Words That Start With: DRAG

• the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid

• something that slows or delays progress

• something tedious and boring

• clothing that is conventionally worn by the opposite sex (especially women's clothing when worn by a man)

• a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke)

• the act of dragging (pulling with force)

• pull, as against a resistance

• draw slowly or heavily

• force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action

• move slowly and as if with great effort

• to lag or linger behind

• suck in or take (air)

• use an input device to move objects on the screen, or to select items (such as commands from a menu); drag the slider to increase or decrease rate; drag the handles on the image to resize it

• walk without lifting the feet

• search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost

• persuade to come away from something attractive or interesting

• proceed for an extended period of time

• someone who pulls or tugs or drags in an effort to move something

• a fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish

• make wet and dirty, as from rain

• a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen

• compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

• subjugate by imposing troops

• a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)

• a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

• a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

• a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

• a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

• any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

• silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes

• sugar-coated nut or fruit piece

• pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy

• a faint constellation twisting around the North Celestial Pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus

• a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings

• a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman

• any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body

• silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes

• sugar-coated nut or fruit piece

• pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy