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Words starting with D

Words that start with D

Dashing dentists daintily eat dates while dancing at the disco.

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Photo of drooping flowers
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Dis forDroop

Something droops if it bends over and down. Things might droop because they are tired or unsupported. Some plants and flowers naturally have a drooping growth pattern.
Photo of students dropping something out of a window
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Dis forDrop

You drop something when you let it fall down by itself. The students in the picture are dropping something out of a high window as an experiment. A drop is also a small globule of liquid, such as a raindrop.
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Dis forDrought

A drought is an extended time where lower than normal amounts of rain falls. During a drought, rivers and lakes can dry up, and many plants and animals die.
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A group of hares is called a drove. Sometimes they are called a husk.
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Dis forDrover

A drover is someone who drives livestock like cows or sheep from place to place. Drovers usually ride horses or motorbikes.
Photo of a child playing the drums.
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Dis forDrum

A drum is a percussion instrument, which means you hit it to make music. Drums are usually made from a round shell with a skin stretched tight over the top. How low or high the sound the drum makes depends on the size of the shell and how tight the skin is stretched. A drum kit is a group of drums of different sizes put near each other so one person can play them at once.
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Dis forDrupe

A drupe is a kind of fruit that has a single seed in a hard shell in the middle of the fruit. Examples of drupes are cherries, plums, olives and apricots.
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Dis forDry

Something is dry if it is free of all water. The opposite of dry is wet. You can also use the word dry as a verb, as in when you dry the dishes, or dry yourself with a towel.
A dry cleaning business.
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A dry cleaner is a business that dry cleans clothing. Dry cleaning is a method of cleaning clothing without using a washing machine or water.

Dis forDual

Dual is anything relating to two things. The picture is of a dual monitor setup.