D - Encyclopaedia

D
d
D (abbreviation)
Dáil Éireann
détente
Díaz, (José de la Cruz) Porfirio
Döblin, Alfred
Dönitz, Karl
Dún Laoghaire
Dürer, Albrecht
Düsseldorf
D'Annunzio, Gabriele
d'Arblay, Madame
D'Oyly Carte, Richard
D-day
D-notice
da Vinci
dab
DAC
Dacca
dace
Dachau
dachshund
Dacia
Dada
Dadd, Richard
daddy-long-legs
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Daedalus (mythology)
daffodil
Dafydd ap Gwilym
Dagestan
Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé
daguerreotype
Dahl, Roald
Dahlhaus, Carl
dahlia
Dahomey
Daimler, Gottlieb Wilhelm
daisy
Dakar
Dakota
Dakota (American Indian)
Dalí, Salvador Felippe Jacinto
Daladier, Edouard
Dalai Lama
Dalap-Uliga-Darrit
Dales
Dalglish, Kenny
Dalian
Dallas
Dalmatia
Dalmatian
Dalton, John
dam
Dam, Carl Peter Henrik
damages
Daman
Daman and Diu
Damascus
damask
Dame
Damocles
damper
Dampier, William
damselfly
damson
dance
dance (Hindu worship)
dance music
dance of death
dandelion
Dandie Dinmont
dandy
Dane
danegeld
Danelaw
Daniel
Danish language
Dante Alighieri
Danton, Georges Jacques
Danube
Danzig
Daphne
Dar es Salaam
Dardanelles
Darius I the Great
Darjeeling
Darjiling
dark matter
Darling (river)
Darling, Grace Horsley
Darlington (authority)
Darnley, Henry Stewart or Stuart, Lord Darnley
Darrow, Clarence Seward
Dartford
Dartmoor
darts
Darwin (Australia)
Darwin, Charles Robert
Darwinism, social
Dasam Granth
dash
dasyure
DAT
data
data capture
data communications
data compression
data logging
data preparation
data processing
data protection
Data Protection Act 1984
data security
database
date
dating
datura
Daumier, Honoré Victorin
dauphin
David
David I
David II
David, Elizabeth
David, Gerard
David, Jacques-Louis
David, St
Davies, Peter Maxwell
Davis Cup
Davis, Angela Yvonne
Davis, Bette (Ruth Elizabeth)
Davis, Jefferson
Davis, Miles (Dewey, Jr)
Davis, Sammy, Jr
Davis, Steve
Davis, Stuart
Davison, Emily Wilding
Davy, Humphry
Dawkins, (Clinton) Richard
dawn raid
day
Day-Lewis, C(ecil)
Day-Lewis, Daniel
Day, Doris
Dayan, Moshe
Dayton
dBASE
DCC
DDE
DDT
de Broglie
de facto
de Falla, Manuel
de Gaulle, Charles André Joseph Marie
De Havilland, Geoffrey
de Klerk, F(rederik) W(illem)
de Kooning, Willem
de la Hoya, Oscar
de la Mare, Walter John
De Laurentiis, Dino
de Lesseps, Ferdinand, Vicomte
De Mille, Cecil B(lount)
De Niro, Robert
De Palma, Brian (Russell)
De Quincey, Thomas
de Ruyter, Michiel Adriaanszoon
De Savary, Peter John
De Sica, Vittorio
de Soto, Hernando
de Tocqueville, Alexis
de Valera, Éamon
de Valois, Ninette
de Villepin, Dominique
deacon
Dead Sea
Dead Sea Scrolls
deadly nightshade
deafness
Deakin, Alfred
dean
Dean, James (Byron)
death
death cap
death penalty
death rate
Death Valley
death's-head moth
deathwatch beetle
Debrecen
Debs, Eugene V(ictor)
debt
debt crisis
debt-for-environment swap
Debussy, (Achille-) Claude
decagon
decathlon
decay, radioactive
decentralization (population)
decibel
deciduous
decimal fraction
decimal number system
decimal point
decision theory
Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Rights
declarative sentence
decoder
decolonization
decomposer
decomposition
decompression sickness
deconstruction
Deconstructionism
decontamination factor
Decorated
decoration
decretal
decretum
dedicated computer
deduction (philosophy)
Dee (Scotland)
Dee (Wales)
deed
deep-sea trench
deer
Deer Park
deerhound
defamation
Defence, Ministry of
Defender of the Faith
deferred share
defibrillation
deficit financing
deflation
Defoe, Daniel
deforestation
Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar
Degenerate Art
degree (mathematics)
Dehaene, Jean-Luc
dehydration (food)
Deighton, Len (Leonard Cyril)
Deimos
deindustrialization
Deirdre
deism
Dekker, Thomas
del Sarto, Andrea
Delacroix, (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène
Delaunay-Terk, Sonia
Delaunay, Robert
Delaware (state)
delete
Delft
Delhi (city)
Delhi (state)
Delibes, (Clément Philibert) Léo
Delilah
deliquescence
delirium
Delius, Frederick Theodore Albert
della Robbia
Delors, Jacques Lucien Jean
Delphi
delphinium
delta
Delta Force
delta wing
demand
demarcation
dementia
demesne
Demeter
DeMille, Agnes George
Demirel, Süleyman
democracy
Democratic Party
Democratic Unionist Party
Democritus
demographic transition
demography
Demon Internet
demonstrative
Demosthenes (politician)
Demotic Greek
demotic script
Dempsey, Jack (William Harrison)
denaturation
Denbighshire
Dench, Judi(th) Olivia
dendrite
dendrochronology
Deneb
Deneuve, Catherine
Deng Xiaoping
denier
denim
denitrification
Denktas, Rauf Raif
Denmark
denomination
Denpasar
density
dental caries
dental formula
dentistry
dentition
denudation
Denver
deontology
deoxyribonucleic acid
Depardieu, Gérard
Depeche Mode
deportation
deposit account
deposition
deposition (earth science)
depreciation
depression (economics)
depression (medicine)
depression (meteorology)
Derain, André
Derby
Derby, Edward (George Geoffrey Smith) Stanley
Derby, The (horse race)
Derbyshire
deregulation
derivation
derivative (maths)
dermatitis
dermatology
derrick
derris
dervish
Derwent (North Yorkshire)
Des Moines (city)
Desai, Anita
desalination
Descartes, René
desert
Desert Storm, Operation
desertification
design
design drawing
design process
desktop
desktop publishing
Desmond revolt
Desmoulins, (Lucie Simplice) Camille (Benoist)
Desprez, Josquin
Dessalines, Jean Jacques
Dessau, Paul
destroyer
detective fiction
detention
detention centre
detergent
determinant
determiner
determinism
deterrence
detonator
detritus
Detroit
Dettori, Frankie
deuterium
deuteron
Dev, Kapil
devaluation
developing world
development (biology)
development (society)
development aid
developmental psychology
deviance
device
devil
devil ray
devil's coach horse
Devil's Island
devolution
Devolution, War of
Devon
Devonian period
Devonshire, 8th Duke of
Devoy, Susan
dew
dew point
Dewar, James
Dewey, Melvil
dewpond
Dhaka
dharma (Buddhism)
dharma (Hinduism)
Dhegiha
Dhofar
dhole
diabase
diabetes
diagenesis
Diaghilev, Sergei Pavlovich
dial-up connection
dialect
dialectic
dialectical materialism
dialog box
dialogue
dialysis
diameter
diamond
Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales
diapause
diaphragm (anatomy)
diaphragm (contraceptive)
diarrhoea
diary
diaspora
diatom
diatomic molecule
diatonic scale
Diaz de Solís, Juan
Diaz, Bartholomeu
dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane
dichotomous key
Dickens, Charles (John Huffam)
Dickinson, Emily Elizabeth
dicotyledon
dictatorship
dictionary
Diderot, Denis
didgeridoo
Dido
diecasting
Diemen, Anthony van
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of
Dieppe
diesel engine
diesel oil
Diesel, Rudolf Christian Karl
diet (food)
diet (meeting)
dietetics
Dietrich, Marlene
difference
difference engine
differential
differential calculus
differentiation (biology)
diffraction
diffraction grating
diffusion
digestion
digestive system
Digger
digit
digital (computing)
digital audio tape
digital camera
digital compact cassette
digital computer
digital data transmission
digital recording
digital retouching
digital sampling
digital versatile disk
digital-to-analogue converter
digitalis (drug)
digitalis (plant)
digitizer
digraph
Dijon
dik-dik
dilatation and curettage
Dili
dill
dilution
DiMaggio, Joe (Joseph Paul)
Dimashq
dimension
diminishing returns, law of
diminutive
Dimitrov, Georgi Mikhailovich
Dinaric Alps
Dine
Dinesen, Isak
Dingaan
dingo
dinitrogen oxide
dinosaur
Dio Cassius
Diocletian
diode
Diogenes
Dionysius
Dionysus
dioptre
Dior, Christian
diorite
Diouf, Abdou
dioxin
dip-coating
dip, magnetic
diphtheria
diplodocus
diploid
diplomacy
Diplomatic Service, British
dipole (physics)
dipole, magnetic
dipper
diptych
Dirac, Paul Adrien Maurice
direct access
direct current
direct debit
direct object
direct proportion
direct speech
direct tax
directed number
Directoire style
Director of Public Prosecutions
Directory
directory
dirge
dirigible
Dis
disability
disaccharide
disarmament
discharge tube
disciple
disco music
discourse
discrete data
discrimination
discus
disease
disease (history)
disinfectant
disinvestment
disk (computing)
disk drive
disk formatting
Disney, Walt(er Elias)
dispersal
dispersion (physics)
displacement activity
displacement reaction
Disraeli, Benjamin
dissection
Dissenter
dissident
dissociation
dissolution
Dissolution of the Monasteries
dissonance
distance
distance ratio
distance–time graph
distemper
distemper (painting)
distillation
distribution (statistics)
distributive operation
distributor
district council
District of Columbia
Diu
diuretic
diver
diversification
diverticulitis
divertissement
dividend
divination
Divine Light Mission
divine right of kings
diving
diving apparatus
division (mathematics)
divorce
Diwali (Hinduism)
Diwali (Sikhism)
Dix, Otto
Dixie
Dixieland jazz
dizziness
Djibouti (city)
Djibouti (country)
Djilas, Milovan
DNA
DNA fingerprinting
Dnieper
Dnipropetrovs'k
Dobell, William
Dobermann
Dobzhansky, Theodosius
dock (plant)
Docklands
doctors, history of
document
document reader
dodder
dodecahedron
Dodecanese
dodecaphony
Dodekanisos
Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge
dodo
Dodoma
Doe, Samuel Kanyon
dog
dog, dangerous
doge
Dogen
dogfish
doggerel
Dogs, Isle of
dogwood
Doha
Doherty, Berlie
Dohnányi, Ernst (Ernö) von
Doi Inthanon
doldrums
Dole, Bob (Robert Joseph)
dolerite
Dolin, Anton
Doll, (William) Richard Shaboe
dollar
Dollfuss, Engelbert
dolmen
dolomite (mineralogy)
dolphin
Domagk, Gerhard
domain (Internet)
domain (magnetism)
dome (architecture)
Dome of the Rock
Domenichino
Domesday Book
dominance
dominant
Domingo, Pla(acute)cido
Dominic, St
Dominica
Dominican order
Dominican Republic
Dominions
Domino, ‘Fats’
Domitian, (Titus Flavius Domitianus)
Don (Russian Federation)
Don Juan
Donatello
Donau
Doncaster
Donegal
Donen, Stanley
Donets Basin
Donetsk
dongle
Dongola
Donizetti, (Domenico) Gaetano (Maria)
donkey
Donne, John
doo-wop
Doomsday Book
Doors, the
dopamine
doppelgänger
Doppler effect
Doré, (Paul) Gustave
Dorchester
Dordogne (river)
Dorian
dormancy (botany)
dormancy (peerage)
dormitory town
dormouse
dorsal
Dorset
Dorsey
Dortmund
dory
DOS
Dos Santos, José Eduardo
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mihailovich
dot matrix printer
dot pitch
dotterel
Douala
double bass
double circulation
double click
double coconut
double entendre
double negative
double star
dough
Douglas (town)
Douglas fir
Douglas-Hamilton
Douglas-Home, Alec
Douglas, Gavin
Douglas, Keith Castellain
Douglas, Kirk
Douglas, Michael (Kirk)
Douglass, Frederick
Doulton, Henry
Doumer, Paul
Dounreay
Douro
dove (politics)
dove (zoology)
Dover (UK)
Dover, Strait of
Dow Chemical
Dow Jones Industrial Average
dowager
Dowding, Hugh Caswall Tremenheere, 1st Baron Dowding
Dowell, Anthony James
Dowland, John
Down (county)
Down's syndrome
Downing Street
dowry
dowsing
Doyle, Arthur Conan
DPhil
dpi
DPP
Drabble, Margaret
Draco (constellation)
Draco (politician)
Dracula
draft (literature)
draft (military)
drag
drag and drop
drag racing
dragon (zoology)
dragonfly
dragoon
drainage basin
Drake, Francis
DRAM
drama
dramatic monologue
dramatic verse
dramatis personae
drapery
draughts
Dravidian
drawing
drawing program
Dreadnought
dream
Dreamtime
Drenthe
Dresden
dressage
Dreyer, Carl Theodor
Dreyfus, Alfred
drill (military)
drilling
driver
Drogheda, Battle of
dromedary
drone (music)
drop-down list
drought
drug
drug and alcohol dependence
drug misuse
drug, generic
Druidism
drum
drumlin
drupe
Druze
dry ice
dry point
dry rot
dry valley
dryad
Dryden, John
Drysdale, (George) Russell
DTP
du Barry, comtesse Marie Jeanne
Du Maurier, Daphne
Du Pré, Jacqueline Mary
Dual Entente
dualism
Duarte, José Napoleon
Dubai
Dubcek, Alexander
Dublin (city)
Dublin (county)
dubnium
Dubrovnik
Dubuffet, Jean Philippe Arthur
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Duce
Duchamp, Marcel
duck
duckweed
ductile
ductless gland
due process of law
duel
Dufay, Guillaume
Duffy, Carol Ann
Dufourspitze
Dufy, Raoul
dugong
duiker
Duiker, Johannes
Duisburg
Dukas, Paul Abraham
duke
dukkha
dulcimer
Dulles, John Foster
Dulong, Pierre Louis
dulse
Dumas, Alexandre (fils)
Dumas, Alexandre (père)
dumb terminal
Dumbarton Oaks
Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway
dump
dumping
Duncan Smith, Iain
Duncan, Isadora
Dundee
Dundee, John Graham Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee
dune
Dunfermline
Dunkerque
Dunkirk
dunlin
Dunlop, John Boyd
Dunn, Douglas (Eaglesham)
dunnock
Duns Scotus, John
Dunstable, John
Dunwoody, (Thomas) Richard
duodecimal system
duodenum
duologue
duralumin
Duras, Marguerite
Durban
Durga
Durga Puja
Durham (UK city)
Durham (UK county)
Durkheim, Emile
Durrës
durra
Durrell, Gerald (Malcolm)
Durrell, Lawrence (George)
Dushanbe
Dussehra
dust bowl
Dutch art
Dutch cap
Dutch East India Company
Dutch East Indies
Dutch elm disease
Dutch Guiana
Dutch language
Dutch Republic
Duvalier, François
Duvalier, Jean-Claude
DVD
DVD-ROM
Dvorák, Antonín Leopold
Dwarf planet
Dyck, Anthony van
dye
Dyfed
dyke (earth science)
Dylan, Bob
Dynamic HTML
dynamics (music)
dynamics (physics)
dynamite
dynamo
dysentery
dyslexia
dysprosium
dystopia