Dram :: Dram (n.) A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A minute quantity; a mite.

Dram :: Dram (n.) As much spirituous liquor as is usually drunk at once; as, a dram of brandy; hence, a potation or potion; as, a dram of poison..

Dram :: Dram (n.) A Persian daric.

Dram :: Dram (v. i. & t.) To drink drams; to ply with drams.

Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..

Drama :: Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Drama :: Drama (n.) Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

Dramatic :: Dramatic (a.) Alt. of Dramatica.

Dramatical :: Dramatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid..

Dramatically :: Dramatically (adv.) In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.

Dramatis Personae :: Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.

Dramatist :: Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

Dramatizable :: Dramatizable (a.) Capable of being dramatized.

Dramatization :: Dramatization (n.) Act of dramatizing.

Dramatize :: Dramatize (v. t.) To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode..

Dramatized :: Dramatized (imp. & p. p.) of Dramatiz.

Dramatizing :: Dramatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dramatiz.

Dramaturgic :: Dramaturgic (a.) Relating to dramaturgy.

Dramaturgist :: Dramaturgist (n.) One versed in dramaturgy.

Dramaturgy :: Dramaturgy (n.) The art of dramatic composition and representation.

Dramming :: Dramming (n.) The practice of drinking drams.

Dramseller :: Dramseller (n.) One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.

Dramshop :: Dramshop (n.) A shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram.

Hydramide :: Hydramide (n.) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.

Hydramine :: Hydramine (n.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines..

Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..

Melodramatic :: Melodramatic (a.) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Melodramatist :: Melodramatist (n.) One who acts in, or writes, melodramas..

Melodrame :: Melodrame (n.) Melodrama.

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