Vocabulary : Drosometer to Droughty

Drosometer : An instrument for measuring the quantity of dew on the surface of a body in the open air. It consists of a balance, having a plate at one end to receive the dew, and at the other a weight protected from the deposit of dew.
Dross : The scum or refuse matter which is thrown off, or falls from, metals in smelting the ore, or in the process of melting; recrement. ;; Rust of metals. ;; Waste matter; any worthless matter separated from the better part; leavings; dregs; refuse.
Drossel : A slut; a hussy; a drazel.
Drossless : Free from dross.
Drossy : Of, pertaining to, resembling, dross; full of dross; impure; worthless.

Drotchel : See Drossel.
Drough : of Draw.
Drought : Dryness; want of rain or of water; especially, such dryness of the weather as affects the earth, and prevents the growth of plants; aridity. ;; Thirst; want of drink. ;; Scarcity; lack.
Droughtiness : A state of dryness of the weather; want of rain.
Droughty : Characterized by drought; wanting rain; arid; adust. ;; Dry; thirsty; wanting drink.

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