duc-, -duce, -duct, -ducent, -ductor, -duction, -ductive, -ducer, -ducement, -ducation +

An Italian term for "leader" or "commander". The Italian Fascist leader Mussolini was called "Il Duce". The word comes from Italian via Latin dux, "leader".

The wife or widow of a duke.

The territory over which a duke or duchess has jurisdicion.

1. A conduit, channel, or tube, for the conveyance of water or other liquid.
2. A pipe or tube through which air is conveyed for cooling, ventilation, etc.
3. A conduit for an electric cable or the like.
4. A tube or canal in the animal body, by which the bodily fluids are conveyed.

Formerly used in a wide sense, so as to include the blood-vessels and alimentary canal, but now applied more strictly to the vessels conveying the chyle, lymph, and secretions.

1. A reference to metal that can be hammered out thin; malleable; flexible, pliable, not brittle.
2. Capable of being drawn out into wire or thread, tough; flexible, pliant; capable of being moulded or shaped; plastic.
3. Of persons, their dispositions, etc.: susceptible of being led or drawn; yielding readily to persuasion or instruction; tractable, pliable, pliant.

1. Capable of being hammered out thin, as certain metals; malleable.
2. Capable of being drawn out into wire or threads; such as, gold.
3. Able to undergo change of form without breaking.
4. Capable of being molded or shaped; such as, plastic.

An instrument for measuring the ductility of metals.

1. Capability of being extended by beating, drawn out into wire, worked upon, or bent; malleability, pliableness, flexibility.
2. Capability of being easily led or influenced; tractableness, docility.

A small duct.

The general shape and formation of letters and their combinations in manuscripts, the study of which may make possible the restoration of the true readings in a corrupt text.

A system of ducts for the conveyance of liquids, gases, etc.

A prince who rules a duchy, principality, or other small state.

1. The rank, position, or title of a duke.
2. Duchy.

Capacity for being educated.

Capable of being educated or taught; for example, "Some adults are no longer educable."