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DEMETRIUS DONSK01 1 (1350-1389)
DEMETRIUS I
DEMETRIUS II
DEMETRIUS III
DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS (c. 345—283 B.C.)
DEMIDOV
DEMIJOHN
DEMISE
DEMIURGE (Gr. S'quovpyos, from Si7µeos, of or for the people, and Epyov, work)
DEMMIN
DEMOCHARES (c. 355–275 B.C.)
DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DEMOCRITUS
JACQUES CLAUDE DEMOGEOT (1808-1894)
DEMOGRAPHY (from Gr. Siµos, people, and ypasbety, to write)
ABRAHAM DEMOIVRE (1667-1754)
DEMONETIZATION
DEMONOLOGY (L1alµwv, demon, genius, spirit)
DEMONSTRATIVE
DEMOSTHENES
DEMOTIC (Gr. Srlµorucos, of or belonging to the people)
DEMOTICA, or DIMOTICA
THOMAS DEMPSTER (1579-1625)
DEMURRAGE (from " demur," Fr. demeurer, to delay, derived from Lat. mora)
DEMURRER (from Fr. demeurer, to delay, Lat. morari)
DENAIN
DENBI
DENBIGH (Dinbych)
1ST EARL WILLIAM FEILDING DENBIGH
DENDERA
DENDROCOMETES (so named by F. Stein)
DENGUE (pronounced deng-ga)
DIXON DENHAM (1786–1828.)
SIR JOHN DENHAM (1615—1669)
DENIA
JOSEPH DENIKER (1852– )
DENILIQUIN
DENIM (an abbreviation of serge de Nimes)
CARLO GIOVANNI MARIA DENINA (1731–1813)
DENIS (DIoNysms), SAINT
DENIS GODEFROY (1615–1681)
DENIS GODEFROY (Dionysius Gothofredus) (1549–1622)
JOHANN NEPOMUK COSMAS MICHAEL DENIS (1729-1800)
DENISON
GEORGE ANTHONY DENISON (1805-1896)
GEORGE TAYLOR DENISON (1839- )
DENIZEN (derived through the Fr. from Lat. de intus, " from within," i.e. as opposed to " foreign ")
DENIZLI (anc. Laodicea (q.v.)
1ST BARON THOMAS DENMAN (1779-1854)
DENMARK
DENMARK (Danmark)
DENNERY
DENNEWITZ
JOHN DENNIS (1657—1734)
DENOMINATION (Lat. denominare, to give a specific name to)
BARON DE DOMINIQUE VIVANT DENON (1747—1825)
DENOTATION (from Lat. denotare, to mark out, specify)
PETER DENS (1690-1775)
DENSATION OF GASES
DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)
MANIUS CURIUS DENTATUS
DENTIL (from Lat. dens, a tooth)
DENTISTRY (from Lat. dens, a tooth)
DENTON
DENVER
DEODAND (Lat. Deo dandum, that which is to be given to God)
DEOGARH
DEOLS
DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)
DEPARTMENTAL RECORDS
CHAUNCEY MITCHELL DEPEW (1834– )
DEPILATORY (from Lat. depilare, to pull out the pilus or hair)
DEPORTATION
DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)
DEPOT (from the Fr. depot, Lat. depositum, laid down; the French accent marks are usually dispensed with in English)
DEPRESSOR ALAE NASI ZYGOMATICUS
DEPRESSOR ANGULI OBIS DEPRESSOR LABII
AGOSTINO DEPRETIS (1813-1887)
DEPTFORD
DEPTH
DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)
DERA GHAZI KHAN
DERA ISMAIL KHAN
DERBENT, or DERBEND
DERBY
EARLS OF DERBY
DERBYSHIRE
DEREHAM (properly EAST DEREHAM)
DERELICT (from Lat. derelinquere, to forsake)
JOSEPH DERENBOURG (1811-1895)
LOUGH DERG
WILLIAM DERHAM (1657—1735)
DERMA
DERMOT MAC MURROUGH (d. 1171)
DERNA (anc. Darnis-Zarine)
PAUL DEROULEDE (1846— )
DERRICK
DERVISH
DERWENT (Celtic Dwr-gent, clear water)
DERWENTWATER
EARL OF DERWENTWATER
DES
BARON FRANCOIS DE BEAUMONT DES ADRETS (C. 1512-1587)
SIEUR JACQUES VALLEE DES BARREAUX (1602—1673)
ALFRED LOUIS OLIVIER LEGRAND DES CLOIZEAUX (1817–1897)
EMMANUEL ADOLPHE DES ESSARTS (1839– )
DES MOINES
BONAVENTURE DES PRIERS (c. 1500 — 1544)
LOUIS CHARLES ANTOINE DESAIX DE VEYGOUX (1768-1800)
PIERRE JOSEPH DESAULT (1744-1795)
JOHN DESBOROUGH (16o8-168o)
RENE DESCARTES (1596-1650)
EUSTACHE DESCHAMPS
SMILE DESCHAMPS (1791-1871)
PAUL EUGENE LOUIS DESCHANEL (1856– )
DESCLOIZITE
DESCRIPTIVE POETRY
DESERT
DESERTION
RENE LOUICHE DESFONTAINES (1750-1833)
PIERRE JEAN BAPTISTE CHOUDARD DESFORGES (1746-(18o6)
MAGDELEINE MARIE [LouISE] DESGARCINS (1769–1797)
GERARD PAUL DESHAYES (1795–1875)
ANTOINETTE DU LIGIER DE LA GARDE DESHOULIERES (1638–1694)
DESICCATION (from the Lat. desiccare, to dry up)
DESIDERIO DA SETTIGNANO (1428–1464)
DESIDERIUS
DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)
DESIRE
DESK (from Lat. discus, quoit, in med. sense of " table," cf. " dish " and Ger. Tisch, table, from same source)
JACQUES AMAND DESLONOCHAMPS
PIERRE DESMAISEAUX (1673–1745); French writer, was born at Saillat, probably in 1673. His father, a minister of the reformed church, had to leave France on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Geneva, where Pierre was educated. Bayle
NICOLAS DESMAREST (1725-1815)
DESMARETS (or DESMARETZ), JEAN, SIEUR DE SAINTSORLIN (1595-1676)
SIEUR DE MAILLEBOIS NICOLAS DESMARETS (1648-1721)
DESMOND (Des-Mumha)
15TH EARL OF GERALD FITZGERALD DESMOND (d. 1583)7
DESMOSCOLECIDA
LUCIE SIMPLICE CAMILLE BENOIST DESMOULINS (1760-1794)
JULES PIERRE FRANCOIS STANISLAS DESNOYERS (1800-1887)
PIERRE JEAN EDOUARD DESOR (1811-1882)
EDWARD MARCUS DESPARD (1751-1803)
HUGH LE DESPENSER (1262-1326)
HUGH LE DESPENSER (d. 1265)
PHILIPPE DESPORTES (1546-1606)
DESPOT (Gr. Sc-va6rgs, lord or master; the origin of the first part of the Gr. word is unknown, the second part is cognate with rbvcs, husband, Lat. potens, powerful)
SUZANNE DESPRLS (1875– )
ANTOINE FRANCOIS DESRUES (1744 – 1777)
COUNT JOSEPH MARIE DESSAIA (1764-1834)
DESSAU
COUNT AUREL DESSEWFFY (18o8 - 1842)
LUDWIG DESSOIR (1810-1874)
PHILIPPE DESTOUCHES (168o-1754)
DESTRUCTORS
JEAN BAPTISTE DETAILLE
DETAILS OF MODERN
DETERMINANT
DETERMINISM (Lat. determinare, to prescribe or limit)
DETINUE (O. Fr. detenue, from detente, to hold back)
DETROIT
DETTINGEN
DEUCALION
DEUCE (a corruption of the Fr. deux, two)
DEUS
JOAO DE DEUS (1830-1896)
DEUTERONOMY
IMMANUEL OSCAR MENAHEM DEUTSCH (1829-1873)
DEUTSCHKRONE
DEUTZ (anc. Divitio)
DEVA (Sanskrit " heavenly ")
DEVA (mod. Chester)
DEVADATTA
DEVAPRAYAO (DEOPRAYAG)
DEVELOPED
CHARLES DEVENS (1820-1891)
DEVENTER
DEVICE
DEVIL (Gr. &a,3oXos, " slanderer," from &ctflisXX sty, to slander)
DEVIZES
WAR OF DEVOLUTION (1667-68)
EARLS OF DEVON
DEVONIAN SYSTEM
DEVONPORT
EAST DEVONPORT
DEVONSHIRE (DEvoN)
EARLS AND DUKES OF DEVONSHIRE
DEVRIENT
DEW
DEWAN
SIR JAMES DEWAR (1842- )
DEWAS
DEWBERRY
DAVIS RICH DEWEY (1858- )
GEORGE DEWEY (1837- )
MELVIL DEWEY (1851- )
THOMAS WILMER DEWING (1851- )
DEWLAP
DEWSBURY
PUBLIUS HERENNIUS DEXIPPUS (c. A.D. 210-273)
HENRY MARTYN DEXTER (1821—1890)
TIMOTHY DEXTER (1747—1806)
DEXTRINE (BRITISH Gum, STARCH Gum, LEIOCOME), (C6H10O5)e, a substance produced from starch by the action of dilute acids, or by roasting it at a temperature between 170 and 240° C. It is manufactured by spraying starch with 2% nitric acid, drying in air,
DEY (an adaptation of the Turk. dai, a maternal uncle)
DHAMMAPALA
BARON FRANCIS DHANIS (1861-1909)
DHAR
DHARAMPUR
DHARMSALA
DHARWAR
DHOLPUR
DHOW
DHRANGADRA
DHULEEP SINGH (1837-1893)
DHULIA
DIABASE
DIABETES (from Gr. &a, through, and faivecv, to pass)
DIABOLO
DIACONICON
DIADOCHI (Gr. &aUxeo-Oat, to receive from another)
DIAGONAL (Gr. &a, through, ywvia, a corner)
DIAGORAS
DIAGRAM
DIAGRAM 2
DIAGRAM I
DIAGRAM OF
DIAGRAM OP RESERVOIR CAPACITY AND YIELD RELATION TO PLOW
DIAGRAMS IN
DIAL
DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)
DIALECTIC, or DIALECTICS
DIALLAGE
DIALOGUE
DIALYSIS (from the Gr. &0., through, Anew, to loosen)
DIAMAGNETISM
FRA DIAMANTE
JUAN BAUTISTA DIAMANTE (164o ?-1684 ?)
DIAMANTINA (formerly called Tejuco)
DIAMANTINO
DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)
DIAMETERS AND AXES OF
DIAMOND
DIAMOND CUTTING
THE AFFAIR OF THE DIAMOND NECKLACE
DIANA
DIANA MONKEY
DIANE DE FRANCE (1538-1619)
DIANE DE POITIERS (1499-1566)
DIAPASON (Gr. &a raccov, through all)
DIAPER (derived through the Fr. from the Gr. &&, through, and a rirpos, white; the derivation from the town of Ypres, " d'Ypres," in Belgium is unhistorical, as diapers were known for centuries before its existence)
DIAPHORETICS (from Gr. Scatbopeiv, to carry through)
DIAPHRAGM (Gr. Scat/pay,aa, a partition)
DIARBEKRI (Kara Amid or Black Amid; the Roman Amida)
DIARRHOEA (from Gr. &Q, through, pfw, flow)
DIARY
DIASPORE
DIASTYLE (from Gr. &a, through, and ariAos, column)
DIATOMACEAE
DIAULOS (from Gr. &-, double, and ai,X6s, pipe)
FRA DIAVOLO (1771-1806)
BARTHOLOMEU DIAZ DE NOVAES (fl. 1481-1500)
NARCISSE VIRGILIO DIAZ (18(38-1876)
PORFIRIO DIAZ (183o– )
DIAZO COMPOUNDS
DIAZOMATA (Gr. 6t4coµa, a girdle)
CHARLES DIBDIN (1745—1814)
THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN (1776—1847)
THOMAS JOHN DIBDIN (1771–1841)
DIBRA (Slay. Debra)
DIBRUGARH
DICAEARCHUS
DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)
RALPH DE DICETO (d. c. 1202)
EDWARD DICEY (1832– )
DICHOTOMY (Gr. bLya, apart, TEµvew, to cut)
ROBERT DICK
THOMAS DICK (1774-1857)
CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM DICKENS (1812-187o)
ANNA ELIZABETH DICKINSON (1842– )
JOHN DICKINSON (1732–1808)
SIR ALEXANDER DICKSON (1777–1840)
SIR JAMES ROBERT DICKSON (1832–1901)
DICOTYLEDONS
DICTATOR (from the Lat. dictare, frequentative of dicere, to speak)
DICTIONARIES AND INDICES
DICTIONARY
DICTYOGENS (Gr. &Krvov, a net, and the termination -y& s, produced)
DICTYS CRETENSIS
DICUIL (fl. 825)
DIDACHE
THE DIDACHE
DIDACTIC POETRY
DENIS DIDEROT (1713-1784)
MARCUS DIDIUS SALVIUS JULIANUS
DIDO, or ELISSA
HENRI DIDON (1840-1900)
DIDOT
ADOLPHE NAPOLEON DIDRON (1806-1867)
DIDYMI, or DIDYMA (mod. Hieronta)
DIDYMIUM (from the Gr. &Segos, twin)
DIDYMUS (?3o9-?394)
DIDYMUS CHALCENTERUS (c. 63 R.C.—A.D. 10)
DIE
DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)
HANS KARL FRIEDRICH ANTON DIEBITSCH
DIEDENHOFEN (Fr. Thionville)
DIEKIRCH
DIELECTRIC
FREDERICK DIELMANN (1847– )
ANTHONY VAN DIEMEN (1593–1645)
ABRAHAM VAN DIEPENBECK (1599-1675)
DIEPPE
LEON DIERA (1838– )
CHRISTOPH ALBERT DIES (1755-1822)
FRIEDRICH ADOLF WILHELM DIESTERWEG (179o-1866)
DIET
DIETARY
DIETETICS
DIETRICH OF BERN
CHRISTIAN WILHELM ERNST DIETRICH (1712-1774)
DIEZ
FRIEDRICH CHRISTIAN DIEZ (1794–1876)
CALCULUS OF DIFFERENCES (Theory of Finite Differences)
DIFFERENTIAL
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION
DIFFLUGIA (L. Leclerc)
DIFFRACTION OF LIGHT
DIFFUSION (from the Lat. diffundere; dis-, asunder, and fundere, to pour out)
KENELM HENRY DIGBY (1800-188o)
SIR EVERARD DIGBY (1578-1606)
SIR KENELM DIGBY (1603-1665)
BASILIUS DIGENES ACRITAS
DIGEST
DIGESTIVE
DIGESTIVE ORGANS (PATHOLOGY)
WEST DIGGES (172o-1786)
DIGIT (Lat. digit us, finger)
DIGITALIS
DIGNE
DIGOIN
DIHEXAGONAL PYRAMIDAL
DIJON
DIKE, or DYKE (Old Eng. dic, a word which appears in various forms in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch dijk, German Teich, Danish dige, and in French, derived from Teutonic, digue; it is the same word as " ditch " and is ultimately connected with the ro
DIKETONES
DIKKA
DILAPIDATION (Lat. for " scattering the stones," lapides, of a building)
DILATATION (from Lat. dis-, distributive, and lotus, wide)
DILATORY (from Lat. dilatus, from differre, to put off or delay)
DILEMMA (Gr. &Xuµua, a double proposition, from bi- and aµ(36.vetv)
DILETTANTE
DILIGENCE
SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE
DILL (Anethum or Peucedanum graveolens)
JOHANN JAKOB DILLEN [DILLENIUS] (1684-1747)
JULIEN DILLENS (1849-1904)
DILLINGEN
CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH AUGUST DILLMANN (1823-1894)
ARTHUR RICHARD DILLON (172I-1807)
JOHN DILLON (1851– )
DILUVIUM (Lat. for " deluge," from diluere, to wash away)
DIME (from the Lat. decima, a tenth, through the O. Fr. disme)
DIMENSION (from Lat. dimensio, a measuring)
DIMITY
DINAJPUR
DINAN
DINANT
DINAPUR
DINARCHUS
DINARD
DINDIGUL
KARL WILHELM DINDORF (1802-1883)
DINEIR
FRANZ VON DINGELSTEDT (1814-1881)
DINGHY, or DINGEY (from the Hindu dengi a small boat, the diminutive of denga, a sloop or coasting vessel)
DINGLE
DINGO
DINGWALL
DINKA (called by the Arabs Jange)
DINKELSBUHL
DINNER
DINOCRATES
DINOFLAGELLATA
DINOTHERIUM
ROBERT DINWIDDIE (1693-1770)
DIO CHRYSOSTOM (c. A.D. 40-115)
DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")
DIOCLETIAN (GAIUs AURELIUS VALERIUS DIOCLETIANUS) (A.D. 245–313)
EDICT OF DIOCLETIAN (De Pretiis rerum venalium)
GIOVANNI DIODATI (1576-1649)
DIODORUS CRONUS (4th century B.C.)
DIODORUS SICULUS
DIODOTUS
DIOGENES
DIOGENES APOLLONIATES (c. 46o B.C.)
DIOGENES LAERTIUS (or LAERTIUS DIOGENES)
DIOGENIANUS
EPISTLE TO DIOGNETUS
DIOMEDES
DION
DIONE