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Doccia porcelain: porcelain produced at a factory near Florence founded by Marchese Carlo Ginori in 1735; until 1896 the enterprise operated under the name Doccia, since then under the name Richard-Ginori. After ...
Doce River: river, eastern Brazil, formed by the junction of the Carmo and Piranga rivers in southeastern Minas Gerais state. Flowing northeastward to Governador Valadares, southeastward to Colatina, and thence eastward across ...
Docetism: (from Greek dokein, "to seem"), Christian heresy and one of the earliest Christian sectarian doctrines, affirming that Christ did not have a real or natural body during his life on ...
dock: artifically enclosed basin into which vessels are brought for inspection and repair.
Dock, Christopher: Mennonite schoolmaster in colonial Pennsylvania whose teaching methods gave rise to publication of the first known book dealing with education in America.
Docodon: extinct genus of primitive mammals known only from fossilized teeth found in European deposits of the Late Jurassic (i.e., those 144 to 163 million years old). The dentition patterns of ...
doctorate: a type of academic degree. See degree.
Doctorow, E.L.: American novelist known for his skillful manipulation of traditional genres.
Doctors Without Borders: international humanitarian group dedicated to providing medical care to victims of political violence or natural disasters, as well as to those who lack access to such treatment. The group was ...
Doctors' Commons: formerly a self-governing teaching body of practitioners of canon and civil law. Located in London, it was similar to the Inns of Court, where English common law, rather than civil ...
Doctors' Plot: (1953), alleged conspiracy of prominent Soviet medical specialists to murder leading government and party officials; the prevailing opinion of many scholars outside the Soviet Union is that Joseph Stalin intended ...
doctrine and dogma: the explication and officially acceptable version of a religious teaching. The development of doctrines and dogmas has significantly affected the traditions, institutions, and practices of the religions of the world. ...
documentary film: motion picture that shapes and interprets factual material for purposes of education or entertainment. Documentaries have been made in one form or another in nearly every country and have contributed ...
Doda Betta: mountain peak, highest point in Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India, rising to an elevation of 8,652 feet (2,637 m) near Uthagamandalam (Ootacamund). Doda Betta is a grass-covered hill that is ...
dodder: (genus Cuscuta), any leafless, twining, parasitic plant of the only genus of the family Cuscutaceae. The genus contains more than 150 twining species that are widely distributed throughout the temperate ...
Dodds, Alfred-Amedee: French military figure who played a leading role in French colonial expansion in West Africa in the late 19th century.
Dodds, Baby: African-American musican, a leading early jazz percussionist and one of the first major jazz drummers on record.
Dodds, Johnny: African-American musician noted as one of the most lyrically expressive of jazz clarinetists.
Dodecanese: group of islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwestern coast of Turkey, and constituting the nomos (department) of Dhodhekanisos, Greece. The city of Rhodes is the ...
Dodeigne, Eugene: Belgian-born French sculptor best known for his monumental stone figures, usually placed outdoors.
Doderer, Heimito von: Austrian novelist who achieved international fame with his novel of post-World War I Vienna, Die Damonen (1956; The Demons), on which he had worked since 1931. It explores the society ...
Dodge City: city, seat (1873) of Ford county, southwestern Kansas, U.S., on the Arkansas River. Fort Dodge, 5 miles (8 km) east, was established in 1864 and named for Colonel Henry I. ...
Dodge, Bernard Ogilvie: American botanist and pioneer researcher on heredity in fungi.
Dodge, Grace Hoadley: American philanthropist who helped form organizations for the welfare of working women in the United States.
Dodge, Grenville Mellen: American civil engineer who was responsible for much of the railroad construction in the western and southwestern United States during the 19th century.
Dodge, Horace E.; and Dodge, John F.: American brothers, automobile manufacturers who invented one of the first all-steel cars in America.
Dodge, John V.: American editor and publishing executive of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dodge, Josephine Marshall Jewell: American pioneer in the day nursery movement.
Dodge, Mary Abigail: American essayist and editor whose writings included works both of homely wit and in ardent support of women's independence from men.
Dodge, Mary Mapes: American author of children's books and first editor of St. Nicholas magazine.
Dodge, William E.: American merchant, cofounder of Phelps, Dodge & Company, which was one of the largest mining companies in the United States for more than a century.
dodgeball: children's game that requires a large, soft rubber ball, the size of a volleyball or beachball, and several players. Ten or more makes a good game.
Dodington, George Bubb, Baron Melcombe of Melcombe-regis: original name (until 1717) George Bubb English politician, a career office seeker who was the subject of a satirical engraving by William Hogarth, "Chairing the Members" (1758), and kept a ...
dodo: (Raphus cucullatus), extinct flightless bird of Mauritius (an island of the Indian Ocean), one of the three species that constituted the family Raphidae, usually placed with pigeons in the order ...
Dodoens, Rembert: Flemish physician and botanist whose Stirpium historiae pemptades sex sive libri XXX (1583) is considered one of the foremost botanical works of the late 16th century.
Dodoma: city, designated national capital of Tanzania since 1974 (pending complete transfer of official functions from Dar es Salaam), eastern Africa, about 300 miles (480 km) inland (west) from the Indian ...
Dodona: ancient sanctuary of the chief Greek god, Zeus, in Epirus, Greece; the ceremonies held there had many remarkable and abnormal features. The earliest mention of it is in the Iliad ...
Dodsley, Robert: British author, London bookseller, publisher, playwright, and editor who was influential in mid-18th-century literary England and is associated with the publication of works by Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, ...
Dodson, Owen: African-American poet, teacher, director, and playwright and a leading figure in black theatre.
Doe, Samuel K: soldier and Liberian head of state from 1980 to 1990.
Does, Johan van der: Dutch statesman, jonkheer (squire) of Noordwijk, poet, and historian who commanded the citizens' resistance movement during the Spanish siege of Leiden (1573-74); he was also the first curator of the ...
Doesburg, Theo van: Dutch painter, decorator, poet, and art theorist who was a leader of the De Stijl movement.
dog: (species Canis familiaris), domestic mammal of the family Canidae (order Carnivora). It is related to wolves, foxes, and jackals.
dog days: periods of exceptionally hot and humid weather that often occur in July, August, and early September in the northern temperate latitudes. The name originated with the ancient Greeks, Romans, and ...
dog lichen: (species Peltigera canina), foliose (leafy) lichen usually found in patches 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) in diameter on heaths, sand dunes, walls, or grassy ground. The dull ...
dog racing: the racing of greyhounds around an enclosed track in pursuit of an electrically controlled and propelled mechanical hare (rabbit). Dog racing is a 20th-century outgrowth of the older sport of ...
dog show: competition in which purebred dogs are judged on the basis of their physical perfection, as determined by breed standards. Dog shows in the United States are held according to rules ...
dogbane beetle: (species Chrysochus auratus), member of the insect subfamily Eumolpinae of the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae (order Coleoptera). The dogbane beetle of eastern North America is iridescent blue-green with a metallic ...
doge: (Venetian Italian: "duke"), highest official of the republic of Venice for more than 1,000 years (from the 8th to the 18th century) and symbol of the sovereignty of the Venetian ...
Dogen: also called Joyo Daishi, or Kigen Dogen leading Japanese Buddhist during the Kamakura period (1192-1333), who introduced Zen to Japan in the form of the Soto school (Chinese: Ts'ao-tung). A ...
Doges' Palace: official residence in Venice of the doges, who were the elected leaders of the former Venetian republic. The first palace was built in 814 and was burned by the populace ...
dogfish: any of several small sharks of the families Squalidae, Scyliorhinidae, and Triakidae. In North America, the name is also used for a freshwater fish, the bowfin (q.v.).
Dogger Bank: extensive isolated shoal in the North Sea, lying about 60 miles (100 km) off the northeastern coast of England. It rises 70 feet (20 m) higher than the surrounding sea ...
doggerel: a low, or trivial, form of verse, loosely constructed and often irregular, but effective because of its simple mnemonic rhyme and loping metre. It appears in most literatures and societies ...
Doggett's Coat and Badge: one of the world's oldest continuing rowing races, held annually in England along the River Thames from London Bridge to Chelsea, a distance of 4 miles 5 furlongs (7.4 km). ...
Doggett, Thomas: English actor who excelled in low-comedy parts and is best remembered as a member of a famous actor-manager triumvirate of Cibber, Doggett, and Wilks at the Drury Lane Theatre, London.
Dogon: ethnic group of the central plateau region of Mali that spreads across the border into Burkina Faso. There is some doubt as to the correct classification of the many dialects ...
Dogon language: language of the Niger-Congo language family spoken by some 600,000 Dogon people in northeastern Mali to the east of Mopti and along the border between Mali and Burkina Faso. Earlier ...
Dogra Dynasty: Rajput clan, or group of clans, that still dominates the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. They form the chief, or mian, portion of Rajputs of the Jammu territory (lying ...
Dogrib: a group of Athabascan-speaking Indian tribes inhabiting the forested and barren-ground areas between the Great Bear and Great Slave lakes in northwestern Canada. The name is an English adaptation of ...
dogsled racing: sport of racing sleds pulled by sled dogs over snow-covered cross-country courses; it was developed from a principal Eskimo method of transportation. Dogsleds are still used for transportation and working ...
dogu: abstract clay figurines, generally of pregnant females, made in Japan during the Jomon period (c. 5th or 4th millennium to c. 250 BC). Dogu are reminiscent of the rigidly frontal ...
Dogubayazit: town, eastern Turkey, at an elevation of 6,000 feet (1,800 m) and situated about 10 miles (16 km) from Turkey's border with Iran. Lying near the ancient trade route from ...
dogwood: any of the shrubs, trees, or herbs of the genus Cornus, in the dogwood family (Cornaceae), native to Europe, eastern Asia, and North America. The bunchberry (q.v.; C. canadensis) is ...
Doha: city, capital of Qatar, on the east coast of the Qatar Peninsula, in the Persian Gulf. About three-fifths of Qatar's population lives within the city's limits. Situated on a shallow ...
Doherty, Henry L.: American businessman and utilities expert who formed the holding company Cities Service Company in 1910.
Doherty, Laurie; and Doherty, Reggie: English tennis-playing brothers who dominated the sport from 1897 to 1906. As a team they held the record for the most doubles titles at Wimbledon, winning eight from 1897 to ...
Doherty, Peter C.: Australian immunologist and pathologist who, with Rolf Zinkernagel of Switzerland, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their discovery of how the body's immune system distinguishes ...
Dohnanyi, Ernst von: Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor, principally known for his Variations on a Nursery Song for piano and orchestra.
Doi Takako: Japanese politician, educator, and head (1986-91) of the Japan Socialist Party (JSP; in 1991-96 called the Social Democratic Party of Japan [SDPJ], later simplified to Social Democratic Party). She was ...
Doisy, Edward Adelbert: American biochemist who shared the 1943 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Henrik Dam for his isolation and synthesis of the antihemorrhagic vitamin K (1939), used in medicine and ...
Doko Toshio: Japanese businessman who was instrumental in revitalizing Japanese manufacturing after World War II, notably with the Toshiba Corp. and as chairman of Keidanren (1974-80), one of Japan's four main business ...
Dokuchayev, Vasily Vasilyevich: Russian geomorphologist and early soil scientist.
Dokyo: (from Chinese Tao-chiao, "Teaching of the Way"), popular or religious Taoism, as distinguished from philosophical Taoism, as introduced into Japan from China. It was the source of many widespread Japanese ...
Dokyo: Japanese Buddhist priest who attempted to usurp the Japanese imperial throne.
dolce stil nuovo: the style of a group of 13th-14th-century Italian poets, mostly Florentines, whose vernacular sonnets, canzones, and ballate celebrate a spiritual and idealized view of love and womanhood in a way ...