Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 12 compound words that contain drakes. The most common are listed below. Open drakes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- ducks and drakesA pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
- Drakes BroughtonA village in Drakes Broughton and Wadborough parish, Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9248).
- Drakes IslandA coastal settlement in the town of Wells, York County, Maine, United States.
- Drakes Broughton and WadboroughA civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England.
- earth-drakesplural of earth-drake: a dragon.
- green drakesplural of green drake: A mayfly of species Ephemera danica.
- sea drakesplural of sea drake: A sea dragon.
- wood drakesplural of wood drake: a male wood duck
- eastern green drakesplural of eastern green drake: Ephemera guttulata, a species of mayfly.
Compound words 12
- drakestonesplural of drakestone: A flat stone used in the game ducks and drakes, in which the stone is thrown across the surface of water so that it skims or skips several times before sinking.
- drakestoningSynonym of ducks and drakes: A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
- earthdrakesplural of earthdrake: a dragon.
- firedrakesplural of firedrake: A fire-breathing dragon.
- handrakesplural of handrake: A rake operated by hand, as opposed to a horserake.
- icedrakesplural of icedrake: A dragon which breathes ice or has a freezing body temperature.
- mandrakesplural of mandrake: Any plant of the genus Mandragora, certain of which are said to have medicinal or aphrodisiac properties; the root of these plants often resembles the shape of a small person, hence occasioning various mythic, magical …
- sheldrakesplural of sheldrake: An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
- shelldrakesplural of shelldrake: An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).
- shielddrakesplural of shielddrake: An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).