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Dura

The dura mater, the outer covering of the brain and spinal cord.

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noun

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Word	Definition
dura maternoun	(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

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Word	Definition
dura maternoun	(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.
laminanoun	A thin layer, plate, or scale of material.
hawkish	Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.
douranoun	Alternative spelling of durra. [A kind of millet, a variety of sorghum; Indian millet (Sorghum bicolor).]
bitternoun	Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
heavynoun	(of any physical thing) Having great weight.
harshverb	Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
roughnoun	Not smooth; uneven.
painful	Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
heavy-handed	Excessive; overdone.
fierce	Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
grimnoun	Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding.
uphillnoun	Up a slope, towards higher ground.
hard-core	Alternative form of hardcore. [Having an extreme dedication to a certain activity.]
hard-line	Alternative spelling of hardline. [Uncompromising; rigidly holding to a set of beliefs.]
severenoun	Very bad or intense.
hardnoun	(of material or fluid) Solid and firm.
sternnoun	Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner.
maternoun	(British, slang, now chiefly archaic or humorous) Mother.
rolenoun	The expected behaviour of an individual in a society.