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.
108. drop-kicker noun: one who dropkicks.
109. drop-knee adjective: Performed with one foot and one knee on the board.
110. drop-leaf noun: Alternative spelling of dropleaf.
111. drop-leaf table noun: A table having a hinged section that can be fixed in a horizontal position to extend the table and folded down when not needed.
112. drop letter noun: A letter mailed at a post office and either kept for general delivery, or delivered to a post office box, at that same post office.
113. drop light noun: A lamp that is suspended, for example, by a cable.
114. drop like a bad habit verb: To cease contact or a relationship with someone as quickly as possible.
115. drop like a hot brick verb: Synonym of drop like a hot potato.
116. drop like a hot potato verb: To get rid of or stop doing (something) as quickly as possible.
117. drop like a hot skillet verb: Synonym of drop like a hot potato.
118. drop like flies verb: To die en masse, one after the other.
119. drop lock adjective, noun: A kind of lock by which a short length of canal can be temporarily lowered while a boat passes under an obstruction such as a low bridge.
120. drop lot noun: A site where equipment and vehicles transporting goods can be temporarily stored or parked, before resuming the delivery later on.
121. drop neck verb: To perform fellatio.
122. drop net noun: Alternative form of dropnet.
123. drop off noun, verb: To fall asleep.
124. drop off the hooks verb: To die.
125. drop off the map verb: Synonym of drop off the radar.
126. drop off the radar verb: To vanish or fall into obscurity; to become forgotten or ignored.
127. drop one's beads verb: To reveal one's homosexuality.
128. drop one's bundle verb: To lose one's cool; to suddenly break out in anger.
129. drop one's guard verb: Synonym of lower one's guard.
130. drop out noun, verb: To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
131. drop pass noun: A high pass for a catcher who will move into free space to receive the ball
132. drop pod noun: A re-entry vehicle, often single-use, used to deploy infantry or ground vehicles from an orbiting starship to a planet's surface.
133. drop press noun: A swaging, stamping, or forging machine having either regular or intermittent motion.
134. drop-proof adjective /dɹɒpˈpɹuːf/: Able to withstand being dropped from a height.
135. drop punt noun: A kick made by dropping the ball and kicking it before it touches the ground.
136. drop-ripe adjective: Ripe enough to be ready to fall from the tree.
137. drop round verb: To visit somewhere for a short period.
138. drop safe noun: A safe (lockable box) with a slot allowing items to be deposited without unlocking it.
139. drop-scene noun: The curtain lowered in a theatre between the acts of a play, to allow for set changes etc.
140. drop science verb: To show off one's talent and ability, as if to educate others.
141. drop scone noun: Synonym of Scotch pancake.
142. drop seat noun: The flap for defecation in a union suit.
143. drop serene noun: Synonym of amaurosis.
144. drop set noun: A set of repetitions of an exercise wherein muscular failure is reached and before resting the exercise is continued with decreased resistance to failure.
145. drop shadow noun: A visual effect representing a shadow behind an object, giving the impression that the object is raised from the background.
146. drop shaft noun: Alternative form of dropshaft.
147. drop ship verb: To deliver goods for a business directly to its customers, as though the business owned a relevant inventory, but with the manufacturer as the real source...
148. drop shipment noun: A consignment sent by dropshipping.
149. drop shipping noun, verb: Alternative spelling of dropshipping.
150. drop shot noun: In sports such as badminton, squash, tennis and volleyball, a lightly-struck shot that just lands into play.
151. drop shoulder noun: A garment's shoulder seam that extends beyond the shoulder so as to leave it bare.
152. drop site noun: Alternative form of dropsite
153. drop sleeve noun: Synonym of set-in sleeve.
154. drop someone a line verb: To write and send (someone) a note or telegram.
155. drop someone in it verb: To put someone in a difficult situation.
156. drop-spine adjective: Of a kind of box for storing a book: designed to lie flat when open.
157. drop tank noun: An expendable external fuel tank on an aircraft.
158. drop target noun: A target which drops or is knocked over by the ball hitting it, often arranged in banks or sets of multiple adjacent drop targets.
159. drop the ball verb: To fail in one's responsibilities or duties, or to make a mistake, especially at a critical point or when the result is very negative.
160. drop the bomb verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, bomb.
161. drop the f-bomb verb: To utter the word fuck, especially in an inappropriate manner or setting.
162. drop the gloves verb: To fight.
163. drop the H-bomb verb: To name-drop Harvard as the university that one attends.
164. drop the hammer verb: To take action.
165. drop the hand verb: To engage in sexual petting.
166. drop the handkerchief noun: A children's game, similar to duck, duck, goose, in which one player touches others with a handkerchief.
167. drop the kiddies off at the pool verb: Alternative form of drop the kids off at the pool.
168. drop the kids off at the pool verb: To defecate into a toilet.
169. drop the mic verb: To do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive.
170. drop the pilot verb: To obtain a divorce.
171. drop the soap verb: To make oneself available for passive anal sex.
172. drop the subject verb: stop talking about a particular topic
173. drop the topic verb: To stop talking about the topic at hand.
174. drop the writ verb: To call a federal or provincial election.
175. drop tongue noun: Synonym of pole (“a construction by which an animal is harnessed to a carriage”); a long, horizontal beam that extends from the front of a wagon or...
176. drop top noun: A convertible car, the roof of which can be folded down to form an open-top vehicle.
177. drop tower noun: A tower, containing a long evacuated tube, within which objects can be dropped experimentally.
178. drop trou verb /dɹɒp tɹaʊ/: To drop one's trousers and/or undershorts; to moon.
179. drop trow verb: To pull down one's trousers (pants).
180. drop volley noun: A drop shot hit with a volley.
181. drop waist noun: A waistline (on a dress etc.) that is positioned around the hips, below the natural waist.
182. drop weapon noun: A weapon that is planted on an unarmed person to frame them.
183. drop window noun: Synonym of drop light (sense 2).
184. drop yard noun: Synonym of drop lot.
185. drop zone noun: Alternative spelling of dropzone.
186. dropable adjective: Alternative spelling of droppable.
187. dropback noun: Alternative spelling of drop-back.
188. dropbear noun: Alternative form of drop bear.
189. dropbox noun /ˈdɹɑp.bɑks/: A box wherein objects can be deposited by one person for later collection by another.
190. dropcake noun: Alternative form of drop cake.
191. dropcast verb: To form a thin solid by dropping a solution onto a flat surface and evaporating the solvent
192. dropcloth noun: A large piece of plastic, canvas, or other fabric put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
193. dropdown adjective, noun: Dropping down from above; being a specific type of selection control that hides its contents until activated.
194. dropdown list noun: A user interface control GUI element similar to a list box which allows the user to choose one value from a list.
195. dropdown menu noun: A user interface (UI) control GUI element similar to a combo box box which allows the user to hide a list of options until activated by a click, tap, or...
196. droperidol noun: An antidopaminergic drug used as an antiemetic and antipsychotic
197. dropfile noun: A file used by a bulletin board system (BBS) to pass information about the BBS itself and the current user to an external door.
198. dropfoot noun: Alternative form of foot drop.
199. dropforge noun: Alternative form of drop forge.
200. dropful noun: A single drop (of a liquid).
201. dropgoal noun: Alternative form of drop goal.
202. drophead noun: A drophead coupé.
203. drophead coupé noun: A four-seated sports car with two doors, a folding roof and a sloping rear; a soft top.
204. drophole noun: A hole designed for something to be dropped through.
205. dropitis noun: A notional medical condition that causes people to drop things frequently.
206. dropkick noun, verb: Alternative form of drop kick.
207. dropkicker noun: One who dropkicks.
208. dropleaf noun: A flat section of a table that can be extended or collapsed.
209. dropless adjective: Without a drop or drops, as of water.
210. droplet noun /ˈdɹɒplət/: A very small drop.
211. dropletization noun: Formation into droplets
212. dropletize verb: To form into droplets
213. dropletized adjective, verb: Formed into droplets
214. dropleton noun: A quasiparticle, in the form of a quantum droplet of electrons and holes within a semiconductor, that shows some behaviour typical of a liquid
215. droplifting noun: Synonym of shopdropping.
216. droplight noun: Alternative form of drop light.
217. droplike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a drop of liquid.
218. dropline noun: A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
219. droplist noun: A pull-down menu.
220. droplock noun: A variant of the boxlock having a removable lock.
221. dropmaster noun: A person in charge of dropping items (equipment, weapons, or parachutists) out of an aircraft
222. dropmeal adverb /ˈdɹɒpmiːl/: One drop at a time, drop by drop.
223. dropnet noun: A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.
224. dropoff noun: Alternative form of drop-off.
225. dropometry noun: The analysis of the droplets in an emulsion
226. dropout noun: Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
227. dropout factory noun: An underperforming high school, especially one with low graduation rates.
228. droppable adjective, noun: Capable of being dropped (especially by an aircraft).
229. dropped adjective, verb /dɹɑpt/: allowed to drop or fall.
230. dropped ceiling noun: A secondary ceiling, suspended from above, used to conceal wiring, plumbing and ducts
231. dropped egg noun: A poached egg.
232. dropped goal noun: Alternative form of drop goal.
233. dropped head syndrome noun: A medical disorder where weakness of the muscles at the back of the neck causes the chin to sink downward.
234. dropped kerb noun: Synonym of curb cut
235. dropped scone noun: Synonym of Scotch pancake.
236. dropped waist noun: Synonym of drop waist.
237. dropper noun /ˈdɹɒp.ə/: A utensil for dispensing a single drop of liquid at a time.
238. dropperful noun: Enough to fill a dropper.
239. droppie noun: A small drink, especially of alcohol.
240. droppin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of dropping.
241. dropping noun, verb /ˈdɹɒpɪŋ/: Something dropped; a droplet.
242. dropping fire noun: A continuous irregular discharge of small arms.
243. dropping in noun, verb: The action of one who drops in.
244. dropping point noun: The temperature at which a grease passes from a semi-solid to a liquid state under specific test conditions.
245. droppingly adverb: In drops; one drop at a time.
246. dropple noun: A drop (of rain, dew, etc).
247. droprenilamine noun: A vasodilator.
248. dropropizine noun: A particular cough suppressant.
249. dropseed noun: Any member of the genus Sporobolus of bunchgrasses.
250. dropset noun, verb: Alternative form of drop set.
251. dropshaft noun: A vertical shaft which objects can drop through.
252. dropship noun, verb /ˈdɹɒpˌʃɪp/: A flying transport that drops troops or equipment onto a planet, etc.
253. dropshipper noun: A seller who drop ships.
254. dropshipping noun, verb: A retail model where goods are sent directly from the supplier to the customer.
255. dropshot noun: Alternative form of drop shot.
256. dropsical adjective: Pertaining to, or afflicted with, dropsy (edema).
257. dropsically adverb: In a dropsical manner.
258. dropside adjective, noun: Having a side that drops down, either to open or to save space.
259. dropsied adjective: Suffering from dropsy (edema).
260. dropsies noun: The action of dropping something, in certain children's games.
261. dropsite noun: A site where something (such as paratroopers or supplies, or electronic data) is dropped (especially airdropped).
262. dropsonde noun: A weather-observing device dropped from an aircraft.
263. dropstone noun: An isolated fragment of rock found within a sedimentary rock (that had fallen, rather than being carried along).
264. dropsy noun /ˈdrɒp.si/: Edema, swelling.
265. droptop noun: Alternative form of drop top (“convertible car”).
266. dropwall noun: A prefabricated wall that is supported by a framework.
267. dropwing noun: Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Trithemis, endemic to Africa and Asia, that lower their wings when perched.
268. dropwise adjective, adverb: In drops; one drop at a time.
269. dropwisely adverb: In a dropwise manner; drop by drop.
270. dropworm noun: The larva of any geometrid moth, such as the cankerworm, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk.
271. dropwort noun: A perennial herb, Filipendula vulgaris, closely related to meadowsweet.
272. dropzone noun: The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
273. Dror proper noun: A male given name from Hebrew.
274. droschke noun: Alternative form of droshky.
275. drosera noun: Any of several carnivorous, flowering plants of the genus Drosera.
276. droseraceous adjective: Belonging to the Droseraceae.
277. droserone noun: The plant naphthoquinone derivative 4,8-dihydroxy-3-methylnaphthalene-1,2-dione that inhibits some virus infections
278. drosha noun: An RNA-specific endoribonuclease
279. droshky noun /ˈdɹɒʃki/: An open horse-drawn carriage, especially in Russia.
280. drosky noun: Alternative form of droshky.
281. drosocin noun: Any of a class of antimicrobial glycosylated peptide present in Drosophila
282. drosokinin noun: A leucokinin present in Drosophila
283. drosometer noun /dɹə(ʊ)ˈsɒmɪtə(ɹ)/: A device for measuring the amount of dew on a surface.
284. drosomycin noun: An antifungal and antibacterial peptide isolated from Drosophila melanogaster
285. drosophila noun /dɹoʊˈsɑfələ/: Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila
286. drosophilan noun: Any fruit fly of the genus Drosophila.
287. drosophilid noun: Any member of the Drosophilidae.
288. drosophilist noun: One who studies drosophilas.
289. drosopterin noun: A pteridine, 3,10-diamino-14-methyl-5,6,6a,6b,7,9-hexahydro-4h-pyrimido[4,5:2',3'][1,4]diazepino[6',5':3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-f]pteridine-1,12-dione, that is a red...
290. drosotoxin noun: An analgesic peptide that is a selective inhibitor of tetrodotoxin-resistant sodium channels
291. drospirenone noun /dɹoʊˈspɪɹ.əˌnoʊn/: A synthetic progestogen C₂₄H₃₀O₃ that is an analog of spironolactone and is used in birth control pills in combination with ethinylestradiol (trademarks...
292. dross noun, verb /dɹɒs/: Residue that forms as a scum on the surface of molten metal from oxidation.
293. drossel noun /ˈdɹɒsəl/: A slut; a hussy.
294. drossiness noun: The state or quality of being drossy.
295. drossless adjective: Free from dross.
296. drossy adjective: worthless
297. Drost proper noun: A surname from German.
298. drostanolone noun /dɹɑˈstæn.əˌloʊn/: An anabolic steroid used to lower cholesterol levels and as an antineoplastic agent in the treatment of some cancers.
299. drostdy noun: A local government district of the Cape Colony (part of modern South Africa).
300. Droste proper noun: A surname from German.

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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.