Vocabulary : Duress to Durometer
Duress : Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. ;; The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense. ;; To subject to duress.
Duressor : One who subjects another to duress
Durga : Same as Doorga.
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.
Durian : Alt. of Durion
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 (D. zibethinus, the only species known) of the Indian Archipelago. It bears the durian.
Durion : 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.
Durity : Hardness; firmness. ;; Harshness; cruelty.
Durometer : 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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