Words beginning with dr

The sound dr begins many words that involve water or are water-related.

drop

drinking

drink

dropper

drench drizzle dressing drown drain

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Words beginning with dr

Language uses images. The constancy of a childs drool, or dripping saliva, is likened to the continuous bouncing or dribbling of a basketball.

drumset

dribble
To dribble is to bounce the ball repeatedly on the floor, like the beat of a drum.

drool dribble

dry

driftwood

Dracula

Dry is the opposite of wet. An idea and its opposite share sounds. Driftwood dries on the beach. Dracula dries you out.

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Words beginning with dr

Drinking too much alcohol makes one drunk, which can be like dreaming or being drugged: they drag your brain down.

dragonfly

dream

dragon drowsy drive drag drugstore

drugs

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What other words start with dr?

A _ _ess covers the body as _ _ apes cover the window.

dress

drapes

hand drill

drilling

draw

When one _ _ ills into the ground, one is usually looking for water or oil. A hand _ _rill uses the same spiral design; its just smaller. A _ _awer is where people store small items; to retrieve them, one _ _aws out the _ _awer.

drawing One must _ _ aw a line in order to make a _ _awing.

drawer

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