Cambridge Encyclopedia

Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 21

dogfish

Dogger Bank

dogwood

Doha - History, Demographics, Economy, Education, Sports, Transport, Climate, Gallery

dolce stil novo

dolerite

dollar ($) - Synonyms and slang, Related names in modern currencies, National currencies called "dollar", Sources and references

dolly

Dolly (Rebecca) Parton - Discography

Dolly Madison

dolomite - The dolomite problem, Uses

Dolomites - Major Peaks, Major Passes, Photographs

dolphin

Dom

domain name system - History of the DNS, How the DNS works in theory, DNS in practice, Standards

dome - Characteristics, Cupola, Famous domes, Xanadu House

Dome of the Rock - Religious significance, Construction

Domenichino - Late works and legacy, Attributed works

Domenico Alberti

Domenico Cimarosa - Early career, Mid-life, Main works, Reference

Domenico Fontana

Domenico Ghirlandaio - First works in Florence and Rome, Later Works in Tuscany, Critical assessment and legacy

Domenico Veneziano

Domesday Book - Domesday Book, The survey, Purpose, Subsequent history, Bibliography

Domingo Ghirardelli

Dominic Behan - Biography, Works

Dominic Dromgoole

Dominica

Dominican Republic - History, Politics, Administrative divisions, Geography, Economy, Culture, Music

Dominick Argento - Operas

Dominique De Menil

Dominique Perrault - Built projects, Projects in progress

Dominique You

domino theory - Conceptual roots, Background, Controversy, Al Qaeda and terrorism in the Middle East

dominoes - History, Domino tiles and suits, The ranks of domino pieces, Domino Sets, Common domino games

Domitian - Early life, Emperor, Domitian and early Christianity

Don (James) Larsen - Trivia

Don Banks

Don Carlos - Characters, History, Highlights, Synopsis of the four act 'Milanese' version

Don Carlos Buell - Early life, Civil War, Postbellum

Don Carlos Seitz

Don Cupitt - See also, Books

Don John of Austria - The Don Juan legend, Other Don Juan literature

Don Juan - The Don Juan legend, Other Don Juan literature

Don Knotts - Biography, Trivia, Filmography, Television work

Don Paterson - Works

Don Stephen Senanayake

Don(ald Scott) Drysdale

Donald (Campbell) Dewar - Biography

Donald (Carl) Johanson - Bibliography, Quotes

Donald (Duart) Maclean

Donald (Eric) Broadbent

Donald (Harcourt) De Lue - Public monuments, Architectural sculpture, Images

Donald (Henry) Rumsfeld - Background and family, Career, Lawsuits

Donald (Howard) Menzel - Biography, Menzel and UFOs

Donald (James) Martino

Donald (John) Trump - Overview and business, Brand name, Trump Restaurants, Television and entertainment, Personal life, Books, Properties

Donald (Lawrence) Keene - Honorary degrees, Awards and commendations

Donald (Malcolm) Campbell - Family, Water speed records, Land speed record attempt, Dual record holder, Final record attempt

Donald (Olding) Hebb - Life, Work, Known Students

Donald (Richmond) Horne

Donald (Thomas) Regan - Early life, Reagan administration, Retirement

Donald Barthelme - Early life, First publications, Other works, Later life and death, Style and legacy, Awards

Donald Judd

Donald McGill

Donald McKay - McKay's clippers

Donald Neilson - Criminal beginnings, The sub-post offices, The abduction of Lesley Whittle, The grim discovery, Arrest

Donald Sutherland - Biography, External links

Donald Swann - Autobiographies, Father's autobiography

Donatello - Early years, Work in Florence, Later work

donation of Constantine

Donato Bramante - Urbino and Milan

Donatus Magnus

Doncaster - Geography, demographics and regeneration, Roman Heritage, Early and Medieval History, Horse Racing

Donegal - History, Sport and media

Donetsk - History, Administrative subdivisions, Demographics, Modern Donetsk, Transportation, Architecture, Footnotes and references

Donna (Edna) Shalala - Early life, Teaching career, Secretary of Health and Human Services, University of Miami, Personal

Donna Karan - Donna Karan International, Donna Karan, Inc. and LVMH, Biography, Donna Karan stores

Donna Summer - Personal life, Discography

doorbraak

dopamine - Biochemistry, Functions in the brain, Links to psychosis, Depression, Therapeutic use

Dorado

dorcas gazelle - Description, Breeding

Dorchester - Railways, Roads, History, 19th century, Hardy and Barnes

Dordogne

Dordrecht - History

Dore Schary

Doric order - Examples

Doris (May) Lessing - Literary Style, Bibliography

Doris Day - Biography, Movie career, Box office queen and "world's oldest virgin", Compassion, Private Life

Doris Hart - Grand Slam record, Grand Slam singles finals, Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Doris Humphrey

dormancy - Animal dormancy, Bacterial dormancy, Plant dormancy

dormouse

Dornford Yates

Dorothea (Lynde) Dix - Early life, Antebellum career, Final years

Dorothea Beale

Dorothea Jordan

Dorothea Lange

Dorothy (Annie Elizabeth) Garrod

Dorothy (Coade) Hewett - Early life, Career, Later years

Dorothy (Stuart) Hamill - Navigation

Dorothy Arzner - Further reading

Dorothy Bellanca - Other

Dorothy Canfield Fisher

Dorothy Day - Awards and Recognition

Dorothy Draper

Dorothy Fields - Biography

Dorothy H(ansine) Andersen

Dorothy Hayden Truscott

Dorothy Kirsten

Dorothy Mary Hodgkin

Dorothy Mendenhall - People, Other

Dorothy Parker - Early life, The Round Table years, Hollywood and later life, Spoken word recordings

Dorothy Thompson - Thompson on Grynszpan Affair, Quotations

Dorothy Wordsworth

Dorset - History, Physical geography, Demographics, Politics, Economy and industry, Dorset people, Settlements and communications

Dortmund - Sports, Traffic, History, Sister Cities Affiliations

DOS

Dosso Dossi - Biography, Selected works, Literature

Douai - Other colleges and universities, Births, Twin towns

Douai Bible - Origin, Style, Influence, Challoner Revision, Names of Books

double bass - Origins and history, Terminology, Design, Tone, Construction, Tuning, Pitch range, Playing posture, Bows, Modern playing styles

double exposure

double jeopardy - Double jeopardy by country

double star

Douglas

Douglas (Andrew) Fraser

Douglas (Eaglesham) Dunn

Douglas (John Nash) Bush - Major works

Douglas (Noel) Adams - Computer games and projects, The Dirk Gently series, Personal beliefs, Personal life, Death, Biographies, Works

Douglas (Robert) Jardine

Douglas (Stuart) Moore - Music, List of works

Douglas Dunn

Douglas Hyde - Background, Conradh na Gaeilge, Senator, President of Ireland, Senility rumours, Decisions as President, Retirement and death

Douglas MacArthur - Early Life and Education, World War I, Inter-war years, World War II

Douglas MacArthur - Early Life and Education, World War I, Inter-war years, World War II

Douglas Wakiihuri

Dounreay - Etymology, Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment, HMS Vulcan

dove (ornithology)

dove (politics)

Dover (UK) - History, Education, Sport, Places of interest, Twin Towns, Location, Publications

Dover (USA) - History, Education, Sport, Places of interest, Twin Towns, Location, Publications

Down

Downing Street - Who lives where, Downing Street gates

Downing Street declaration

Downpatrick - History, Places of interest, Transport, Sport, People, Education, 2001 Census, Geography

Downs - Surname

dowsing - History of dowsing, Possible explanations, Dowsing equipment

Draco (astronomy)

Draco (law-giver)

drag - Culture, Places, Other

drag racing - Basics of drag racing, Drag racing in the 21st century, Racing organization, Drag racing performance facts

dragonet - In aquaria

dragonfly - Classification, Some common species of the Northern Hemisphere

drama - History of Drama, Today, Tool for education, Workshops, Slang

draughts - General rules, Variants

Dravidian languages

dreaming

Dred Scott

Dresden - Geography, History, Culture and architecture, Infrastructure and economy, Twin cities, Dresden and fine arts, Further reading

dressage - Breeds of Dressage horses, The arena, Competition, Olympic level, The Training Scale, Airs above the ground

Dries (Andreas A M) van Agt

drift

drill - History, Types, Related tools

Drogheda - History, Arts/Entertainment, Drogheda today, Local economy

dromedary

drone - In nature, In fiction, In music, In Internet Relay Chat(IRC), In video games

drongo - Species of Dicruriniae, Trivia

dropwort

drought - Definitions, Consequences, Famous droughts, Current significant droughts

drug resistance

drum

drupe

Druze - Location, History of the Druze, The Druze today, Prominent Druze figures, Beliefs of the Druze

dry cleaning - History, Process, Solvent processing, Dry cleaning wastes, Solvents used

dry rot

dryad

dryland farming

drypoint

Du Fu - Life, Works, Influence, Translation

dualism - Moral dualism, Ditheism/Bitheism, In Eastern mysticism, Mind/Matter and Mind/Body dualism

dubbing

Dublin (city) - Name, History, Climate, Culture, Government, Sister Cities, Tourist Attractions, Additional reading

Dublin (county) - Name, History, Climate, Culture, Government, Sister Cities, Tourist Attractions, Additional reading

Dubrovnik - History, Climate, Miscellaneous, Notable people born in Dubrovnik, Images of Dubrovnik, Further reading

Katherine Marjory Murray Duchess of Atholl

Duchess of Cornwall - Literary references

(Bessie) Wallis Duchess of Windsor - Geography, Local government, History, Transport, Education, Sport and leisure

Duchy of Cornwall - Duchy Estate, Duchy of Cornwall dispute, Discrepancies in the Great Charter translations

Duchy of Lancaster

duck - Etymology, Ducks and humans, Ducks and humor, Gallery

Dudley - Places of interest, Transport, History, Local government, Neighbourhoods, Schools, Famous people, Trivia

Dudley (Stuart John) Moore - Selected Filmography, UK chart singles, Further reading

Dudley Buck

Dudley Saltonstall

due process - Due Process in the United States, History prior to U.S. Bill of Rights

Dufourspitze

Dugald Drummond

Dugald Stewart - Life and works

Dugald Sutherland MacColl

dugong - Distribution

duiker

Duisburg - Geography, History, Economy and infrastructure, Culture, Buildings and Constructions, Twin cities

duke (Italy) - History, Equivalents in other European languages, Royal dukes, France, Iberian peninsula

Duke (Paoa) Kahanamoku

duke (UK) - History, Equivalents in other European languages, Royal dukes, France, Iberian peninsula

Duke Ellington - Early life, Early career, Ellington in the 1940s, Revival of his career, Last years

Duke Snider

duma - Seats held in Imperial Dumas, State Duma in modern Russia

Dumas Malone

Dumbarton - History, Shipbuilding, Whisky, Local government, Miscellaneous, Areas of Dumbarton

Dumfries - Visiting Dumfries, History, Local Economy, Local Authority, Areas of Dumfries, Education, Dumfries and Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway - Towns and villages, Places of interest, Council political composition

Dunblane - History, Schools, Recent developments, The Dunblane Massacre, Famous residents, Sources

Duncan (Clinch) Phillips - Personal life, Outside the Newsboys

Duncan (James Corrow) Grant

Duncan Hines - Trivia

Duncan Phyfe - External Links

Dundalk - History, Overview, Natives and residents of note

Dundee - History, Geography, Demographics, Government and politics, Economy, Transport, Culture, Education

Dunedin - History, Modern Dunedin, Geography, Events, Prominent Dunedin buildings and landmarks, Twinning, More information

Dunfermline - History, Political subdivisions, Town twinning, Notable People, Sport

dung beetle - Appearance, Ecology and behavior, Benefits and uses, Scarab in Ancient Egypt, In literature

Dunkirk - Administration

dunlin

Dunnet Head - Dunnet Head Lighthouse, Angling, Information centre

dunnock - Gallery, Reference

Dunstable - History, Places of interest in and around Dunstable, Famous people who have lived in Dunstable

duodenum - Function, Sections, Additional images

Dura-Europos - Hellenistic Era, Archaeology

Duralumin - Applications

Durango

duress

Durham (city) - Economy, Geography, History, Historic architecture, Famous residents, Town twinning, Sister Cities

Durham (county) - Economy, Geography, History, Historic architecture, Famous residents, Town twinning, Sister Cities

durian - Species, Availability, Flavour and odour, History, Uses, Durian customs, Cultural influence

Durmitor - National park

durum

Dushanbe - History, Economy, Government, Buildings and attractions, Relations

Dust Bowl - Background, Further reading

Dustin Hoffman

Dusty Springfield - Early Life and Group Career, Solo Success, The Seventies and Eighties: "The Lost Years"

Dutch

Dutch art - Golden Age, Nineteenth century, Twentieth century

Dutch elm disease - Disease range, Treatment, Resistant trees, Possible earlier occurrences

Dutch literature - Earliest stages (500–1550), Renaissance and the Golden Age (1550–1670), Decline (1670–1795)

Dutch Reformed Church - History, Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Dutch Reformed churches abroad

Dutch West India Company

dwarfism - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment, Insular dwarfism, Problems faced by dwarfs, Terminology

Dwayne (Orville) Andreas

Dwight (Le Merton) Bolinger

Dwight (Whitney) Morrow

Dwight MacDonald

dye laser - Construction, Chemicals used

dyeing

Dyfed

dyke (geography)

dyke (geology)

Dylan (Marlais) Thomas - Biography, Thomas memorials, Bibliography, Discography, Filmography

dynamics (mechanics) - Branches, Elementary Principles, Other fundamental engineering topics

dynamite - Etymology, Uses and composition, History, Dynamite in popular culture

dyne

dysarthria

dysentery - Etiology, Symptoms, Treatment, Cultural significance

dysgraphia - Types of dysgraphia, Symptoms of dysgraphia, Common problems that are often associated with dysgraphia, Treatment

dyslexia - Dyslexia definitions, Biological bases of dyslexia, Facts and statistics, Treatment, Physiology, Characteristics, Public support, Controversy

dyspareunia - Symptoms, Causes, Differential Diagnosis of Dyspareunia, Treatment

dysphonia - Common types of dysphonia, Associated conditions (incomplete list)

dysplasia - Dysplasia vs carcinoma in situ vs invasive carcinoma

E(dmund) C(lerihew) Bentley

E(dward) B(ouverie) Pusey

E(dward) F(rederic) Benson

E(dward) M(ills) Purcell

E(rnst) T(heodor) W(ilhelm) Hoffmann - Plot, Historicity, Production, Differences between the Play and movie

Eadweard Muybridge - Early life and career, Photographing the West, Stanford and the gallop question, Murder acquittal, Influences

eagle

Ealing Studios - Ealing Studios Films, Documentaries, BBC TV Productions

ear - Introduction to ears and hearing, The Human ear, Non-vertebrate hearing organs

earl - History, Etymology, Forms of address

Earl (Christian) Campbell

Earl (Eugene) Scruggs - Discography

Earl (Kemp) Long - Bill Dodd analyzes Earl Long, Eccentricity and hospitalization, Trivia

Earl (Kenneth) Hines - Early life, Chicago years, Rediscovery

Earl (Russell) Browder - Early years, CPUSA leadership, Expulsion from the CPUSA, Espionage Activities, Further reading

Earl (Sidney) Weaver

Earl Derr Biggers - The Charlie Chan series, Other works

Earl Marshal - Ireland, Lords Marshal of England, 1135-1397

Earl Monroe - Career, Legacy, Trivia

Earl Sande

Earl Van Dorn

Earl Warren - Education and early career, Political career, Supreme Court, Family, Fictional appearances

Earl Wild

Earle Brown - Open form, December 1952

Earth - History, Shape, Composition, Internal structure, Tectonic plates, Surface, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Climate, Pedosphere, Land use, Human geography

Earth Summit

Eartha (Mae) Kitt - Biography, Works, Trivia

earthquake - Types of earthquakes, Measuring earthquakes, Size and frequency of occurrence, Effects/impacts of earthquakes

earthworm

earwig - Etymology, Physiology, Pest control