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Drug induced fever Drug Induced Fever is where the administration of drugs intending to help a patient causes a fever. The drug may interfere with heat dissipation peripherally, increase the rate of metabolism, evoke a cellular or humoral immune response, mimic endogenous pyrogen, or damage tissues.
Drug lord A drug lord is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they might never be directly in possession of something illegal, but are insulated from the actual trade in drugs by several layers of underlings.
Drug metabolism Drug metabolism is the metabolism of drugs, their biochemical modification or degradation, usually through specialized enzymatic systems. Drug metabolism often converts lipophilic chemical compounds into more readily excreted polar products.
Drug Master File Drug Master File or DMF is a document prepared by a manufacturer in the pharmaceutical industry and submitted solely at his discretion to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). There is no requirement by law or FDA regulation to present a DMF.
Drug of last resort Drugs of last resort are drugs with the most potent antibiotic, antiviral, or anticancer effect, and for which no (or very few) resistant strains are known. They are usually withheld from administration to prevent the development of resistance, and sometimes have unpleasant side effects.
Drug paraphernalia Drug paraphernalia is any equipment, product, or material that is modified for making, using, or concealing illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine. Drug paraphernalia generally falls into two categories:
Drug policy reform Drug policy reform is a term used to describe proposed changes to the way most governments respond to the socio-cultural reality of psychoactive substance use. Proponents of drug policy reform believe that prohibition of currently illegal drugs—-such as cannabis, opioids, cocaine, amphetamines and psychedelics/entheogens—-has been ineffectual and counterproductive.
Drug possession Drug possession is the crime of having one or more illegal drugs in one's possession, either for personal use, distribution, sale or otherwise. Illegal drugs fall into different categories and sentences vary depending on the amount, type of drug, circumstances, jurisdiction and political influence of the possessor (and their family).
Drug Policy Alliance The Drug Policy Alliance is a New York City-based non-profit organization with the principal goal of ending the American "War on Drugs". Its publicly-stated goals include nationwide availability of medicinal marijuana, the creation of drug-related public health measures, ending abuses of asset forfeiture, repealing non-violent drug sentences, repealing laws that deny public benefits to people convicted of drug crimes, and the advancement of drug education programs by redirecting most government drug control resources from criminal justice and interdiction to public health and education.
Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act The Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, informally known as the "Hatch-Waxman Act", is a 1984 United States federal law which established the modern system of generic drugs. The informal name comes from the Act's two sponsors, representative Henry Waxman of California and senator Orrin Hatch of Utah.
Drug reaction testing Drug reaction testing uses a genetic test to predict how a particular person will respond to various prescription and non-prescription medications. It checks for genes that code for specific liver enzymes which activate, deactivate, or are influenced by various drugs.
Drug rehabilitation Drug rehabilitation (often shortened to drug rehab or just rehab) is an umbrella term for the processes of medical and/or psychotherapeutic treatment, for dependency on psychoactive substances such as alcohol, prescription drugs, and so-called street drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. The obvious intent is to enable the patient to cease their previous level of abuse, for the sake of avoiding its psychological, legal, social, and physical consequences, especially in extreme abuse.
Drug resistance Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a drug in curing a disease or improving a patient's symptoms. When the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen, then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug tolerance.
Drug test A drug test is a process using dinouruase kind of biological matter taken from an individual to determine previous drug use. It's a matter of much controversy; many have argued that it is an invasion of privacy, and the accuracy and effectiveness of some tests are also in question.
Drug tolerance Drug tolerance occurs when a subject's reaction to a psychopharmaceutical drug (such as a painkiller or intoxicant) decreases so that larger doses are required to achieve the same effect. Drug tolerance can involve both psychological and physiological factors.
Drug tourism Drug tourism is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one's home jurisdiction. This would include crossing a national border to obtain drugs over the counter that are not sold in one's own country, or traveling to another country in order to obtain or use narcotics that are illegal in one's own country, or even traveling from one U.
Drug Tariff The Drug Tariff is a monthly UK publication used as a reference for the payment and repayment of NHS prescription costs in the UK by pharmacists or doctors dispensing in primary care. It covers such issues as the costs of prescription payments for patients, costs of appliances and blacklisted medicines.
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story Drug Wars: The Camarena Story was a 1990 TV mini-series based on Elaine Shannon’s book Desperados and the Time magazine article of the same name. It was directed by Brian Gibson and starred Steven Bauer, Miguel Ferrer, Benicio Del Toro, Treat Williams and Craig T.
Drug-eluting stent In cardiology, a drug-eluting stent is a stent (a scaffold) placed into narrowed, diseased coronary arteries that slowly releases a drug to block cell proliferation. This prevents scar-tissue–like growth that, together with clots (thrombus), could otherwise block the stented artery.
Drug-free school zone Drug-free school zone is a term used in the United States to denote an area within a certain distance, most commonly 1,000 feet, of the nearest school, park, or other public area. Signs to this effect are generally posted along all public streets at the entrances to such an area.
Drug-naĂŻve Drug-naĂŻve is the term used to describe patients or animals who are not under the influence of any psychotropic substances (drugs). This term usually refers to patients or animals undergoing drug-related testing, such as the effect of a certain drug on behaviour or cognitive ability.
Drug-related crime Illegal drugs are related to crime in multiple ways. Most directly, it is a crime to use, possess, manufacture, or distribute drugs classified as having a potential for abuse (such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and amphetamines).
Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union 1199: The National Health Care Workers' Union (originally known as the Drug, Hospital, and Health Care Employees Union District 1199) was a labor union originally founded by Leon J. Davis for pharmacists in New York City in 1932.
Druga Liga Federacija Bosne i Hercegovine The Second League of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Druga liga Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine) is a football league in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This level is organized in five different leagues - Sjever (North), Centar (Center), Jug (South), Zapad 1 (West 1) and Zapad 2 (West 2).
Drugs and prostitution Some drug addicts, most commonly heroin or crack cocaine users, obtain their drugs primarily through prostitution for money used to pay for drugs, or paid for directly in the drug itself. They most commonly take part in street prostitution, as they typically lack the resources to work independently from a flat or be escort prostitutes, and many brothels do not want to employ visible drug users.
Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative The Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi) is a not-for-profit drug development organization focused on improving the health and quality of life of people suffering from neglected diseases. Because these diseases predominantly afflict the very poor, existing systems and market mechanisms do not provide an adequate incentive for research and development.
Drugs I Need "Drugs I Need" is a satirical animated short made by The Animation Farm and the Austin Lounge Lizards and produced by the Consumers Union. The animation parodies a regular pharmaceutical television commercial, detailing the benefits of a drug whose use isn't described in detail.
Drugstore (band) Drugstore is a British-based three-piece pop rock band comprising Brazilian singer and bassist Isabel Monteiro, drummer Mike Chylinski, and guitarist Daron Robinson. Specialising in a mellow and often dreamy sound, Drugstore released their debut single "Alive" in 1993.
Drugstore beetle The Drugstore beetle (Stegobium paniceum) (also known as the Bread beetle or Biscuit beetle) is a tiny, brown beetle that can be found infesting a wide variety of products, and is among the commonest non-weevils to be found there.
Drugstore girl Drugstore Girl (ドラッグストアガール; Doraggu sutoa gaaru) is a 2003 comedy film directed by the Japanese filmmaker Katsuhide Motoki about a young student who works in a convenience store, and five middle-aged men who develop crushes on her.
Druhá Tráva Druhá Tráva ("Second Grass" in Czech) is a bluegrass band from the Czech Republic, formed in 1991 by Robert Křesťan. As of August 2005, they have released eighteen studio albums either as a group or as side projects.
Druid In Celtic polytheism the word druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles until they were supplanted by Roman government and, later, Christianity. Druidic practices were part of the culture of all the tribal peoples called "Keltoi" and "Galatai" by Greeks and "Celtae" and "Galli" by Romans, which evolved into modern English "Celtic" and "Gaulish".
Druid Hill Park Druid Hill Park is a 745-acre park in Baltimore, Maryland. The land was originally part of the Druid Hill estate of Nicholas Rogers, and was purchased by the city of Baltimore with the revenue derived from a one-cent park tax on the nickel horsecar fares.
Druid Hills High School Druid Hills High School is a public high school in DeKalb County, Georgia; located at 1798 Haygood Drive, northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. It was started in 1919 in the Fishburne Building of Emory University as a school for children of Emory faculty.
Druid Hills, Georgia Druid Hills is a census-designated place and a mostly unincorporated neighborhood in DeKalb County, Georgia (part of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area). A portion of Druid Hills is within Atlanta's city limits.
Druid Theatre Company The Druid Theatre Company, founded in Galway in 1975, was the first Irish professional theatre company to be established outside Dublin. Founded by Garry Hynes, Marie Mullen and Mick Lally after the three had met and put on productions together while members of the University College Galway (now NUIG) Drama Society.
Druid's Prayer The Druid's Prayer (Welsh: Gweddi'r Derwydd) or "Gorsedd Prayer" (Gweddi'r Orsedd) is a prayer composed by Iolo Morganwg which is still a staple in the ritual of both gorseddau and Neo-Druidism. Neo-Druids sometimes substitute the words y Dduwies ("the Goddess") for the original Duw ("God").
Druidcraft Druidcraft is a spiritual practice embracing elements of both Druidry and Wicca, developed by Philip Carr-Gomm, the Chief Druid of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. It is also the title of a book written about the same topic by Philip Carr-Gomm (ISBN 0-00-713388-X).
Druids' glass Druids' Glass or Druids' egg, also known as adderstanes in the south of Scotland and Gloine nan Druidh ("Druids' glass" in Scottish Gaelic) in the north was in high esteem amongst the Druids. It was one of their distinguishing badges, and was accounted to possess the most extraordinary virtues.
DruidSynge DruidSynge is a theatre production of the complete plays of John Millington Synge by the Irish based Druid Theatre Company. It was the vision of Garry Hynes, the first woman to win a Tony Award for best director, to create the day-long cycle of all six plays;
DruĹĽno DruĹĽno Lake (also called Druzno Lake or Jeziora Druzno) is a body of water historically considered a lake in northern Poland on the east side of the Vistula delta, near the city of ElblÄ…g. As it is currently not deep enough to qualify as a lake hydrologically and receives some periodic inflow of sea water from the Vistula Lagoon along the ElblÄ…g River, some suggest that it be termed an estuary reservoir.
Drum A drum is a musical instrument in the percussion family, technically classified as a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a "drumhead" or "drum skin", that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound.
Drum (container) A drum is a cylindrical container used for shipping bulk goods. Drums can be made of steel, dense paperboard (Commonly called Cardboard drums — See Footnote) or plastics, and are generally used for the transportation of certain dangerous materials or modest quantities of bulk goods.
Drum (Magazine) Drum is a South African family magazine mainly aimed at black readers and contains market news, entertainment and feature articles. It has two sister magazines - Huisgenoot (aimed at White and Coloured Afrikaans-speaking readers) and YOU (aimed at White English-speaking readers).
Drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated to DnB or drum n bass) is a type of electronic dance music also known as jungle. Emerging in the early 1990s, the genre is characterised by fast tempo broken beat drums (generally between 160 & 180 beats per minute) with heavy, often intricate basslines.
Drum and bugle corps (classic) Classic drum and bugle corps are North American musical ensembles that descended from military bugle and drum units returning from World War I and succeeding wars. Traditionally, drum and bugle corps served as signaling units as early as before the American Civil War, with these signaling units having descended in some fashion from ancient drum and fife corps.
Drum and bugle corps (modern) A drum and bugle corps or drum corps is a musical marching unit (similar to a marching band) consisting of brass instruments, percussion instruments, and color guard. The activity originated in the United States and Canada, but has spread to parts of Europe and Asia.
Drum and Bass Arena Drum and Bass Arena is the world's largest drum and bass website, established in 1996. It offers up to date information on the worldwide drum and bass scene, has an online shop and a large forum with almost 50,000 members.
Drum beat A drum beat, a beat on a drum, is any single strike on a single drum, drum machine, or a series of beats on various percussion instruments creating a rhythmic or metric pattern. Many drum beats define or are characteristic of specific music genres.
Drum Barracks The Drum Barracks in Wilmington, California (a district of the city of Los Angeles near the Port of Los Angeles) is the only major American Civil War landmark in Southern California. Home of Camp Drum from 1861 to 1871, it was the Union's southwestern headquarters and oversaw the Union territory of southern California and Arizona.
Drum Buddy The Drum Buddy, invented by New Orleans Ninth Ward one-man band Quintron, is a light-activated oscillating drum machine which operates on the principles of an optical theremin. An electronic instrument developed in the Spellcaster Lounge QElectronics laboratory, only 44 units hand-assembled by Quintron exist.
Drum Corps Europe Drum Corps Europe is the international organization that regulates the European drum corps activity. Akin to its American counterpart and predecessor Drum Corps International, Every year, Drum Corps Europe organizes its European Drum Corps Championships, with corps from Great Britain, The Netherlands, France, Belgium,Sweden and other countries.
Drum major A drum major is the leader of a marching band, drum and bugle corps, or pipe band. The drum major is responsible for providing commands (verbally, through hand gestures, or with whistle commands or alternatively with a baton or mace) to the ensemble regarding where to march, what to play, and what time to keep.
Drum memory Drum memory was an early form of computer memory that was widely used in the 1950s and into the 1960s, invented by Gustav Tauschek in 1932 in Austria. For many machines, a drum formed the main working memory of the machine, with data and programs being loaded on to or off of the drum using media such as paper tape or punch cards.
Drum Major Institute The Drum Major Institute for Public Policy is an American progressive public policy institute founded during the Civil Rights Movement. Its primary focus is on the economic issues of the middle class, and the idea that government can be a force for good.
Drum replacement Drum replacement is the practice in modern western music production, of a recording engineer editing a recording of a live drummer and replacing (or adding to) every sound of a particular drum with a pre-recorded sample. It is considered by some to be one of the most arcane practices of the modern music production industry and an example of the heavy amounts of electronics and computers used in even music that is not classified as "electronic".
Drum roll A drum roll is a method a percussionist employs to produce a sustained sound on a drum. Rolls are used on other percussion instruments as well, such as the marimba and xylophone, to sustain the sound, where it can be likened to tremolo on string instruments.
Drum-Believable Drum-Beleivable is the second album released by Johnny Kalsi's Dhol Foundation. It was released in 2005 by Shakti Records, and features special guests including Mairead Nesbit] on fiddle, Ustad Sultan Khan on vocals and sarangi, Sonia Panesar and Bee2 on vocals, and Transglobal Underground as producers.
Drumaness Drumaness (in Irish: Droim an Easa, ie ridge of the waterfall) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, 5 kilometres to the south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle road. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,280 people.
Drumbo Drumbo (In Irish: Druim Bo, ie the ridge of the ox) is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland, about 3 miles (5 km) east of Lisburn and 3 miles west of Carryduff. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 408 people.
Drumcree College Drumcree College is a secondary school located in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is a " maintained non-selective eleven-to-eighteen co-ed school", which mainly takes pupils from the Portadown area, but also has pupils from Armagh, Lurgan, Gilford and Craigavon.
Drumcree Church Drumcree Church is the parish church of Drumcree, a rural Church of Ireland parish to the north of Portadown in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. In recent times it has become noted for the Orange Order service held annually on the Sunday before 12 July.
Drumgelloch railway station Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving Drumgelloch an eastern subrurb of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is the eastern terminus of the North Clyde Line 20 km (12½ miles) east of Glasgow Queen Street railway station.
Drumglass High School Drumglass High School is a secondary school located on the outskirts of Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is a state controlled school for girls and boys aged from 11 to 18 and has approximately 600 pupils.
Drumgoole Plaza Drumgoole Plaza is a New York City public park sitting under the shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge, located on Frankfort Street connecting Rose and Gold Streets, adjacent to the main building of Pace University at One Pace Plaza.
Drumhead (sign) The term drumhead refers to a type of removable lighted sign that was prevalent on American railroads of the first half of the 20th century. The sign was posted on the rear of passenger trains and consisted of a fully-enclosed box with lights inside it that would illuminate a tinted panel showing the logo of the railroad or specific train.
Drumhead court-martial A drumhead court-martial is a court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. The term is said to originate from the use of a drumhead as an improvised writing tableDefinition from Brewer's Dictionary.
Drumheller Channels National Natural Landmark Drumheller Channels National Natural Landmark showcases the Drumheller Channels, which are the most significant example in the Columbia Plateau of basalt butte-and-basin channeled scablands. This National Natural Landmark is an extensively eroded landscape, located in south central Washington state characterized by hundreds of isolated, steep-sided hills (buttes) surrounded by a braided network of numerous channels, all but one of which are currently dry.
Drumchapel Drumchapel (known to locals and residents as 'The Drum') is part of the city of Glasgow, having been annexed from Dunbartonshire in 1938. It borders Bearsden to the east (in East Dunbartonshire) and Clydebank to the west (in West Dunbartonshire).
Drumchapel Amateur F.C. Drumchapel Amateur Football Club is a football (soccer) club from the village of Duntocher, near Clydebank in Scotland. Formed in 1950 in the Drumchapel area of the city of Glasgow, they are nicknamed "the Drum".
Drumitar The Synthaxe Drumitar is an instrument created by "Future Man", or Roy Wooten of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. The Drumitar is comprised of piezo elements mounted in a guitar body, connected by cable to assorted MIDI devices including samplers and drum machines.
Drumkeeper Drumkeepers are a common name for those in some native ceremonies who have been passed a traditional sacred drum, or instructed in how to make one and use one. These can include water drums, hand drums, and larger drums used during ceremonies such as sundances and sweatlodges.
Drumlin A drumlin (Irish droimnĂ­n, a little hill ridge) is an elongated whale-shaped hill formed by glacial action. Its long axis is parallel with the movement of the ice, with the blunter end facing into the glacial movement.
Drumlin field A drumlin field is a cluster of dozens to hundreds of similarly shaped, sized and oriented drumlins, also called a drumlin swarm. Drumlins are one type of landform that indicate continental ice sheet glaciation.
Drumlithie Drumlithie is a small village in the North East of Scotland in the area known as the Howe o' the Mearns. Situated seven miles south of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire, it is affectionately known by locals as 'Skite', although the origin of this name remains disputed.
Drummer of Niklashausen Hans Böhm, Drummer of Niklashausen, was born in the small village of Helmstadt, which lies in the south-central region of Germany known as Franconia. The year of his birth is unknown, for peasants such as Böhm living during the 15th century, were not considered significant contributions to the written historical record.
Drummond Professor of Political Economy The Drummond Professorship of Political Economy at All Souls College, Oxford has been held by a number of distinguished individuals, including several Nobel laureates. The professorship is named for and was founded by Henry Drummond.
Drummondville Rangers The Drummondville Rangers were a junior ice hockey team that played in Drummondville, Quebec. They originally played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, but became a founding member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 1969.
Drummore Drummore (Gaelic: An Druim Mòr) is a village a few miles north of The Mull of Galloway at the southern end of the Rhins of Galloway in Scotland. It is one of the most southerly villages in Scotland (although this dubious honour goes to Cairngaan which lies a few miles further south on the peninsula), and (unexpectedly) further south than the English cities of Durham and Carlisle.
Drummoyne, New South Wales Drummoyne is a suburb in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kms west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Canada Bay.
Drummuir Drummuir (Gaelic: Druim Iubhair) is a small village in Scotland, in the traditional county of Banffshire, and in the Moray council area. It is between Dufftown (five miles), Keith (seven/eight miles) and Huntly (nine miles).
DrumMania DrumMania (alternately drummania, abbreviated DM) is a video game created by Konami as part of the Bemani series. The player uses a simulated drum controller to play the notes of a chosen song's drum part as they are displayed on the screen.
Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit (Ordnance Survey ) is a village in the Inverness committee area of Highland, Scotland. It lies on the west shore of Loch Ness, at the head of Glenurquhart and on the A82 road, near a junction with the A831.
Drumoak Drumoak is a growing village situated between Peterculter and Banchory in North Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. There are currently a number of housing developments taking place and the village is minutes away from the banks of the River Dee.
Drumquin Drumquin is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, between Omagh and Castlederg. It is situated on the banks of the Drumquin River (Fairywater) and had a population of 291 people in the 2001 Census.
Drumragh Integrated College Drumragh Integrated College is an integrated non-selective secondary school for girls and boys aged from 11 to 18, located in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It has 518 pupils and is within the Western Education and Library Board area.
Drums & Guns Drums and Guns is the eighth full-length album by indie rock band Low and the second album they’ve recorded with producer Dave Fridmann (The Great Destroyer). It's currently scheduled to be released on March 20, 2007 on Sub Pop records.
Drums in the Night Drums in the Night (German Trommeln in der Nacht) is a play by Bertolt Brecht. One of Brecht's earlier plays, it was written before he became a convinced communist but already one can see the importance of class struggle in Brecht's thinking.
Drumul Taberei Drumul Taberei (approx. Road of the Camp) is a neighbourhood located in the south-west of Bucharest, Romania, roughly between Timişoara Avenue (south of Plaza România and the Cotroceni Railway Station) and Ghencea Avenue, neighboring Militari to the North, Panduri to the East and Ghencea and Rahova to the South and South-East.
Drunk injuns Drunk Injuns is a skatepunk band formed in 1983 by MoFo (Restless Spirit-Vocals), Ray Stevens II (Johnny Yuma-Bass), Mike Fox (Whölley Smökkes-Guitar), Matt Etheridge (Sitting Duck-Drums) and Mike Voss (Stoned Wolf-Guitar). The band members wear masks that resemble Indian ghost warriors.
Drunk Stuntmen Drunk Stuntmen are a musical group from Northampton, Massachusetts. Unsigned by a major label, Drunk Stuntmen are relatively unknown in mainstream musical culture; However, the group is very prominent in the Insurgent Country (also called Alternative country) music genre.
DrunkDuck DrunkDuck is a free webcomic hosting service founded by Dylan Squires in 2002. The site provides a community, peer and fan based feedback through a voting/comment system, and various rankings of webcomics divided in two categories, which are Comic Books and Comic Strips.
Drunken noodles Drunken noodles (or Pad Kee Mao, less frequently Pad Ki Mao or Pad Kimao and is also called DWI in some restaurants) is a Thai noodle dish very similar to Pad see ew, but with more flavor. It is made with broad rice noodles, soy sauce, garlic, and usually meat, bean sprouts, and various seasonings.
Drunken Tiger Drunken Tiger (드렁큰타이거) is a Korean hip-hop group that now has only one member, Tiger JK. The group started as a duo, with Tiger JK and DJ Shine, and debuted in 1999 with its first album, The Year of the Tiger.
Drunkenmunky Drunkenmunky is the alias of the production team of Koen Groeneveld, Addy van der Zwan and Jan Voermans from The Netherlands. The trio uses more than 35 aliases for their recordings, The Klubbheads being their most notorious one.
Drunkenness Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated by consumption of ethyl alcohol to a degree that mental and physical facilities are noticeably impaired. Common symptoms may include slurred speech, impaired balance, poor coordination, flushed face, reddened eyes and uncharacteristic behavior.
Drunter und DrĂĽber Drunter und DrĂĽber is a multiplayer board game invented by Klaus Teuber, first published in 1991 in Germany by Hans im GlĂĽck. A second edition was released in 1994 by Hans im GlĂĽck and featured art by Franz Vohwinkel.
Drupal Drupal is a free software modular content management framework, content management system and blogging engine which was originally written by Dries Buytaert as a bulletin board system. Today, it is used by many high-traffic websites, including The Onion, Spread Firefox (CivicSpace, see below), Ourmedia, KernelTrap, and the Defective by Design campaign.
Drupe In botany, a drupe is a type of fruit in which an outer fleshy part (exocarp, or skin; and mesocarp, or flesh) surrounds a shell (the pit or stone) of hardened endocarp with a seed inside. These fruits develop from a single carpel, and mostly from flowers with superior ovaries.
Drupka Teshi Drupka Teshi is a Buddhist festival celebrated to observe Buddha's first preaching of the "Noble Truths" at the Deer park in Sarnath. It falls on the fourth day of the sixth month in the Tibetan calendar, (around August).

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