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Driftagenounthe deviation (by a vessel or aircraft) from its intended course due to driftingverified
Driftfishnounlarger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexicoverified
Drill InstructornounMWEa noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and disciplineverified
Drill MasternounMWEa noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and disciplineverified
Drilling PipenounMWEa series of tubes (joined by screwed collars) that connect a drilling platform to the drilling bitverified
Drilling PlatformnounMWEdrilling rig consisting of an offshore platform (floating or fixed to the sea bed) from which many oil wells can be bored radiallyverified
Drinking Your Own ChampagnenounMWEThe practice in which tech workers use their own product consistently to see how well it works and where improvements can be made.Process
Drip CoffeenounMWEcoffee made by passing boiling water through a perforated container packed with finely ground coffeeverified
Drip CulturenounMWEa hydroponic method of growing plants by allowing nutrient solutions to drip slowly onto an inert medium in which the plants are growingverified
Drip FeednounMWEthe administration of a solution (blood or saline or plasma etc.) one drop at a timeverified
Drip MoldnounMWEa projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater, such as over a window or doorwayverified
Drip MouldnounMWE(architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)verified
Drive LinenounMWEmechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicleverified
Drive Line SystemnounMWEmechanism that transmits power from the engine to the driving wheels of a motor vehicleverified
Driven WellnounMWEa well made by driving a tube into the earth to a stratum that bears waterverified
Drivernoun(computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral deviceverified
Driveshaftnouna rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of applicationverified
Driving WheelnounMWEa wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force)verified
Drogue ParachutenounMWEa small parachute that pulls the main parachute from its storage packverified
Dromenounan airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargoverified
Drooping BromenounMWEannual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterraneanverified
Drooping JunipernounMWEsmall tree of western Texas and mountains of Mexico having spreading branches with drooping branchletsverified
Drop AccountabilitynounMWEProcedure under which a COMSEC account custodian initially receipts for COMSEC material, and provides no further accounting for it to its central office of record. Local accountability of the COMSEC material may continue to be required. See Accounting Legend Code.ProcessRegulatedCUI
Drop BiscuitnounMWEbiscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoonverified
Drop ClothnounMWEa large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being paintedverified