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  • English Word Duck-legged Definition Having short legs, like a waddling duck; short-legged.
  • English Word Duckbill Definition See Duck mole, under Duck, n.
  • English Word Ducked Definition of Duck
  • English Word Ducker Definition One who, or that which, ducks; a plunger; a diver.
  • English Word Ducker Definition A cringing, servile person; a fawner.
  • English Word Ducking Definition of Duck
  • English Word Ducking Definition n. & a., from Duck, v. t. & i.
  • English Word Duckling Definition A young or little duck.
  • English Word Duckmeat Definition Alt. of Duck's-meat
  • English Word Duckweed Definition A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat.
  • English Word Duct Definition Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
  • English Word Duct Definition One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
  • English Word Duct Definition A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
  • English Word Duct Definition Guidance; direction.
  • English Word Ductible Definition Capable of being drawn out
  • English Word Ductile Definition Easily led; tractable; complying; yielding to motives, persuasion, or instruction; as, a ductile people.
  • English Word Ductile Definition Capable of being elongated or drawn out, as into wire or threads.
  • English Word Ductilimeter Definition An instrument for accurately determining the ductility of metals.
  • English Word Ductility Definition The property of a metal which allows it to be drawn into wires or filaments.
  • English Word Ductility Definition Tractableness; pliableness.
  • English Word Duction Definition Guidance.
  • English Word Ductless Definition Having to duct or outlet; as, a ductless gland.
  • English Word Ductor Definition One who leads.
  • English Word Ductor Definition A contrivance for removing superfluous ink or coloring matter from a roller. See Doctor, 4.
  • English Word Ducture Definition Guidance.
  • English Word Dudder Definition To confuse or confound with noise.
  • English Word Dudder Definition To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
  • English Word Dudder Definition A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
  • English Word Duddery Definition A place where rags are bought and kept for sale.
  • English Word Dude Definition A kind of dandy; especially, one characterized by an ultrafashionable style of dress and other affectations.