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- English Word Droit Definition A right; law in its aspect of the foundation of rights; also, in old law, the writ of right.
- English Word Droitural Definition relating to the mere right of property, as distinguished from the right of possession; as, droitural actions.
- English Word Droitzschka Definition See Drosky.
- English Word Droll Definition Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange.
- English Word Droll Definition One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.
- English Word Droll Definition Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like.
- English Word Droll Definition To jest; to play the buffoon.
- English Word Droll Definition To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.
- English Word Droll Definition To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.
- English Word Drolled Definition of Droll
- English Word Droller Definition A jester; a droll.
- English Word Drolleries Definition of Drollery
- English Word Drollery Definition The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
- English Word Drollery Definition Something which serves to raise mirth
- English Word Drollery Definition A puppet show; also, a puppet.
- English Word Drollery Definition A lively or comic picture.
- English Word Drolling Definition of Droll
- English Word Drollingly Definition In a jesting manner.
- English Word Drollish Definition Somewhat droll.
- English Word Drollist Definition A droll.
- English Word Dromaeognathous Definition Having the structure of the palate like that of the ostrich and emu.
- English Word Dromatherium Definition A small extinct triassic mammal from North Carolina, the earliest yet found in America.
- English Word Drome Definition The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.
- English Word Dromedaries Definition of Dromedary
- English Word Dromedary Definition The Arabian camel (Camelus dromedarius), having one hump or protuberance on the back, in distinction from the Bactrian camel, which has two humps.
- English Word Dromon Definition In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel.
- English Word Dromond Definition Alt. of Dromon
- English Word Drone Definition The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee.
- English Word Drone Definition One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard.
- English Word Drone Definition That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth.