| dura | (noun) the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges | Synonyms: dura mater |
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| durability | (noun) permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force | Synonyms: enduringness, lastingness, strength |
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| durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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| duramen | (noun) the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood | Synonyms: heartwood |
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| durance | (noun) imprisonment (especially for a long time) | - |
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| duration | (noun) continuance in time | Synonyms: length |
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| (noun) the property of enduring or continuing in time | Synonyms: continuance |
| (noun) the period of time during which something continues | Synonyms: continuance |
| durative | (noun) the aspect of a verb that expresses its duration | Synonyms: durative aspect |
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| endurance | (noun) the power to withstand hardship or stress | - |
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| (noun) a state of surviving; remaining alive | Synonyms: survival |
| epidural | (noun) regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the epidural space of the spinal cord; sensation is lost in the abdominal and genital and pelvic areas; used in childbirth and gynecological surgery | Synonyms: epidural anaesthesia, epidural anesthesia |
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| induration | (noun) any pathological hardening or thickening of tissue | Synonyms: sclerosis |
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| obduracy | (noun) resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible | Synonyms: adamance, unyieldingness |
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| perdurability | (noun) the property of being extremely durable | - |
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