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duplicative

Having the quality of duplicating or doubling.

duplicitous

exhibiting duplicity{2}; deceitful; double-dealing.

Dur

Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

Dura

Short form for Dura mater.

Durability

The state or quality of being durable; the power of uninterrupted or long continuance in any condition; the power of resisting agents or influences which tend to cause changes, decay, or dissolution; lastingness.

Durable

Able to endure or continue in a particular condition; lasting; not perishable or changeable; not wearing out or decaying soon; enduring; as, durable cloth; durable happiness.

Durableness

Power of lasting, enduring, or resisting; durability.

Durably

In a lasting manner; with long continuance.

Dural

Pertaining to the dura, or dura mater.

Duralumin

an aluminum-based alloy which is both light and strong, containing 4 per cent of copper and 0.5 per cent of magnesium and smaller amounts of iron, manganese, and silicon. It hardens with aging at room temperature.

Duramen

The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

Durance

Continuance; duration. See Endurance.

Durante

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

Duration

The state or quality of lasting; continuance in time; the portion of time during which anything exists.

Durative

Continuing; not completed; implying duration.

Durbar

An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India.

Dure

To last; to continue; to endure.

Durene

A colorless, crystalline, aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H2(CH3)4, off artificial production, with an odor like camphor.

Duressor

One who subjects another to duress

Durham

One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

During

In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

Durio

A fruit tree (Durio zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.

Durion Durian

The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

Durometer

An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like.

Durra

A kind of millet, cultivated throughout Asia, and introduced into the south of Europe; a variety of Sorghum vulgare; -- called also Indian millet, and Guinea corn.

Durst

of Dare. See Dare, v. i.

Durukuli

A small, nocturnal, South American monkey of the genus Aotus (formerly Nyctipthecus trivirgatus). The owl monkey. See douroucouli.

Durylic

Pertaining to, allied to, or derived from, durene; as, durylic acid.

Duse

A demon or spirit. See Deuce.

Dushanbe

The capital city of Tajikistan. Population (2000) = 524,000.

Dusken

To make dusk or obscure.

Dusky

Partially dark or obscure; not luminous; dusk; as, a dusky valley.

Dust

To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.

dust storm

A strong windstorm that lifts particles of dust or dry soil into the air and blows them around, covering land or objects with a thick layer of dust. Dust storms may occur in arable areas during periods of drought; when a similar storm occurs in a desert area, such a storm is called a sandstorm.

dustbin

a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.

Dustbrush

A brush of feathers, bristles, or hair, for removing dust from furniture.

dustcart

a truck for collecting domestic refuse; as, in England a garbage truck is called a dustcart.

dustcloth

A piece of cloth used for wiping dust from objects or surfaces.

duster

One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from dust. A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc. A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran. A dustcloth or a brush used for removing dust from objects or surfaces.

dustless

Without dust; as a dustless path.

dustman

One whose employment is to remove dirt and refuse; a garbage man.

dustmop

a dry mop for dusting floors.

dustpan

A shovel-like utensil with a short handle used for conveying away dust brushed from the floor.

dusty

Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; a dusty attic; also, reducing to dust.

Dutch

The people of Holland; Dutchmen.

Dutchman

A native, or one of the people, of Holland.

Dutchman's-pipe

a hardy deciduous American vine (Aristolochia durior) having large, heart-shaped leaves and bearing brownish-purple flowers which have their calyx tubes curved like the bowl of a tobacco pipe. Formerly classified as Aristolochia Sipho.

Duteous

Fulfilling duty; dutiful; having the sentiments due to a superior, or to one to whom respect or service is owed; obedient; as, a duteous son or daughter.

Dutiable

Subject to the payment of a duty; as dutiable goods.

Dutiful

Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

Duty

That which is due; payment.

Duumvir

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

Duumviral

Of or belonging to the duumviri or the duumvirate.

Duumvirate

The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.

Dux

The scholastic name for the theme or subject of a fugue, the answer being called the comes, or companion.

Duykerbok

A small South African antelope (Cephalous mergens); -- called also impoon, and deloo.

Dvergr

A dwarf supposed to dwell in rocks and hills and to be skillful in working metals.

Dwale

The deadly nightshade (Atropa Belladonna), having stupefying qualities.

Dwang

A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them.

Dwarf

To become small; to diminish in size.

Dwarfish

Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub.

Dweller

An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller.

Dwelling

Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Dwindle

The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy.

Dwindlement

The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling.

dwindling

the act or process of becoming gradually less until little remains; as, there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.

Dwine

To waste away; to pine; to languish.

Dy

the chemical symbol for dysprosium, a rare earth element of atomic number 66.

Dyad

Having a valence or combining power of two; capable of being substituted for, combined with, or replaced by, two atoms of hydrogen; as, oxygen and calcium are dyad elements. See Valence.

Dyadic

Pertaining to the number two; of two parts or elements.

Dyaks

The aboriginal and most numerous inhabitants of Borneo. They are partially civilized, but retain many barbarous practices.

Dyas

A name applied in Germany to the Permian formation, there consisting of two principal groups.

Dyaus

the Hindu god of the sky.

dybbuk

the wandering soul of a dead person, or a demon, that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior. It may be exorcised by religious rites.

Dye

Same as Die, a lot.

dyed

colored or impregnated with dye.

dyed-in-the-wool

thoroughly imbued; thoroughgoing; uncompromising; complete; unmitigated; through-and-through.

Dyehouse

A building in which dyeing is carried on.

Dyeing

The process or art of fixing coloring matters permanently and uniformly in the fibers of wool, cotton, etc.

Dyer

One whose occupation is to dye cloth and the like.

dyer's-broom dyer's broom

small Eurasian shrub (Genista tinctoria) having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as weed in England and U.S.; sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Dyewood

Any wood from which coloring matter is extracted for dyeing.

Dying

The act of expiring; passage from life to death; loss of life.

Dyingly

In a dying manner; as if at the point of death.

Dyingness

The state of dying or the stimulation of such a state; extreme languor; languishment.

Dyke

See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

Dynactinometer

An instrument for measuring the intensity of the photogenic (light-producing) rays, and computing the power of object glasses.

Dynam

A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.

dynamic RAM

a type of random access memory using circuits that require periodic refresh cycles in order to retain the stored information. Contrasted to static ram, which maintains the memory state as long as the power is still applied.

Dynamical Dynamic

Of or pertaining to dynamics; belonging to energy or power; characterized by energy or production of force.

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