| 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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| durbar | (noun) the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur | - |
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| duress | (noun) compulsory force or threat | - |
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| durian | (noun) huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts | - |
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| (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian tree, Durio zibethinus, durion |
| durion | (noun) tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind | Synonyms: durian, durian tree, Durio zibethinus |
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| durmast | (noun) deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Quercus petraea, Quercus sessiliflora |
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| durometer | (noun) An instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like. | - |
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| durra | (noun) sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa | Synonyms: doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Guinea corn, Indian millet |
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| durum | (noun) wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America | Synonyms: durum wheat, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum |
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