Lexicon: dumb – durable

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dumb, n. [see dumb, adj.]

Mute; person lacking speech abilities; (see Exodus 4:11).

dumbly, adv. [see dumb, adj.]

Mutely; silently; without words or speech.

dun, adj. [OE, brown.] (webplay: air).

Dark color; black; dull; swarthy.

dunce, n. [An application of the name of John Duns Scotus, the celebrated scholastic theologian, called 'Doctor Subtilis' the Subtle Doctor, who died in 1308.] (webplay: dull).

Person of weak intellect; dullard; dolt; thick skull.

dungeon (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. donjon, lord; see dominion, n.] (webplay: light, prison).

Close prison; deep dark place of confinement; (see Genesis 40:15).

dungeoned, adj. [see dungeon, n.]

Imprison; incarcerate; confine.

duplicate, n. [L. duplicāt-us, doubled.]

Second thing of same kind.

duplicate, v. [see duplicate, n.]

Double; fold.

duplicity, n. [Fr. duplicité < L. duplex, folded two ways.]

Double dealing; dissimulation; deceit.

durable (-r, durably), adj. [L. dūrābilis.] (webplay: honest).

Tough; lasting; continual; (see Proverbs 8:18).