"fungal decay in timber," by 1779, from dry (adj.) + rot (n.). Figurative sense of "concealed or unsuspected inward degeneration" is by 1821.
drury
Druse
Drusilla
druthers
dry
dry rot
dryad
dryas
dry-clean
dryer
dryly
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