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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DRIFTTUB</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="drifttube"> drift tube,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Electronics.) a hollow space or tube in a klystron or a linear accelerator, in which electrons move at a constant velocity. </DL> <A NAME="driftway"> driftway, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a road over which cattle, etc., are driven. <DD> 2. (Nautical.) leeway. <DD> 3. (Mining.) a drift (def. 9). </DL> <A NAME="driftweed"> driftweed, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> seaweed drifted on shore. </DL> <A NAME="driftwood"> driftwood, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> wood carried along by water; wood washed ashore from the water. </DL> <A NAME="drifty"> drifty, adjective, driftier, driftiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by drifts. </DL> <A NAME="drill"> drill (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a tool or machine for boring holes. Ex. The carpenter made a hole for the screw with his drill. <DD> 2. teaching or training by having the learners do a thing over and over for practice. Ex. The teacher gave the class plenty of drill in arithmetic. <DD> 3. group instruction and training in physical exercises or in marching, handling a gun, and other duties of soldiers. <DD> 4. any one of numerous marine snails that bore into and destroy oysters and other mollusks. <DD>v.t. 1. to bore a hole in; pierce with a drill. Ex. A pit was dug in the ice shelf to a depth of 14 metres (46 ft.), and various bore holes drilled to depths of as much as 100 metres (325 ft.) (E. F. Roots). <DD> 2. to teach by having the learner do a thing over and over again. <DD> 3. to cause to do military or physical exercises. Ex. The sergeant drilled the new soldiers. <DD> 4. (Slang.) to shoot at and hit. Ex. The sheriff drilled the outlaw with his gun. <DD>v.i. 1. to use a drill; pierce with a drill. Ex. That dull bit will not drill through the wood. <DD> 2. to be taught or trained by doing a thing over and over again. <DD> 3. to take part in military or physical exercises. </DL> <A NAME="drill"> drill (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a machine for planting seeds in rows. It makes a small hole or furrow, drops the seed, and then covers it. <DD> 2. a small furrow to plant seeds in. <DD> 3. a row of planted seeds. <DD>v.t. to plant in small furrows. </DL> <A NAME="drill"> drill (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a strong twilled cloth of cotton and formerly also of linen, used especially for overalls and linings; drilling. Ex. Volume had increased enough to allow some mills to raise their prices for drill fabrics (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="drill"> drill (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a baboon of western Africa, with a black face and stumpy tail, of the same genus as the mandrill but smaller. </DL> <A NAME="drillable"> drillable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be drilled. </DL> <A NAME="drillchuck"> drill chuck,<DL COMPACT><DD> an adjustable device to hold a drill. </DL> <A NAME="drillcollar"> drill collar,<DL COMPACT><DD> a joint of hollow steel pipe fastening the drill pipe to the bit. </DL> <A NAME="driller"> driller, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that drills. </DL> <A NAME="drillhole"> drill hole,<DL COMPACT><DD> an exploratory hole made by a drill in probing for mineral, gas, or oil deposits. Ex. The heavy trading was touched off by reports of a rich drill hole in a copper vein (Time). </DL> <A NAME="drilling"> drilling (1), noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the act of a person or thing that drills. <DD> 2. the material removed by a drill. <DD> 3. training in military or physical exercises. <DD> 4. learning by doing a thing over and over again. <DD>adj. of, having to do with, or for drilling. Ex. a drilling site, a drilling barge. </DL> <A NAME="drilling"> drilling (2), noun. =drill (3).</DL> <A NAME="drillingmud"> drilling mud,<DL COMPACT><DD> mud used to lubricate the drills, especially in drilling for oil, made of local clay or of prepared compounds, such as barite, bentonite, and fuller's earth. </DL> <A NAME="drillinstructor"> drill instructor,<DL COMPACT><DD> an officer, usually noncommissioned, who drills soldiers in marching, handling guns, and other military maneuvers. Ex. ... the determined enthusiasm of a platoon of boots bent on appeasing an exacting drill instructor (Time). </DL> <A NAME="drillion"> drillion, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an enormously large but indefinite number; zillion. Ex. ... a handful of bittersweet memories--plus about a drillion dollars from the dad who forgives him for marrying a Rhode Island Italian, now that she is dead (Time). </DL> <A NAME="drillmaster"> drillmaster, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =drill instructor. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a person who drills others in anything. </DL> <A NAME="drillpipe"> drill pipe,<DL COMPACT><DD> a pipe for driving a rotary drill, such as is used in well drilling. </DL> <A NAME="drillpress"> drill press,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine tool for drilling holes, especially in metal. It usually has a frame in which the drill turns and is lowered toward the work. </DL> <A NAME="drillsergeant"> drill sergeant,<DL COMPACT><DD> a noncommissioned officer who serves as a drill instructor. </DL> <A NAME="drillship"> drillship, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a ship designed to drill for oil under water. Ex. The well was drilled to a depth of 354 metres into the sea bed, by the drillship Discoverer Seven Seas, 64 km south-east of Tarragona (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="drillstem"> drill stem,<DL COMPACT><DD> the part of a rotary drill that transmits power from the rotary table to the bit that grinds and crushes rocks. </DL> <A NAME="drillstock"> drillstock, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a holder for the shank of a drill. </DL> <A NAME="drillteam"> drill team,<DL COMPACT><DD> a team trained for exhibition in close-order military drill. Ex. In unison, like the answer of a drill team, came a shouted, single-syllable: "Yes!" (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="drillyard"> drill yard,<DL COMPACT><DD> a special railroad yard for receiving, classifying, and forwarding freight cars. </DL> <A NAME="drily"> drily, adverb. =dryly.</DL> <A NAME="drin"> drin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a group of toxic chemicals made of chlorinated hydrocarbons, used chiefly as insecticides. Ex. Marcus Fox, Under Secretary of State for the Environment, told the House that the drins should indeed be controlled, but that they are not in wide use (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="drinamyl"> drinamyl, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a narcotic drug combining a barbiturate and an amphetamine in the form of a tablet; purple heart. </DL> <A NAME="dring"> Dr. Ing.,<DL COMPACT><DD> Doctor of Engineering (German, Doktor-Ingenieur). </DL> <A NAME="drink"> drink, verb, drank or (formerly) drunk; drunk or (formerly or as predicate adjective) drunken; drinking, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to swallow (anything liquid). Ex. A person must drink water to keep in good health. <DD> 2. to suck up; absorb. Ex. The dry ground drank up the rain. <DD> 3. to swallow the contents of (a cup or other container). Ex. Drink a cup of tea. <DD> 4. to drink in honor of. <DD>v.i. 1. to swallow anything liquid such as water or milk. Ex. We drank from paper cups. <DD> 2. to drink alcoholic liquor. Ex. He does not drink. <DD> 3. to drink alcoholic liquor to excess. Ex. He was fired because he drank and neglected his job. <DD>noun 1. a liquid swallowed or to be swallowed. Ex. Water is a good drink to quench one's thirst. <DD> 2. a portion of a liquid. Ex. Please give me a drink of milk. The drunkard wanted just one more drink. <DD> 3. alcoholic liquor. Ex. The problem is that she becomes extremely excited, overactive, aggressive and almost manic after she has had drink (Parade). <DD> 4. too much drinking of alcoholic liquor. <DD> 5. (Slang.) a body of water; ocean, lake, pool, etc.. Ex. Alongside is a ... golf course--where a misplay lands you in the salty drink (Saturday Review). expr. drink in, to take in through the senses with eagerness and pleasure. Ex. Our ears drank in the music. expr. drink to, to drink in honor of; drink with good wishes for. Ex. The guests drank to the happiness of the bride and groom. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Ben Jonson). </DL> <A NAME="drinkability"> drinkability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> drinkable condition or quality. Ex. the drinkability of various wines. </DL> <A NAME="drinkable"> drinkable, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. fit to drink. Ex. Programs for bringing drinkable water to Egyptian and Iraqi villages are well under way (Atlantic). <DD>noun something to drink. Ex. I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables brought upon the table (Oliver Goldsmith). </DL> <A NAME="drinker"> drinker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who drinks. <DD> 2. a person who drinks alcoholic liquor often or too much. Ex. Citing controlled experiments with drinkers, Dr. Greenberg said that a person who drinks ten ounces of whiskey in two hours becomes drunk, scientifically (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="drinkery"> drinkery, noun, pl. -eries.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a place where alcoholic liquor is sold and drunk. </DL> <A NAME="drinking"> drinking, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the consumption of liquids or alcoholic liquor. <DD>adj. 1. fit or safe to drink. Ex. drinking water. <DD> 2. at or from which to drink. Ex. a drinking hole, a drinking fountain, a drinking cup. <DD> 3. fond of alcoholic liquor. Ex. a drinking man. </DL> <A NAME="drinkingbout"> drinking bout,<DL COMPACT><DD> a period of drinking, especially to excess. </DL> <A NAME="drinkingsong"> drinking song,<DL COMPACT><DD> a song about drinking or to be sung while drinking. </DL> <A NAME="drinkless"> drinkless, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without anything to drink. </DL> <A HREF="drinkmon.dic">NEXT</A>