| ARDUOUS | • arduous adj. Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. • arduous adj. (Obsolete) burning; ardent. • arduous adj. Difficult or exhausting to traverse. |
| BORDURE | • bordure n. (Heraldry) A contrasting border around a shield. • BORDURE n. a border surrounding a heraldic shield. |
| CARDUUS | • Carduus prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – many thistles native to the Old World. • CARDUUS n. (Shakespeare) a thistle. |
| DIRDUMS | • DIRDUM n. (Scots) an uproar, also DIRDAM, DURDUM. |
| DURDUMS | • durdums n. Plural of durdum. • DURDUM n. (Scots) an uproar; a scolding; blame, also DIRDAM, DIRDUM. |
| EPERDUE | • EPERDUE adj. (French) desperately in love (of a female). |
| ORDURES | • ordures n. Plural of ordure. • ORDURE n. manure. |
| OVERDUB | • overdub v. (Sound engineering) To record a part along with an already recorded part or parts. • overdub n. (Sound engineering) An overdubbed part. • OVERDUB v. to add sound to a recording. |
| OVERDUE | • overdue adj. Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need. • OVERDUE adj. due and more than due. |
| PERDUES | • perdues n. Plural of perdue. • Perdues prop.n. Plural of Perdue. • PERDUE n. (Shakespeare) a soldier sent on a dangerous mission, also PERDU. |
| PERDURE | • perdure v. (Intransitive) To continue to exist, last or endure, especially for a great length of time. • perdure v. (Intransitive, philosophy) To exist in such a way as to possess distinct temporal parts (in perdurantism). • PERDURE v. to continue to exist. |
| VERDURE | • verdure n. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also: the vegetation itself. • verdure n. (By extension) A condition of health and vigour. • verdure v. (Transitive) To cover with verdure. |