the room in the palace of a native prince of India in which audiences and receptions occur
<noun.artifact>

durbar

compulsory force or threat
<noun.attribute>

duress

sample sentences

"confessed under duress"

huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like nuts
<noun.food>

durian

tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
<noun.plant>

Durio zibethinus

durian

durian tree

durion

tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
<noun.plant>

Durio zibethinus

durian

durian tree

durion

tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind
<noun.plant>

Durio zibethinus

durian

durian tree

durion

deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood
<noun.plant>

Quercus petraea

Quercus sessiliflora

durmast

sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
<noun.plant>

Egyptian corn

Guinea corn

Indian millet

doura

dourah

durra

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
<noun.plant>

Triticum durum

Triticum turgidum

durum

durum wheat

hard wheat

macaroni wheat

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
<noun.plant>

Triticum durum

Triticum turgidum

durum

durum wheat

hard wheat

macaroni wheat

the time of day immediately following sunset
<noun.time>   freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

crepuscle

crepuscule

dusk

evenfall

fall

gloam

gloaming

nightfall

twilight

sample sentences

"he loved the twilight"
"they finished before the fall of night"

become dusk
<verb.change>

dusk

a swarthy complexion
<noun.attribute>

darkness

duskiness

swarthiness

the state of being poorly illuminated
<noun.state>

dimness

duskiness

naturally having skin of a dark color
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dark-skinned

dusky

swart

swarthy

sample sentences

"a dark-skinned beauty"
"gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"
"a smile on his swarthy face"
"`swart' is archaic"

lighted by or as if by twilight
<adj.all>   (a)   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dusky

twilight

twilit

sample sentences

"The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding
"the twilight glow of the sky"
"a boat on a twilit river"

common North American salamander mottled with dull brown or greyish-black
<noun.animal>

dusky salamander

relatively slender blue-grey shark; nearly worldwide in tropical and temperate waters
<noun.animal>

Carcharhinus obscurus

dusky shark

having a dark color
<adj.all>

dark-colored

dark-coloured

dusky-colored

dusky-coloured

having a dark color
<adj.all>

dark-colored

dark-coloured

dusky-colored

dusky-coloured

a wood rat with dusky feet
<noun.animal>

dusky-footed wood rat

host to Lyme disease tick (Ixodes pacificus) in northern California
<noun.animal>

Neotoma fuscipes

dusky-footed woodrat

fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 38

dust

sample sentences

"the furniture was covered with dust"

the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
<noun.substance>   freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

debris

detritus

dust

junk

rubble

free microscopic particles of solid material
<noun.substance>

dust

sample sentences

"astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

remove the dust from
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

dust

sample sentences

"dust the cabinets"

rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

dust

sample sentences

"The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

distribute loosely
<verb.contact>   freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

disperse

dot

dust

scatter

sprinkle

sample sentences

"He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

cover with a light dusting of a substance
<verb.contact>

dust

sample sentences

"dust the bread with flour"

a bag into which dirt is sucked by a vacuum cleaner
<noun.artifact>

dust bag

vacuum bag

a region subject to dust storms; especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the 1930s
<noun.location>

dust bowl

a cloud of dust suspended in the air
<noun.phenomenon>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

dust cloud

a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
<noun.artifact>

dust coat

duster

gabardine

gaberdine

smock

the act of contaminating with dust particles
<noun.act>

dust contamination

state of being contaminated with dust
<noun.state>

dust contamination

a removable plastic protective covering for a piece of equipment
<noun.artifact>

dust cover

a large piece of cloth used to cover furniture that is not in use for a long period
<noun.artifact>

dust cover

dust sheet

a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

book jacket

dust cover

dust jacket

dust wrapper

a miniature whirlwind strong enough to whip dust and leaves and litter into the air
<noun.phenomenon>

dust devil

a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

book jacket

dust cover

dust jacket

dust wrapper

a dry swab for dusting floors
<noun.artifact>

dry mop

dust mop

dustmop