Delonix The genus Delonix forms part of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The members of the genus are flowering trees, native to Madagascar and east Africa. By far the best known in the Royal Poinciana, Delonix regia. The common name, Poinciana, comes from a former genus name Poinciana, in which the members of the current genus Delonix were classified along with plants now placed in genus Caesalpinia.
	DeLorme DeLorme is a topographic mapping company based in Yarmouth, Maine. Founded in 1976, DeLorme is most famous for its paper atlases and gazetteers of all fifty U.S. states. DeLorme is also a leading mapping software publisher. Its products include Street Atlas USA, XMap, and Topo USA.
	Delphi Delphi is an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece. In ancient times it was the site of the most important oracle of the god Apollo . Delphi was revered throughout the Greek world as the site of the ?fa??? stone, the centre of the universe. In the inner ?st?a , or hearth, of the Temple of Apollo , an ?sest?? f???a burned.
	Delphinium Delphinium is a genus of about 250 species of annual, biennial or perennial flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native throughout the Northern Hemisphere and also on the high mountains of tropical Africa. The common name, shared with the closely related genus Consolida, is Larkspur.
	Delta wave A delta wave is a large, slow brain wave recorded with an EEG and is usually associated with deep sleep. In the heart a delta wave in the ECG is seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. Delta waves are present only in stage three sleep, stage four sleep, cases of brain injury and coma.
	Delusions of grandeur Delusions Of Grandeur is a progressive metal band, formed originally by Matt Dawson and Adam Ferree during their senior year of high school. With the addition of Jon Torres, and shortly after Jason Sordetto and Joe Logan, the band took off to great heights, with a 3 year Japanese/European tour currently in progress.
	Demand Note A Demand Note is a type of United States banknote that was issued between August 1861 and April 1862 during the American Civil War in denominations of United States five-dollar bill, United States ten-dollar bill, and United States twenty-dollar bill United States dollar.
	Demeter Dmtr is the Greek mythology goddess of agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. She is invoked as the "bringer of seasons" in the Homeric hymn, a subtle sign that she was worshiped long before the Olympians arrived.
	Demimonde Demimonde(singular: Demimondaine) is a polite 19th century term that was often used the same way we use the term "mistress" today. In the 19th century, however, it primarily referred to a class of women on the fringes of respectable society supported by wealthy lovers. The term is also used to refer to these women as a group, and the social circles they moved in, which were at the fringes of respectable society.
	Demitasse A demitasse is a small cup used to serve turkish coffee or espresso. The word means half cup in French language. It is half of a full coffee cup called a tasse. Typical design in the west is a white porcelain cup with matching saucer, although some coffeehouses also sell brightly decorated varieties.
	Demiurge The term Demiurge refers in some belief systems to a deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe and the physical aspect of humanity. The word derives from the ancient Greek language . In Classical Greek, the word means artisan or craftsman . It is used metaphorically of a creator or even the Creator in Plato.
	DEMO DEMO is a proposed experimental nuclear fusion reactor. It will build upon the research that is to be conducted by ITER, only that it will be at the scale of a commercial reactor. It may or may not generate electricity for a public Electric power transmission, depending on its success.
	Democracy Democracy is a List of forms of government for a nation state, or for an organization in which the citizens have a vote or voice in shaping policy and/or determining leadership. While the term democracy is often used in the context of a political state, the principles are also applicable to other bodies, such as universities, labor unions, public companies, or civic organizations.
	Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine is a Palestinian Marxism-Leninism political and military organization. It is also frequently referred to as the Democratic Front, or al-Jabha al-Dimuqratiyah .
	Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also often referred to as DRC, RDC, DR Congo, Congo or Congo-Kinshasa, and Geographical renaming as Zaire, is the third largest country on the African continent. Though it is located in the Central African UN subregion, the nation is economically and regionally affiliated with Southern Africa as a member of the Southern African Development Community.
	Democritus ? Democritus was a The Presocratics Hellenic civilization philosopher . Democritus was a student of Leucippus and co-originator of the belief that all matter is made up of various imperishable indivisible Classical element#Classical elements in Greece which he called "atomos", from which we get the English word Atomism.
	Demography Demography is the scientific study of human population dynamics. It encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of populations, and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, Migration and ageing. Demographic analysis can relate to whole societies or to groups defined by criteria such as education, nationality, religion and ethnicity.
	Demolition Demolition is the antonym of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. For most buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process.
	Demon In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may be conjury and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon in recent use is largely a literary device , though references to good demons can be found in Hesiod and Shakespeare.
	Demoniac Demoniac was a black metal band from New Zealand formed in Auckland, New Zealand in 1993 by vocals and bass guitar Lindsay Dawson (musician) and guitarist Sam Totman. Many of the members went on to form DragonForce.
	Demosthenes Demosthenes was a prominent Greeks statesman and orator of ancient Athens. His orations constitute the last significant expression of Athenian intellectual prowess and provide a thorough insight into the politics and culture of ancient Greece. He studied the masters of the oratorical art and delivered his first judicial speeches at the age of twenty, assaulting the guardians of his inheritance.
	Demure For the legal term in civil procedure, see Demurrer.
	Dendrite Dendrites are the branched projections of a neuron that act to conduct the electrical stimulation received from other cells to and from the cell body, or soma, of the neuron from which the dendrites project. Electrical stimulation is transmitted onto dendrites by upstream neurons via synapses which are located at various points throughout the dendritic arbor.
	Dendrobium Dendrobium Swartz is a large genus of tropical orchids that consists of about 1200 species. The genus occurs in diverse habitats throughout Asia, the Philippines, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The name is from the Greek dendron and bios.
	Dendrocalamus Dendrocalamus is a Tropics genus of giant clumping bamboo, which are similar to the genus Bambusa. With about 29 species, this genus is found from the Indian subcontinent throughout Southeast Asia.
	Dendroica Dendroica is a genus of birds of the New World Warbler family Parulidae. It contains 29 species. The males in breeding plumage are often highly colourful. The Dendroica warblers are an example of adaptive radiation with the various species using different feeding techniques and often feeding in different parts of the same tree.
	Dendromecon Dendromecon, the tree poppy, is a genus of one or two species of shrubs to small trees, native to California and northern Baja California. The leaf are evergreen, alternate, lanceolate to ovate, 3-10 cm long. The flowers are yellow, satiny, and shed after pollination.
	Deneb Deneb is the brightest star in the constellation Cygnus and one of list of brightest stars, with apparent magnitude 1.25. Deneb is also one of the List of most luminous stars known. It is, or has been, known by a number of other traditional names, including Arided, Aridif, but today these are almost entirely forgotten.
	Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping listen was a leader in the Communist Party of China . Deng never held office as the head of state or the head of government, but served as the de facto leader of the People's Republic of China from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. He pioneered "Socialism with Chinese characteristics" and Chinese economic reform, also known as the "socialist market economy".
	Dengue fever Dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic fever are acute febrile diseases, found in the tropics, with a geographical spread similar to malaria. Caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no cross-protection and epidemics caused by multiple serotypes can occur.
	Denim Denim denotes a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more Warp fibers, producing the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. A popular etymology of the word denim is a contraction of serge de Nmes in France.
	Denis Diderot Denis Diderot was a France philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in what became known as the The Age of Enlightenment, and was the editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopdie. Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with his work Jacques le fataliste et son matre, which, in emulation of Laurence Sterne, challenged conventions regarding novels and their structure and content, while also examining philosophy ideas relating to free will
	Denmark The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest and southernmost of the Nordic countries. Located north of Germany, southwest of Sweden, and south of Norway, it is in Scandinavia in northern Europe, but not on the Scandinavian Peninsula. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula named Jutland attached to Northern Germany, the islands of Funen, Zealand, Bornholm and many smaller islands, often referred to as the Danish Archipelago.
	Denmark Vesey Denmark Vesey was an African American slavery and, later, a freeman, who is alleged to have planned what would have been a large slave rebellion had word of the plans not been leaked. Eventually, many came to regard Vesey as a hero. During the American Civil War, abolitionist Frederick Douglass used Vesey's name as a battlecry to rally African-American regiments, especially the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.
	Denotation This word has distinct meanings in other fields: see denotation and connotation and denotation. For the opposite of Denotation see Connotation. *In media-studies terminology, denotation is the first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Denotation often refers to something literal, and avoids being a metaphor.
	Densitometer Densitometer is a device that measures the degree of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material or reflecting surface. The densitometer is basically a light source aimed at a photoelectric cell which determines the density of the sample from differences in the readings. Modern ones have the same components but also have electronics integrated circuitry for better reading.
	Densitometry Densitometry is the quantitative measurement of optic density in light-sensitive materials, such as photography film, due to exposure to light. Optic density is a result of the darkness of a developed picture and can be expressed absolutely as the number of dark spots in a given area, but usually it is a relative value, expressed in a scale.
	Dental caries Dental caries, also known as tooth decay or dental cavities, are holes that damage the structure of tooth. The occurrence of dental caries is globally widespread, and the disease can lead to pain, edentulism, infection, and, in severe cases, death.
	Dental consonant Dentals are consonants such as t, d, n, and l articulated with either the lower teeth, the upper teeth, or both. This would mainly be distinguished from a sound in which contact is made with the tongue and the gum ridge, as in English, due to the acoustic similarity of the sounds and the fact that in the Roman alphabet they are generally written using the same symbols.
	Dental floss ---- Dental floss is a bundle of thin nylon filaments or a plastic ribbon used to remove food and plaque from teeth. The floss is inserted between the teeth and scraped along the teeth sides, especially close to the Gingiva. Dental floss is often flavored and can be wax or unwaxed.
	Dental plaque Dental plaque is a biofilm that builds up on the teeth. If not removed regularly, it can lead to dental cavities or periodontal problems. The microorganisms that form the biofilm are almost entirely bacteria, with the composition varying by location in the mouth. The microorganisms present in dental plaque are all naturally present in the oral cavity, and are normally harmless.
	Dental surgery Dental surgery is any number of medical procedures which involve artificially modifying the dentition. Some of the more common are: * Endodontic ** Root canal ** Pulpotomy The opening of the pulp chamber of the tooth to allow an infection to drain; Usually a precursor to a root canal
	Dental technician A dental technician is a highly skilled member of the dental team who fabricates dental appliances dentures, crown and bridgework, removable prothesis and implants. The technician will be skilled in working with gold, precious metals, dental porcelain, Polymethyl methacrylate, and, recently CAD/CAM, in order to custom manufacture devices that will exactly fit a patient.
	Dentin Dentin is the substance between the Tooth enamel or cementum of a tooth and the pulp chamber. Dentin is secreted by the odontoblasts of the dental pulp. The formation of dentin is known as dentinogenesis. The porous, yellow-hued material is made up of 70% inorganic materials, 20% organic materials, and 10% water.
	Dentistry Dentistry is the art and science of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of conditions, diseases, and disorders of the oral cavity, the maxillofacial region, and its associated structures as it relates to human beings. A dentist is a doctor qualified to practice dentistry. In most countries, several years of training in a university and some practical experience working with actual patients' dentition are required to become a qualified dentist.
	Dentures Dentures, can be defined as a set of artificial teeth, which are used when a patient has lost real teeth on the mandible, the maxilla, or both. Patients can become entirely edentulous due to severe malnutrition, genetic defects such as Dentinogenesis imperfecta, ineffective oral hygiene or Blunt force trauma.
	Deodar Cedar The Deodar Cedar Cedrus deodara is a species of cedar native to the western Himalaya in eastern Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, northwest and north-central India, southwesternmost Tibet and western Nepal, occurring at 1500-3200 m altitude. It is a large evergreen Pinophyta tree reaching 40-50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, with a trunk up to 3 m diameter.
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	Deoxyadenosine Deoxyadenosine is a Derivative of the nucleoside adenosine, differing from the latter by the absence of an oxygen atom in the Nucleic acid nomenclature position of its ribose part. See also *Deoxyribonucleotide *Cordycepin External links
	Deoxycytidine Deoxycytidine is a Compound and a nucleoside. It is like cytidine, but with one oxygen atom removed. Its formula is C9H13N3O4. Category:Nucleosides
	Deoxyguanosine Deoxyguanosine is a Compound and a nucleoside. It is like guanosine, but with one oxygen atom removed. Its formula is C10H13N5O4. Category:Nucleosides
	Deoxyribose Deoxyribose, also known as D-Deoxyribose and 2-deoxyribose, is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It is derived from the pentose sugar ribose by the replacement of the hydroxyl group at the 2 position with hydrogen, leading to the net loss of an oxygen atom, and has chemical formula 5104; it was discovered in 1929 by Phoebus Levene.
	Department store A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Department stores usually sell products including apparel, furniture, appliances, electronics, and additionally select other lines of products such as paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewelry, toys, and sporting goods.
	Depolarization In biology, depolarisation is a decrease in the absolute value of a cell's membrane potential. Thus, changes in membrane voltage in which the membrane potential becomes less positive or less negative are both depolarisations. The rising and falling phases of an action potential are often imprecisely called depolarisation and hyperpolarisation, respectively.
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	Depreciation Depreciation is a term used in accounting, economics and finance with reference to the fact that assets with finite lives lose value over time.. In accounting, depreciation is term used to describe any method of attributing the cost of an asset across the useful life of the asset.
	Depth charge The depth charge is the oldest anti-submarine weapon. It is usually a cylindrical shaped object packed with explosives and a fuse set to go off at a pre-determined depth. It was primarily used to destroy submerged submarines. Depth charges could be deployed by both ships and aircraft.
	Depth Charge Beast Wars Depth Charge is a character in the Beast Wars: Transformers universe.
	Depth gauge A depth gauge is a pressure gauge that displays the equivalent depth in water. It is a piece of diving equipment often used by Scuba diving. Most modern diving depth gauges' have an electronics mechanism and digital display. Older types used a machine mechanism and analog circuit display.
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	Derivative In mathematics, the derivative is defined as the instantaneous rate of change of a function . The derivative is one of the two central concepts of calculus. The simplest type of derivative is the derivative of a real-valued function of a single real number variable.
	Dermatomyositis Dermatomyositis is connective-tissue disease that is characterized by inflammation of the muscles and the skin. Its cause is unknown, but it may result from either a viral infection or an autoimmune reaction. Up to 50% of the cases may be a paraneoplastic phenomenon, indicating the presence of cancer.
	Derringer The term derringer is a genericized misspelling of the last name of Henry Deringer, a famous maker of small pocket pistols in the 1800s. Many copies of the original Deringer pistol were made by other gun makers worldwide, and the name was often misspelled; this misspelling soon became a generic term for any pocket pistol.
	Dervish The word Dervish, especially in European languages, refers to members of Sufi Muslim ascetic religious Tarika, known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant order friars. The term comes from the Persian language word Darwish, which usually refers to a mendicant ascetic.
	Desalination Desalination refers to any of several processes that remove the excess Sodium chloride and other minerals from water in order to obtain fresh water suitable for animal consumption or irrigation, and if almost all of the salt is removed, for human consumption, sometimes producing Sodium chloride as a by-product.
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	Descriptive geometry Descriptive geometry builds on the practice, evolved over centuries, of displaying two images of a single object simultaneously; one image is seen from one direction while a second image is seen from a direction 90 rotated. Gaspard Monge, the father of descriptive geometry, developed a graphical protocol which creates three-dimensional virtual space on a two-dimensional plane.
	Desert In geography, a desert is a landscape form or region that receives little precipitation . Generally deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm . The terminology used to define deserts is complex. 'True deserts' where vegetation cover is exceedingly sparse, correspond to the 'hyperarid regions of the earth, where rainfall is exceedingly rare and infrequent.
	Desert iguana The Desert iguana is one of the most common lizards of the Sonoran desert and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. They also occur on several Gulf of California islands. The Desert iguana is a blunt medium-sized lizard. Including the tail, these blunt-headed lizards typically grow to 16".