Words that start with D

A drip is a small amount of water that falls slowly. Taps drip when they leak, and water will drip from your hands when they are wet.

A driver is a person who drives cars, trucks or other types of vehicles for a living.

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.

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.

Dropped is the past tense of drop.