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DDay
DDaily
D500 (Roman numeral)
DDigital
DDivision
DDepth
DDenver, Colorado (mint mark)
DBattery Size
DDemocrat
DDecimal
DCalciferol (vitamin)
DBelow Average grade
DDenarius/Penny (nail size)
DDate
DData
DDrive
DDisplay
DDistance
DDirector (Drone Control; US military aircraft designation; as in D-21)
DDead
DDrive (automatic transmissions)
DDegree
DDutch
DDaughter
DDeutschland (Germany) (International Auto Identification)
DDraw (a tie; sports)
DDallas, TX, USA
DDiscuss
DDevice
DDistance Vision
DDelta
DDiablo (roleplaying game)
DDefense
DDedicated (Channel)
DDiesel
DDrum
DDelay
DDublin (car registration identification)
DDiversity
DDuty Factor
DDepot
DDeparture
DPenny (old British penny)
DDiamonds (playing cards)
DDemonstration
DDuke (British title of nobility)
DDiameter
DDensity
DDragon (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
DDatum
DDesperados (game)
DDrain (transistor; electronics)
DDimensional
DDaytime (broadcasting operating schedule)
DDigit
DDoctrine
DDeed (real estate)
DDeaf (member of the Deaf Community who shares a sense of Deaf Culture)
DDrag Force (aerodynamic equations)
DDiarrhea
DDüsseldorf (Germany)
DDifferential
DDirecting
DDerivative
DDeceased
DDummy
DDetective (police)
DDetective (NSW, Australia)
DDeaf (person who can not hear but is not part of the Deaf Community)
DDependency
DDiners Club (credit card)
DDisconnect
DDoubtful (player's likelihood of participating)
DDinar
DDiode
DAbsorbed Dose
DDominion Resources Inc (stock symbol)
DDiffusion Coefficient
DTenacious D (band)
DDenominator
DDorsal
DTunisian Dinar (unit of currency)
DDielectric
DDefenseman (hockey)
DDeci- (metric prefix, 1/10)
DDiastolic (blood pressure)
DDecedent (IRB)
DDecrement
DAspartic Acid (amino acid)
DDeuterium
DDahlonega, Georgia (mint mark, 1838-61)
DDiopter (unit of optical power)
DDiamox (medicine)
DDiaphragmatic
DDelete(d) (action code)
DDenarius (Roman Coin)
DDebye (unit of dipole moment)
DDerated
DDegaussing
DSurface Drift (US DoD)
DDoubleword
DDie/Dice (role play reference)
DDextrorotary (clockwise optical rotaton)
DRadioplane Company (manufacturer's symbol)
DDrift distance
DPneumatic Post (Scott Catalogue prefix; philately)
DDocumentary Division
DTotal Drift, Data (US DoD)
DD Sub-Shell (third outer subshell of an electron shell)
DDistrict spare (Stores 100 code)
DFederal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio (designates original point of circulation of a dollar bill)
DCohen's Measure of Effect Size (statistics; usually expressed as italic d)
DDeutschverzeichnis (Works of Schubert by Otto Erich Deutsch)
DUndenominated United States Stamp (22 cents, introduced 17 Nov 1985)
DTotal Outside Dose (radiation)
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References in classic literature
"Duson made harmless reports to us as we desired them," the detective said.
The Detective eagerly scanned the page, and found an official statement that the deceased was dead.
He thrust his arm through the detective's and led him across the street.
"I do not think, either," the detective continued, "that at my time of life I should care to go so far from home to settle down in an altogether strange country,."
"Fortunately for the detective department, the public in general forgets what it reads.
He went on to Whitehall, and he tried the detective police.
When that official hurried up, fuzzy-haired and somewhat blear-eyed at that early hour, the detective (who was not without an appreciation of the simpler forms of humour) asked him to taste the sugar and see if it was up to the high reputation of the hotel.
The detective seated himself in the arm-chair, and puffed complacently at his cigar.
But I reckon she is pretty old, and old people don't often outlive the cautious pace of the professional detective when he has got his clues together and is out on his still-hunt."
He told me there was a detective in the background, but that was all.
I did not quite like the tone of his voice, but at that moment a smart knock reached our ears, and looking out of the window we perceived the two detectives waiting for us below.
A description of him was easily procured and sent to the detectives; and some hopeful spirits, of whom Ralph was one, did not despair of his apprehension.
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