DUK

Meaning of DUK in English

a fine. Among Kalash, the double amount a man pays if he takes away another's wife

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DUK-DUK — ˈdu̇kˌdu̇k noun ( -s ) Etymology: native name in New Britain 1. : a native secret society of islands of …
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CHAMBORD, HENRI DIEUDONN D'ARTOIS, COUNT (COMTE) DE, DUK — born Sept. 29, 1820, Paris, France died Aug. 24, 1883, Frohsdorf, Austria in full Henri-charles-ferdinand-marie Dieudonn D'artois, Count De Chambord …
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DUCK — I. noun (plural ~s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English duk, doke, from Old English dūce Date: before 12th century …
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RIGHI-LEDUC EFFECT — |rē]gēlə|dük-, |ri] noun Usage: usually capitalized R&L Etymology: after Augusto Righi died 1920 Italian physicist and Sylvestre Anatole Leduc, 20th …
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BORUNDUK — |bȯrən|dük noun ( -s ) Etymology: Russian burunduk : baronduki
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UNDERPRODUCTION — — underproductivity /un'deuhr proh'duk tiv"i tee, -prod'euhk-/ , n. — underproductive , adj. /un'deuhr preuh duk"sheuhn/ , n. production that …
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TRANSDUCTION — — transductant /trans duk"teuhnt, tranz-/ , n. — transductional , adj. /trans duk"sheuhn, tranz-/ , n. Genetics. the transfer of …
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TRANSCONDUCTANCE — /trans'keuhn duk"teuhns/ , n. Electronics. 1. the ratio of a small change in anode current of an electron tube at …
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TAX-DEDUCTIBLE — /taks"di duk'teuh beuhl/ , adj. noting an item the value or cost of which is deductible from the gross amount …
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SUPERINDUCE — — superinduction /sooh'peuhr in duk"sheuhn/ , n. /sooh'peuhr in doohs", -dyoohs"/ , v.t., superinduced, superinducing . to bring in or …
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY — — superconduction /sooh'peuhr keuhn duk"sheuhn/ , n. — superconductive /sooh'peuhr keuhn duk"tiv/ , superconducting , adj. — superconductor /sooh'peuhr keuhn …
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SUBDUCTION — /seuhb duk"sheuhn/ , n. 1. an act or instance of subducting; subtraction or withdrawal. 2. Geol. the process by which …
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SHELDUCK — /shel"duk'/ , n. , pl. shelducks , ( esp. collectively ) shelduck . 1. a sheldrake. 2. a female sheldrake. …
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SEMICONDUCTOR — /sem'ee keuhn duk"teuhr, sem'uy-/ , n. 1. a substance, as silicon or germanium, with electrical conductivity intermediate between that of …
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SEMICONDUCTING — /sem'ee keuhn duk"ting, sem'uy-/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor. Also, semiconductive . [ …
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SELF-PRODUCED — — self-production /self"preuh duk"sheuhn, self'-/ , n. /self"preuh doohst", -dyoohst", self'-/ , adj. produced by oneself or itself.
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SELF-INDUCTION — /self'in duk"sheuhn/ , n. Elect. the process by which an electromotive force is induced in a circuit by a varying …
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SELF-INDUCTANCE — /self'in duk"teuhns/ , n. Elect. inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of …
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SEDUCTRESS — /si duk"tris/ , n. a woman who seduces. [ 1795-1805; obs. sedut ( o ) r ( seductor; see SEDUCE, …
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SEDUCTIVE — — seductively , adv. — seductiveness , n. /si duk"tiv/ , adj. tending to seduce; enticing; beguiling; captivating: a seductive …
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SEDUCTION — /si duk"sheuhn/ , n. 1. an act or instance of seducing, esp. sexually. 2. the condition of being seduced. 3. …
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REPRODUCTIVE — — reproductively , adv. — reproductiveness , n. /ree'preuh duk"tiv/ , adj. 1. serving to reproduce. 2. concerned with or …
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PRODUCTIVE — — productively , adv. — productiveness , n. — productivity /proh'duk tiv"i tee/ , n. /preuh duk"tiv/ , adj. 1. …
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NONPRODUCTIVE — — nonproductively , adv. — nonproductiveness, nonproductivity /non'proh duk tiv"i tee, -prod euhk-/ , n. /non'preuh duk"tiv/ , adj. 1. …
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INDUCTEE — /in'duk tee", in duk-/ , n. 1. a person inducted into military service. 2. a person inducted into an organization. …
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DUCKY — ducky 1 /duk"ee/ , adj., duckier, duckiest . Informal. 1. fine; excellent; wonderful. 2. darling; charming; cute. [ 1810-20; DUCK …
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DUCATOON — /duk"euh toohn', duk'euh toohn"/ , n. a former silver coin of the Netherlands, used through the 17th and 18th centuries: …
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CONDUCTOR — — conductorial /kon'duk tawr"ee euhl, -tohr"-/ , adj. — conductorship , n. /keuhn duk"teuhr/ , n. 1. a person who …
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ABDUCTOR — abductor 1 /ab duk"teuhr/ , n. a person who abducts. [ 1840-50; ABDUCT + -OR 2 ] abductor 2 /ab …
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ABDUCTION — abduction 1 /ab duk"sheuhn/ , n. 1. act of abducting. 2. the state of being abducted. 3. Law. the illegal …
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