Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam , formerly Mzizima, is the largest city in Tanzania. With a population estimated around 2,500,000, it is also the country's richest city and an important economic centre. Though Dar es Salaam lost its official status as capital city to Dodoma in the mid-1970s, it remains the centre of the permanent central government bureaucracy and continues to serve as the capital for the surrounding Dar es Salaam .
	Dardanelles The Dardanelles , formerly known as the Hellespont , is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It is located at approximately . The strait is 61 km long but only 1.2 to 6 km wide, averaging 55 m deep with a maximum depth of 82 m .
	Darfur Darfur is a region of far western Sudan, bordering the Central African Republic, Libya, and Chad. It is divided into three federal states within Sudan: Gharb Darfur, Janub Darfur, and Shamal Darfur.
	Darius Milhaud *Morton Subotnick *Dave Brubeck *Bill Smith *Burt Bacharach *Benjamn Gutirrez Senz *Steve Reich *Karlheinz Stockhausen *William Bolcom *Charles Dodge *Philip Glass *Stanley Hollingsworth His compositions are particularly noted as being influenced by jazz and for their use of polytonality.
	Darjeeling Darjeeling is a town in the India state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of Darjeeling district, in the Siwalik Hills on the lower range of the Himalaya, at an average elevation of 2,134 metre. The name "Darjeeling" is a combination of the Tibetan language words Dorje and ling, translating to "The land of the thunderbolt." During the British Raj in India, Darjeeling's temperate climate led to its development as a hill station for British residents to
	Dark Ages In historiography the phrase the Dark Ages is most commonly known in relation to the European Early Middle Ages. This concept of a "Dark Age" was created by Italian humanism and was originally intended as a sweeping criticism of the character of Vulgar Latin literature.
	Dark matter In astrophysics, dark matter refers to matter that does not emission or reflection enough electromagnetic radiation to be detected directly, but whose presence may be inferred from its gravity effects on visible matter. Among the observed phenomena consistent with the existence of dark matter are the galaxy rotation problem and orbital velocities of galaxies in clusters, gravitational lensing of background objects by galaxy clusters such as the Bullet cluster
	Dark-eyed Junco The Dark-eyed Junco, Junco hyemalis, is the best-known species of junco, a genus of small American sparrows. Adults are generally grey on top with a white belly. The white outer tail feathers flash distinctively in flight. The bill is usually pinkish. The males tend to have darker, more conspicuous markings than the female.
	Darken Darken is a webcomic set in a Dungeons and Dragons style fantasy world, featuring a cast of morally ambiguous or outright evil characters. Since July 2006 it has been a member of Keenspot but before then was originally a member of Comicgenesis since its creation in December 2003.
	Darkling beetle Darkling beetles are a family of beetles found worldwide. Estimates more than 20,000 species. Many of the beetles have black elytra. Darkling beetles eat both fresh and decaying vegetation. Major predators include birds, rodents, and lizards. The larval stages of several species are cultured as feeder insects for captive insectivores, and include the very commonly known mealworms and superworms, and the lesser-known mini mealworms.
	Darkness Darkness is the absence of light, but earlier in history it was sometimes viewed as a substance in its own right, and appears in this form in some fantasy literature. Another name for darkness in this context is shadow.
	Darling River The Darling River is the longest river in Australia, flowing 2,739km from northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth, New South Wales, New South Wales.. Officially the Darling begins near Bourke, New South Wales at the confluence of the Culgoa River and Barwon River rivers, streams which rise in the ranges of southern Queensland.
	Darlingtonia californica Darlingtonia californica, also called the California Pitcher plant or Cobra Lily, is a carnivorous plant, the sole member of the genus Darlingtonia in the family Sarraceniaceae. It is native to Northern California and Oregon, growing in bogs and seeps with running water.
	Darning Darning is a sewing technique for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting with needle and thread alone. It is often done by hand, but it is also possible to darn with a sewing machine. Hand darning employs the darning stitch, a simple running stitch in which the thread is "woven" in rows along the grain of the fabric, with the stitcher reversing direction at the end of each row.
	Darter The darters or snake-birds are birds in the family Anhingidae. There are four living species, one of which is near-threatened. The darters are frequently referred to as snake-birds because of their long thin neck, which gives a snake-like appearance when they swim with their bodies submerged.
	Dartmouth College Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, in the United States. It is a member of the Ivy League and is one of the nine colonial colleges founded before the American Revolution. Founded in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, with funds partially raised by the efforts of a Native American preacher named Samson Occom, it is the Colonial colleges in the United States and the seventh-wealthiest in terms of funds per-student.
	Darts Darts is a game, or rather a variety of related games, in which dart are thrown at a circular target hung on a wall. Though various different boards and games have been used in the past, the term 'darts' usually now refers to a standardized game involving a specific board design and set of rules.
	Darwinism Darwinism is a term for the underlying theory in those ideas of Charles Darwin concerning evolution and natural selection. Discussions of Darwinism usually focus on evolution by natural selection, but sometimes Darwinism is taken to mean evolution more broadly, or other ideas not directly associated with the work of Darwin.
	Das Kapital Das Kapital is an extensive treatise on political economy written by Karl Marx in German language. The book is a critical analysis of capitalism, its economic practices and the theories which economists made about it.
	Dashboard A dashboard or dash board is a reduced form of Control panel located under the windscreen of an automobile. It contains indicators and dials such as the tachometer, speedometer, odometer, and fuel gauge. Originally, a "dashboard" was the upturned front of a horse-drawn chariot or waggon, which protected the driver from mud and debris thrown up by the horse's hooves.
	Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of "Hardboiled" detective fiction. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, and the Continental Op.
	Dashiki The Dashiki is a colorful men's garment widely worn in West Africa. It has Formal wear and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored suits. Traditional female attire is called a wrapper. A common form is a loose fitting pullover garment, with an ornate "v" collar, and tailored and embroidered neck and sleeve lines.
	Dasyatis Dasyatis is the genus of the currently accepted scientific name derived from the Greek alphabet word "dasys" meaning rough or Density and "batus" meaning shark.
	Dasyproctidae The Dasyproctidae are a family of South American rodents, comprising three genus.
	Data Link Data Link Family The Timex Data Link family of wrist watch allow users to transfer data between their Data Link watch and computer.
	Data Processor In data processing or information processing, a Data Processor or Data Processing Unit or Data Processing System is a system which data processing which has been captured and encoded in a format recognizable by the data processing system or has been created and stored by another unit of an information processing system.
	Data structure In computer science, a data structure is a way of storing data in a computer so that it can be used efficiently. Often a carefully chosen data structure will allow a more algorithmic efficiency algorithm to be used. The choice of the data structure often begins from the choice of an abstract data structure.
	Database management system A database management system is a computer system or computer software designed to manage a database, and run operations on the data requested by numerous clients. Typical examples of DBMS use include accounting, human resources and customer support systems.
	Date Palm The Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera is a Arecaceae, extensively cultivated for its edible fruit. Due to its long history of cultivation for fruit, its exact native distribution is unknown, but the date palm probably originated somewhere in the desert oasis of northern Africa, and perhaps also southwest Asia.
	Datura Datura is a genus of 12-15 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Their exact natural distribution is uncertain, due to extensive cultivation and naturalisation throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe, but is most likely restricted to the Americas, from the United States south through Mexico to the mid-latitudes of South America.
	Datura stramonium Datura stramonium, also called Jimson Weed, Loco Weed, Jamestown Weed, Thorn Apple, Angel's Trumpet, and Zombie's Cucumber is a common poisonous weed in the Nightshade Family. It contains tropane alkaloids that are sometimes used as a Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants.
	Daugavpils Daugavpils is the second largest city in Latvia.
	Dauphin The Dauphin was the heir apparent to the throne of France under the Valois and Bourbon house dynasties. Guy VIII, Count of Vienne, had a dolphin on his coat of arms and had been nicknamed le Dauphin. In heraldry, a dolphin device displayed on a shield denotes the oldest son of a family; a crest device displayed denotes the second oldest.
	Davallia Davallia is a genus of about 40 species of ferns in the family Davalliaceae. They are epiphyte ferns, with fronds arising from long aerial rhizomes which grow on and over thick bark on trees or on rock crevices. ;Selected species * Davallia bullata - Japan, China, and tropical Asia.
	David King David was the second king of the united kingdom of Israel . He united the kingdom when he succeeded Ish-bosheth , the latter being king of the northern tribes of Israel. His life and rule are recorded in the Hebrew Bible's books of First Samuel , Second Samuel, First Kings and Second Kings .
	David Alfaro Siqueiros David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexico List of painters and muralist. He was known for his social realist work, particularly his many murals depicting Mexican history, and was a prolific art theorist. He was also a political activist and Communist politician.
	David Bushnell David Bushnell of Saybrook, Connecticut, was an United States inventor during the American Revolutionary War. He is credited with creating in 1775, while studying at Yale University, the first submarine ever used in combat, known as the Turtle.
	David Garrick David Garrick was an English actor, playwright, theatre manager and Theatrical producer. He influenced nearly all aspects of theatrical practice throughout the 18th century and was a pupil and friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. Amateur theatricals comprised his first work on the stage and it was not until his appearance in the title role of Shakespeare's Richard III that audiences and managers began to take notice.
	David Hilbert David Hilbert was a Germany mathematician, recognized as one of the most influential and universal mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He invented or developed a broad range of fundamental ideas, in invariant theory, the Hilbert's axioms, and with the notion of Hilbert space, one of the foundations of functional analysis.
	David Hume David Hume was a Scotland philosopher, economist, and historian, as well as an important figure of Western philosophy and of the Scottish Enlightenment. Historians most famously see Humean philosophy as a thoroughgoing form of skepticism, but many commentators have argued that the element of naturalism has no less importance in Hume's philosophy.
	David Livingstone David Livingstone was a Scotland medical missionary and List of explorers of the Victorian era, now best remembered because of his meeting with Henry Morton Stanley which gave rise to the popular quotation, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
	David O. Selznick David O. Selznick , was one of the iconic Hollywood film producer of the Golden Age. He is best known for producing the epic blockbuster Gone with the Wind which earned him an Academy Awards for Best Picture. Not only did Gone With the Wind gross the highest amount of money at the box office , but also won seven additional Oscars and two special awards.
	David Ricardo David Ricardo , a political economy, is often credited with systematising economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economicss. He was also a businessman, financier and speculator, and amassed a considerable fortune.
	David Rittenhouse David Rittenhouse was a renowned United States astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint.
	David Sarnoff David Sarnoff led the Radio Corporation of America in various capacities shortly after its founding in 1919 to his retirement in 1970. Known as the general he ruled over an ever-growing radio and electronics empire that became one of the largest companies in the world.
	Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual team competition in sport, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. In 2005 134 nations entered teams into the competition.
	Davit A davit is a structure, usually made of steel, which launches lifeboats held in between the two davit arms over the side of a ship. The development of the davit from its original "goose neck form" to the current devices advanced greatly when A.P. Schat patented a number of systems in 1926 that allowed the lifeboat to glide over obstructions on a ships hull known as the "Schat Skate".
	Davy Crockett David Crockett 19th-century United States folk hero usually referred to as Davy Crockett and by the popular title "King of the Wild Frontier". He represented Tennessee in the U.S. Congress, served in the Texas revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.
	Davy lamp The Davy lamp is a candle containing safety lamp devised in 1815 by Humphry Davy. It was created for use in coal mines, allowing deep seams to be mined despite the presence of methane and other flammable gases, called firedamp or minedamp. Davy had discovered that, to explosion, the gas must be heated to its ignition temperature and that if such heating is prevented, combustion cannot occur.
	Dawes Dawes is a United Kingdom bicycle manufacturer, known for their high quality hand built bicycles. Dawes produces a full range of bikes, including road, mountain bikes and Tandem bicycle, but are best known for their Touring bicycle, specifically the Galaxy and the Super Galaxy.
	Dawn Dawn or civil dawn is the time at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the morning. Civil dawn is defined as that time at which there is enough light for objects to be distinguishable and that outdoor activities can commence. Nautical dawn is the time at which the sun is 12 degrees below the horizon in the morning.
	Day A day is a units of measurement of time equal to 24 hours. It is not an SI unit but it is accepted for use with SI. The SI unit of time is the second. The term comes from the Old English dg, with similar terms common in all other Indo-European languages, such as dies in Latin and dive in Sanskrit.
	Day Watch Day Watch, a Russian Fantasy film Action film#Subgenres blockbuster marketed as "the first film of the year", opened in theatres across Russia on January 1, 2006. It is a sequel to the hugely popular 2004 in film Night Watch, featuring the same cast.
	Daylily The daylilies comprise the small genus Hemerocallis of flowering plants in the family Hemerocallidaceae. Despite the name they are not true lilies. The name Hemerocallis is based on the Greek words for day and beauty, which reflects the fact that the individual flowers last for only one day.
	Daze Daze was a Eurodance/Bubblegum Dance band whose music had a bouncy/fun rhythm with interesting lyrics. They are best known for their hit single, "Superhero", which was first released in the album Super Heroes. Like other Eurodance groups, Daze are from Denmark. However their music is a somewhat different from Aqua and Toy-Box and doesn't have the high-pitch bubblegumish-like vocals which made Aqua and Toy-Box so famous.
	DDT DDT was the first modern pesticide and is arguably the best known organic pesticide. It is a highly hydrophobic colorless solid with a weak, chemical odor that is nearly soluble in Water but has a good solubility in most Organic chemistry solvents, fat, and oil s.
	Deacon Deacon is a role in the Christianity which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. In many traditions, the diaconate is a Clergy office; in others, it is for Laity. The word deacon is derived from the Greek word diakonos , which is often translated servant or more specifically waiter.
	Dead Air Dead Air is a novel by the Scotland writer Iain Banks, published in 2002.
	Dead drop A dead drop or dead letter box, is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet. Espionage have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. The system involves using signals and locations which have been agreed in advance.
	Dead End Dead End is a 1937 crime drama film. It marked the first appearance of the Dead End Kids. Unemployed architect Dave Connell is torn between Drina , sweet but equally poor, and Kay Burton , a rich man's mistress. Gangster Baby Face Martin returns to his old neighborhood and finds that nobody is glad to see him.
	Dead Letters For actual dead letters, see Dead letter Dead Letters is the 2003 album by Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus. It was released in 2004 in the US and Australia.
	Dead On Target Dead On Target is the first book in The Hardy Boys Casefiles series. It was first published in the year 1987. The book starts with Joe Hardy screaming - "Get out of the way, Frank". He is running to the place where an explosion just took place. Their car had a bomb in it and it exploded.
	Dead Sea The Dead Sea is both the Extremes on Earth at 418 metres below sea level and falling, and the deepest salt lake in the world at 330 m deep and 799 m below sea level. It is also one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth with a salinity of about 30percent.
	Dead Sea scrolls The Dead Sea scrolls comprise roughly 825-870 documents, including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1956 in eleven caves in and around the Wadi Qumran. The texts are of great religious and historical significance, as they are practically the only known surviving Biblical documents written before 100.
	Deadbeat dad Deadbeat dad is a pejorative term that refers to men who have fathered a child but fail to pay the amount of child support calculated by the relevant government agency as due to the mother or normally the agency itself for disbursement to the mother or to compensate the government for expenses it incurs for support paid to the mother.
	Deadhead Deadhead or Dead Head is the name given to Fans of the United States jam band, the Grateful Dead.
	Deadly nightshade Deadly nightshade or belladonna is a well-known perennial shrub, with leaves and berries that are highly toxic. It is in the nightshade family, which it shares with potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, jimsonweed, tobacco, and chili peppers. The Belladonna is native to Europe, North Africa, and West Asia, and has become naturalized in parts of North America.
	Deadly Sins ---- Plot Summary:A New area deputy Jack Gales, David Keith arrives on the island to find that a girl at the local Catholic girls school has been found dead. After investigating, he finds that students have been disappearing regularly for five years, about the time Mother Bernadette passed away.
	Deafness The word deaf is most often associated with two meanings: * The first could be considered controversial but is traditionally known as partially or wholly lacking hearing. To someone who is deaf being defined as what they are not could be felt as offensive. As an analogy to demonstrate this more clearly, a woman might be offended if she was supplied a definition of a "woman" as being "someone who is not a man".
	DEAL In cryptography, DEAL is a block cipher derived from the Data Encryption Standard. The design was proposed in a report by Lars Knudsen in 1998, and was submitted to the AES contest by Richard Outerbridge. DEAL is a Feistel network which uses Data Encryption Standard as the round function.