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Don or Doña is attached to the Christian name, and the person is then addressed as such. For example, if Señor Diego de la Vega is to be addressed as a Don, then the correct form of address would not be "Señor de la Vega", but "Don Diego".
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "D.."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
d. | English | Day | Geography, Meteorology & Standards |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Possibility | If possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente, D. Verb:; as luck may have it. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: D. |
| English words defined with "D.": Antenicene ♦ Bissextile, Byzantine empire ♦ cod liver oil, cod-liver oil, Cornell ♦ Dacapo, Dagges, Daphnin, Decorated style, Dermestes, Diet of Worms, Dryobalanops ♦ Edict of Nantes, Eunomian, Ezra Cornell ♦ French Chippendale ♦ Gibson girl, Gish, Golden Age ♦ heedless, Hercules' beetle, Hospitaler ♦ Incunabulum, Iron Age ♦ Lillian Gish ♦ Manichee ♦ Neoplatonism, New Deal, Nicene ♦ Oat grass, osteomalacia ♦ Photoglyphic engraving, Pope's eye, Pragmatic sanction, Primitive Fathers ♦ Ragman's roll ♦ Sibylline books, silver age, Smithsonian, Snick and snee, Sorbonist, Swedenborgian ♦ The Dellacruscan School, thoughtless, To brace one's self, To buckle to, To slam to ♦ unheeding ♦ Wahabee, Western empire ♦ Year of grace, Yellow warbler, Yezdegerdian ♦ Zohar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "D.": D. C. Power Lab, D. P ♦ V. D. M, V. D. M. I. A. E. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "D.": kopje. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I've taken up golf, Mrs D. (Kath & Kim; writing credit: Gina Riley; Jane Turner) Not C, D. (Do the Right Thing; writing credit: Spike Lee) | |
Lyrics | And sent it special D. (Return to Sender; performing artist: Elvis Presley) Like Billy D. said he's feelin me (Perfect Gentleman; performing artist: Wyclef Jean) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Acampamento Internacional Infante D. Henrique (1960) Pequeno Mundo de D. Camilo (1957) A Pensão de D. Estela (1956) Aventuras de D. Quixote (1954) Umberto D. (1952) | |
Song Titles | Now That We Found Love (performing artist: Heavy D. & The Boyz) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A. Peripheral blood leukocyte from an AIDS patient producing HIV. There are several particles budding from the periphery of the cell. Other virus particles cluster outside the cell membrane. (x30) b. Enlargement of far right center area of top photo showing mature HIV particles. (x90) c. HIV particle budding from cell membrane. (x200) d. Mature hiv particle with characteristic core. (x200). See artwork: GR-07. Credit: Matt Gonda (photographer). |  | Shown is the Office of Cancer Investigations from Cambridge, Massachusetts who became part of the first NCI staff during the summer of 1939 shortly before moving into building 6 in october. Front (l-r): J. Trovato, D. Howard, R. Robin, T. Shovelton, R. O'Gara, D. Silverman, F. Linnell, J. Stasio, F. Turner (Medical Director). Center: M. Shear, H. Stewart, H. Grady, H. Andervont, E. Lorenz, J. Leiter, A. Perrault. Rear: F. Kennedy, W. McEheney, J. Hartwell, M. Shimkin, J. Murphy, W. Gately, H. Meyer. See also AR000174. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | Note the bowed legs and enlarged right wrist. Nutritional Rickets is a condition in which children's bones are too soft, and do not develop properly due to a deficiency of vitamin D.. Credit: CDC. |  | Dwight D. Eisenhower cornerstone on CDC, Building 1, Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: CDC. |
 | "Six Spheres Pulsate Colors" (movie) by Joe Seale. Use DPGraph's Scrollbar to vary A, B, C, or D. Click on Edit inside DPGraph for more info. |  | "Sphere Tangent To Planes" by Staffan Björkenstam. Use the Scrollbar to vary A, B, C, and D.. |
 | Dale D. Myers. Credit: NASA. |  | General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Credit: NASA. |
 | Building shaker in the doorway of a building Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Ground shaker at Position "A" Used to determine earthquake engineering characteristics of buildings C&GS was the first organization to undertake engineering seismology studies Party of William D. Patterson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Dwight D. Eisenhower | Biggest damfool mistake I ever made. |
George D. Prentice | A friend that you have to buy won't be worth what you pay for him, no matter what that may be. |
John D. Rockefeller | Good management consists of showing average people how to the work of superior people. |
Justice Louis D. Brandeis | Bigness is still the curse. |
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt | Character building begins in our infancy and continues until death. |
P. D. James | God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest. |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt | The frontier of America is on the Rhine. |
| We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind. | |
T. D. English | Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Raoult, D. (1993). Treatment of Q fever. (references) | |
Maurin, M., and Raoult, D. (1999). Q fever. (references) | ||
Marrie, T.J., and Raoult, D. (1999). Coxiella. (references) | ||
Business | In December 1999, the new Administration led by President Fernando de la Rua, named Dr. Henoch D. Aguiar as Secretary of Communications. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | On January 15, gendarmes and members of the research brigade, an investigative arm of the gendarmes, detained and questioned for 1 hour D. Al Seni, Kore Emmanuel, Charles Sanga, and Yves M'Abiet, four journalists for Le Patriote, and Patrice Guehi following the publication of their articles on January 10 about the January 7-8 coup attempt. (references) |
Economic History | Nicaragua | E. D. AND F. MAN, British agriculture supply and financing firm. (references) |
Denmark | D. Labor: The Danish labor force counts little over 2.8 million persons. (references) | |
Trade | El Salvador | D. Authorization of the Ministry of Agriculture when required. (references) |
El Salvador | D. Labels on frozen and canned foods must include an expiration date. (references) | |
Uruguay | D. Small Business Administration (SBA): SBA's export revolving line of credit loan helps small businesses export their products. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RICHES, n. A gift from Heaven signifying, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." John D. Rockefeller The reward of toil and virtue. J.P. Morgan The sayings of many in the hands of one. Eugene Debs To these excellent definitions the inspired lexicographer feels that he can add nothing of value. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "D." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 90.65% of the time. "D." is used about 1,645 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 90.65% | 1,491 | 5,458 |
| Noun (common) | 9.17% | 151 | 25,596 |
| Lexical Verb (past tense) | 0.12% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Alphabetical Symbol | 0.06% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,645 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Greece | El. D. Mouzakis S.A. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "D.": Andrew D. White ♦ D. C. Power Lab ♦ D. H. Lawrence ♦ D. W. Griffith ♦ Dwight D. Eisenhower ♦ J. D. Salinger ♦ John D. Rockefeller. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "D."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | den maksimale vævsdosis fra 14 C frigjort op til 1958 vil give en maksimal dosishastighed på 0,5 mrad/år (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
Dutch | de maximale dosis van het tot 1958 vrijgekomen C 14, die door de weefsels mag worden geabsorbeerd zal leiden tot een maximale stralingsdosis van O, 5 mrad - jaar (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
French | la dose maximum absorbée par les tissus du fait du 14 C produit jusqu'en 1958 donne une dose d'irradiation maximale de O, 5 mrad - an (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
German | die maximale Gewebedosis, die auf das bis 1958 freigewordene C 14 zurueckzufuehren ist, ergibt eine maximale Energiedosisleistung von O, 5 mrad - Jahr (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
Greek | η μέγιστη δόση στους ιστούς από την απορρόφηση του C14 που έχει παραχθεί έως το 1958 δίνει μέγιστη δόση ακτινοβολίας 0,5 mrad/έτος (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
Italian | la dose massima assorbita dai tessuti a causa dello scarico del C 14 a tutto il 1958 comportera' un'irradiazione massima di O, 5 mrad l'anno (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
Portuguese | a dose máxima absorvida nos tecidos devido a emissões de carbono-14 dá,até 1958,uma dose máxima de 0,5 mrad/ano (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
Romanian | doctor (adept, doctor, leech, master, physician, pill, pillbox, surgeon), nota re. (various references) | |
Scottish | stùc (nf. g. stùice; d. stùic;), clach-meallain (nf. g. cloiche-meallain; d. cloich-mheallain;), bean (handle, meddle, nf. g. mnatha; d. mnaoi; v. bhean; pl. mnathan; g.pl., touch, wife, woman), aifreann (d. -inn; pl. -innean, mass), agh (a hind, d. aigh; pl. aighean, hind, young cow). (various references) | |
Spanish | la dosis máxima absorbida por los tejidos a causa de la descarga de C 14 producido hasta 1.958 da una dosis de irradiación máxima de 0,5 mrad/año (the maximum tissue dose from C 14 released up to 1958 will give a maximum radiation dose ( m. r. d. ) of mrad - year). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Company Usage 11. Expressions 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Abbreviations 14. Acronyms 15. Bibliography |
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