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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durable | (adjective) very long lasting | Synonyms: indestructible, perdurable, undestroyable |
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(adjective) existing for a long time | Synonyms: lasting, long-lasting, long-lived |
(adjective) capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay | Synonyms: long-wearing |
durables | (noun) consumer goods that are not destroyed by use | Synonyms: consumer durables, durable goods |
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dural | (adjective) of or relating to the dura mater | - |
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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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