What shape is a raindrop?

Raindrops are spherical shaped, not like a teardrop.

   'Ball-bearing' and 'lead-shot'makers take advantage of this phinomenon of the falling liquid's shape in their manufacturing process. Molten lead is dripped through a copper sieve (strainer) from a towering height into a cool liquid and the finished product is a perfectly spherical lead shot or ball bearing.

   Shot drop towers used to be built for this purpose until the Festival of Britain raised alarm to the fact that one was next to Waterloo Bridge in London.
   The tallest shot-drop tower is the Clifton Hill Shot Tower (1878) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and stands (to this day) at 160 metres tall