Index of English words, starting with "dr"

(1) - Drosky (n.) A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in German cities.

(1) - Drosometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.

(1) - Dross (n.) Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
(2) - Dross (n.) Rust of metals.
(3) - Dross (n.) The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement.

(1) - Drossy (superl.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless.