Index of English words, starting with "du"

(1) - Dutiful (a.) Controlled by, proceeding from, a sense of duty; respectful; deferential; as, dutiful affection.
(2) - Dutiful (a.) Performing, or ready to perform, the duties required by one who has the right to claim submission, obedience, or deference; submissive to natural or legal superiors; obedient, as to parents or superiors; as, a dutiful son or daughter; a dutiful ward or servant; a dutiful subject.

(1) - Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods.
(2) - Duty (n.) The efficiency of an engine, especially a steam pumping engine, as measured by work done by a certain quantity of fuel; usually, the number of pounds of water lifted one foot by one bushel of coal (94 lbs. old standard), or by 1 cwt. (112 lbs., England, or 100 lbs., United States).
(3) - Duty (n.) Respect; reverence; regard; act of respect; homage.
(4) - Duty (n.) Specifically, obedience or submission due to parents and superiors.
(5) - Duty (n.) Hence, any assigned service or business; as, the duties of a policeman, or a soldier; to be on duty.
(6) - Duty (n.) That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory.
(7) - Duty (n.) That which is due; payment.

(1) - Duumvir (n.) One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.