Words that start with D

A drinking straw is a small, thin tube that people use to suck drinks out of a glass or cup.

Driving is the word given to controlling a land vehicle, like a car, bus or even a horse-drawn vehicle. To drive something you need to know how to start and stop it, how to steer it, and of course you need to know the road rules to be able to safely drive.

A drone is a small aircraft that flies without a pilot inside it. It is controlled remotely by a person on the ground or programmed to fly automatically.

The word drone began to be used for pilotless aircraft in the early 1900s. The name was inspired by male bees, also called drones, which do not gather food and were used as a metaphor for machines that operate without a human inside.

Drool is another word for saliva, especially when it is dripping from your mouth.

You can often see dogs and babies drooling.

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.

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.

A drover is someone who drives livestock like cows or sheep from place to place. Drovers usually ride horses or motorbikes.

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.

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.

Dual is anything relating to two things.

The child in the picture has dual toads!