| DOCUDRAMA | • docudrama n. A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama… • docu-drama n. Alternative form of docudrama. • DOCUDRAMA n. a play or film representing real events. |
| DRAMADIES | • DRAMADY n. a sitcom with dramatic scenes, also DRAMEDY. |
| DRAMATICS | • dramatics n. (Used with a singular or plural verb) the art of acting and stagecraft. • dramatics n. (Used with a singular or plural verb) dramatic behaviour. • DRAMATICS n. the acting, production and study of plays. |
| DRAMATISE | • dramatise v. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of dramatize. • DRAMATISE v. to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, also DRAMATIZE. |
| DRAMATIST | • dramatist n. Synonym of playwright. • DRAMATIST n. the author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays. |
| DRAMATIZE | • dramatize v. To adapt a literary work so that it can be performed in the theatre, or on radio or television. • dramatize v. To present something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner. • DRAMATIZE v. to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, also DRAMATISE. |
| DRAMATURG | • dramaturg n. Alternative form of dramaturge. • DRAMATURG n. a dramatist; specifically a reader and literary editor etc. to a permanent theatrical company, also DRAMATURGE, DRAMATURGIST. |
| DRAMEDIES | • dramedies n. Plural of dramedy. • DRAMEDY n. a sitcom with dramatic scenes, also DRAMADY. |
| DRAMMACHS | • DRAMMACH n. (Gaelic) a mixture of raw meal and water, also DRAMMOCK, DRUMMOCK. |
| DRAMMOCKS | • DRAMMOCK n. (Gaelic) a mixture of raw meal and water, also DRAMMACH, DRUMMOCK. |
| DRAMSHOPS | • dramshops n. Plural of dramshop. • DRAMSHOP n. a shop or barroom where spirits are sold by the dram. |
| FLUIDRAMS | • fluidrams n. Plural of fluidram. • FLUIDRAM n. a unit of liquid capacity. |
| MELODRAMA | • melodrama n. (Archaic, uncountable) A kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. • melodrama n. (Countable) A drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment… • melodrama n. (Uncountable, figuratively, colloquial) Any situation or action which is blown out of proportion. |
| MELODRAME | • melodrame n. Obsolete form of melodrama. • MELODRAME n. a kind of romantic and sensational drama, also MELODRAMA. |
| MONODRAMA | • monodrama n. (Theater) A play in the form of a monologue. • MONODRAMA n. a one-man show; a play having only one actor. |