1. Like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective
   - fatherly

See also: paternal

• Drosophilidae
• Drosophyllum
• Drosophyllum lusitanicum
• dross
• drossy
• drought
• droughty
• drouth
• drove
• drove chisel
• drover
• drown
• drown out
• drowse
• drowse off
• drowsily
• drowsiness
• drowsing
• drowsy
• drub
• drubber
• drubbing
• drudge
• drudger
• drudgery