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drop initial — noun : drop letter 3 * * * Print. See inset initial. [1950 55, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
Drop-stitch knitting — is a knitting technique for producing open, vertical stripes in a garment. The basic idea is to knit a solid fabric, then (deliberately) drop one or more stitches (i.e., draw a loop out from the loop below it, and so on repeatedly), producing a… … Wikipedia
Drop Deaf — Studio album by MOTH Released January 24, 2004 … Wikipedia
Initial-stress-derived noun — Initial stress derivation is a phonological process in English, wherein stress is moved to the first syllable of any of several dozen verbs when they become nouns or adjectives. This is called a suprafix in linguistics. It is gradually becoming… … Wikipedia
Drop Cap — [engl.], Initial … Universal-Lexikon
drop one's aitches — To fail to pronounce initial aitches on words • • • Main Entry: ↑aitch * * * fail to pronounce the letter h at the beginning of words, a common feature of dialect speech … Useful english dictionary
Initial — For other uses, see Initial (disambiguation). A historiated illuminated initial In a written or published work, an initial is a letter at the beginning of a work, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is… … Wikipedia
Drop tube — For the amusement ride, see Drop tower (ride). In physics and materials science, a drop tower or drop tube is a structure used to produce a controlled period of weightlessness for an object under study. Air bags, polystyrene pellets, and magnetic … Wikipedia
drop test — noun : an instance of drop testing * * * drop test noun (engineering) A test of reliability done by dropping the item or component to be tested • • • Main Entry: ↑drop * * * drop test, a test of the strength of an object or piece of equipment by… … Useful english dictionary
drop-test — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: drop test : to test by dropping under trial conditions drop testing parachutes with dummies * * * drop test, a test of the strength of an object or piece of equipment by dropping it from a height or by… … Useful english dictionary
