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Dwarf tarantula Dwarf tarantulas, also known as sheet funnel-web spiders are a type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae. Dwarf tarantuls are one of several families of the sub-order Mygalomorphae; this larger group also includes the true tarantulas.
Dwarf tossing Dwarf-tossing, which probably originated in either the United States or Australia, is a bar attraction (some consider it a sport; some consider it barbaric) where dwarfs wearing special padded clothing are thrown onto mattresses by patrons who compete to throw the dwarf the farthest. The term "dwarf throwing" is sometimes used.
Dwarf Trout Lily The Dwarf Trout Lily, Erythronium propullans, is a rare plant present only in the Cannon River watershed in Rice County, Minnesota and Goodhue County, Minnesota. The plants are believed to be a mutation or sport of the White Trout Lily.
Dwarf wedgemussel The Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) is an endangered species of freshwater mussel. It is a rare species confined to rivers and waterways along the Atlantic coast of North America, from North Carolina to New Brunswick.
Dwarfing In horticulture dwarfing is considered a desirable characteristic in modern orchards, where genetic dwarfs may be selected and propagated, or more often, scions are grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks. Almost all modern apples in commercial use are propagated as dwarf or semi-dwarf trees for ease of picking and spraying, and higher productivity per unit of land.
Dwarka Dwarka is a city and a municipality in Jamnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. Dwarka (Dvaraka in Sanskrit - this name shall be used in this article when referring to the city in a historical context) is rated as one of the seven most ancient cities in the country.
Dwarkanath Ganguly Dwarkanath Ganguly (also spelt as Dwarka Nath Gangopadhyay) (20 April 1844 - 27 June 1898) was a Brahmo reformer in Bengal of British India. He contributed substantially towards the enlightenment of society and the emancipation of women.
Dwarkanath Tagore Dwarkanath Tagore (Bangla: দ্বারকানাথ ঠাকŕ§ŕ¦°, Darokanath Ţhakur) (1794-1846), one of the earliest entrepreneurs from India, has been remembered for an altogether different reason: that of being the founder of the great Tagore family, which included Rabindranath Tagore, and for making substantial contributions to the Bengal Renaissance.
Dwarves (Warcraft) Dwarves are one of the races in the Warcraft Universe — a fictional universe devised by Blizzard Entertainment, where a number of games and books are set. As a species, the majority of them live in Ironforge, in Khaz Modan.
Dwayne Andreas Dwayne Orville Andreas (b. 4 March 1918, Worthington, Minnesota), is one of the most prominent political campaign donors in the United States, having contributed millions of dollars to Democratic and Republican candidates alike.
Dwayne Bravo Dwayne James John Bravo (born 7 October, 1983 in Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. A genuine all-rounder, Bravo is expected to play a significant role in attempts by the West Indies to return to international prominence in the sport.
Dwayne Carey-Hill Dwayne Carey-Hill is an American animation director, currently working on the Comedy Central series Drawn Together. Prior to Drawn Together, he worked on Futurama, directing the episode "Obsoletely Fabulous".
Dwayne Goettel Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1 1964 - August 23 1995) was a member of the industrial band Skinny Puppy. He played keyboards for an early incarnation of the Canadian gothic/synthpop band Psyche, as well as a band called Water, who opened for Skinny Puppy in 1985.
Dwayne Jones Dwayne Jones (born June 9 1983, in Morgantown, West Virginia) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers. On January 26, 2006, Jones was traded from the Minnesota Timberwolves to the Boston Celtics in a trade also involving higher profile players Ricky Davis and Wally Szczerbiak.
Dwayne Leverock Dwayne Mark ('Sluggo') Leverock (born July 14 1971 in Bermuda) is a Bermudian cricketer, who played with the Bermudian cricket team in their first ever One-Day International when they played Canada on 17 May 2006. Leverock claimed one of Canada's wickets as Bermuda won the game by three wickets under the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Dwayne Lowdermilk Dwayne Kenneth Lowdermilk (born January 9, 1958 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenseman who played two games in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals. He was originally drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft.
Dwayne McClain Dwayne Edward McClain (born February 7 1963 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round (27th overall) of the 1985 NBA Draft.
Dwayne Morton Dwayne Lamont Morton (born August 8 1971, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player. He played 41 games for the National Basketball Association's Golden State Warriors during the 1994-95 NBA season.
Dwayne Rudd Dwayne Rudd (born February 3, 1976) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. During his career he has played for the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Dwayne Schintzius Dwayne Kenneth Schintzius (born October 14 1968 in Brandon, Florida) is an American basketball player perhaps best known for his role as a Russian player in the 1996 Whoopi Goldberg comedy Eddie (film), and his spectacular mullet. Recently, Schintzius has alleged his former New Jersey Nets teammate Jayson Williams killed his own dog with a shotgun.
Dwayne Smith Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April, 1983, Storey Gap, St Michael, Barbados) is a West Indies cricketer who has played eight Tests and 35 one-day internationals. A hard hitter of the ball with a Test strike rate near 70, Smith made a run-a-ball 105 not out on Test debut against South Africa in 2003–04, but has failed to make a half-century since, with his second-highest Test score of 42 coming against the bottom-ranked Bangladesh.
Dwayne Wayans Dwayne Wayans (born August 22, 1956-August 3, 2000) was a writer and oldest brother of Keenen Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Marlon Wayans. Dwayne also did some background characters in sketches on the show In Living Color.
Dweebs An American television comedy programme running from September 22, 1995 to November 9, 1995 on CBS before it was cancelled. 10 or 11 episodes exist of which 7 aired on its original airing, the remaining 2 or 3 airing elsewhere at a later date.
Dwell (magazine) Dwell is an American magazine devoted to modern architecture and design. It was launched in September 2000 by mail-order heiress Lara Hedberg Deam with architecture and design critic Karrie Jacobs as its editor-in-chief.
Dwelling Dwelling - as well as being a term for a house, or for living somewhere, or for lingering somewhere - is a philosophical concept which was developed by Martin Heidegger. This approach to being-in-the-world, has, and is being, used in various branches of the social sciences to think about landscape, place and nature society relations.
Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (《富ćĄĺ±±ĺ±…圖卷》) is the magnum opus and one of the few surviving works by the Yuan Dynasty painter Huang Gongwang (1269 - 1354). Painted between 1348 and 1350, the Chinese landscape painting was burnt into two pieces during the reign of the Shunzhi Emperor (1644 - 1661) in Qing Dynasty.
Dwellingup fires of 1961 The Dwellingup fires (20 to 24 January and 24 February to early March, 1961) were a series of devastating bushfires that burned large areas of forest in the southwest of Western Australia. The towns of Dwellingup and Karridale were largely destroyed by the fires, as were a large number of already historic sawmills that fell into disuse around fifty years before the fires.
Dweomer (Deverry Cycle) Dweomer (pronounced "dway-oh-mer") is the fictional system of magic depicted in Katharine Kerr's novels of Deverry. This system is described by Kerr as being rooted primarily in nineteenth-century British Rosicrucianism.
Dwi- In chemistry, the prefix dwi- (Sanskrit: "two") was formerly used to name undiscovered chemical elements lying two periods under a known element in the periodic table. For example, rhenium was called dwi-manganese before its discovery in 1926.
Dwight (Amtrak station) The Dwight railroad depot was built in Dwight, Illinois by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1891 to a design by architect Henry Ives Cobb. Built in the Richardson Romanesque style of rusticated masonry, the structure is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dwight Bolinger Dwight Le Merton Bolinger (1907—1992) was an American linguist and Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures at Harvard University. He began his career as the first editor of the "Among the New Words" feature for American Speech.
Dwight Boyer Dwight Boyer (November 18, 1912 in Elyria, Ohio – October 15, 1978 in Willoughby, Ohio) was a reporter and marine historian of the Great Lakes. He wrote for the Toledo Blade in 1944-1954, and wrote for the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1954-1978.
Dwight Clark Dwight Edward Clark (born January 8, 1957 in Kinston, North Carolina) was a Pro Bowl wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers from 1979 to 1987. He played his college football at Clemson University before being drafted in the 10th round of the 1979 entry draft.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower on October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953-1961). During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944-45.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center The Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, a 300-bed hospital, is based at Fort Gordon, located near Augusta, Georgia and serves as the headquarters of the Army's Southeast Regional Medical Command, or SERMC.
Dwight Davis Memorial Tennis Center Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park is the premier outdoor tennis facility in the midwest. The center is a state-of-the-art facility with 19 lighted tennis courts including a Stadium Court that seats 1,100 spectators.
Dwight Duncan Dwight Duncan, MBA , BA , MPP (born January 3, 1959) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1995, and is currently the Minister of Energy in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Dwight Eddleman Thomas Dwight "Dike" Eddleman (December 27, 1922 – August 1, 2001) is generally considered the greatest athlete in the history of athletics at the University of Illinois. Eddleman participated on the University's basketball, track and field, and football teams between the years of 1947 and 1949.
Dwight Evans Dwight Michael Evans (born November 3, 1951 in Santa Monica, California), nicknamed "Dewey," is a former right fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox (1972-90) and Baltimore Orioles (1991).
Dwight Hicks Dwight Hicks (born April 5, 1956 in Mount Holly, New Jersey), was a former American professional football player who played defensive back for the Toronto Argonauts in 1978, the San Francisco 49ers from 1979-1985, and for the Indianapolis Colts in 1986. Before his Pro career, Hicks played for the University of Michigan.
Dwight Howard Dwight David Howard (born December 8, 1985 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American basketball center for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. Nicknamed "The Man Child", he is a rising young talent in the NBA and well known for his proficiency in rebounding.
Dwight Look College of Engineering The Dwight Look College of Engineering is the engineering school of Texas A&M University in College Station and is home to nearly 9,000 engineering majors in 12 departments. It is recognized among the top public engineering colleges for its undergraduate and graduate programs.
Dwight Morrow High School Dwight Morrow High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school] located in [[Englewood, New Jersey|Englewood, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Englewood Public School District. Founded in 1932, the school is named after Dwight Morrow, an American businessman, politician, and diplomat.
Dwight Schrute Dwight Kurt Schrute III is a fictional character on the NBC's The Office portrayed by Rainn Wilson. At Scranton, Pennsylvania paper-goods distribution company Dunder-Mifflin, Dwight is a salesman and the titular Assistant (to the) Regional Manager under Michael Scott.
Dwight Stones Dwight Stones (born December 6, 1953 - Los Angeles, California) is a television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships.
Dwight Walton Dwight Walton (born March 25, 1965 in Montreal, Québec) is a former basketball player from Canada, who played at Dawson College in Montreal with teammates Trevor C. Williams, and Wayne Yearwood, and later all three would be teammates for the Canadian National Team.
Dwight Watson Dwight Ware Watson (b. September 28, 1952), dubbed the "Tractor Man" in the media, is a tobacco farmer from Whitakers, North Carolina, who brought much of Washington, DC to a standstill for two days when he drove a tractor into a pond on the National Mall and claimed to have explosives.
Dwight White Dwight White (born July 30, 1949) was a American football player who played defensive end with the Pittsburgh Steelers and was a member of the famed Steel Curtain defense. He played college football at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Dwight William Tryon Dwight William Tryon (August 13,1849 – July 1,1925) was an American landscape painter in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work was influenced by James McNeill Whistler, and he is best-known for his landscapes and seascapes painted in a tonalist style.
Dwight Yorke Stadium The Dwight Yorke Stadium, located in Bacolet, Tobago, (Trinidad and Tobago), is named for footballer Dwight Yorke. The stadium was constructed for the 2001 U-17 World Cup which was hosted by Trinidad and Tobago.
Dwight-Englewood School Dwight – Englewood (D-E) is an independent coeducational college preparatory day school, located in Englewood, New Jersey, with an approximate enrollment of 1,000 students in prekindergarten through 12th grade.
Dwija Dwija, literally meaning one who is born twice in Sanskrit, is the name given to the Kshatriya, Brahmin and Vaishya castes among the Hindus in India. One born in these castes is assumed to be born another time at the time of Upanayanam, when he is initiated into the ultimate pursuit of life Brahmopadesam (Preaching/Advising in the matter of the nature of Brahman - the ultimate reality).
Dwijendralal Ray Dwijendralal Ray (Bengali: দ্বিজেন্দ্রলাল রায়) (1863-1913) was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician, known primarily for his Indian and Bengali patriotic plays and songs, as well as his Hindu devotional lyrics. His songs, which number over 500, like those of Rabindranath Tagore and Kazi Nazrul Islam are considered a genre of their own, and are referred to as Dwijendrageeti (Songs of Dwijendralal).
Dwijendranath Maitra Dwijendranath Maitra (also spelt Dijendra Nath Moitra or shortened as Dwijen Maitra or Dwijen Moitra) (1878 – 1950) was son of Lokenath Maitra, who hailed from Rajshahi, now in Bangladesh. Lokenath Maitra had married Jagattarini in an inter-caste widow remarriage, a daring task in those days.
Dwindle Distribution Dwindle Distribution is the largest skateboard manufacturing company and distributor. It serves seven skate companies: Almost Skateboards, Enjoi, Speed Demons, Tensor Trucks, Blind, Darkstar, and World Industries.
Dwivedi Dwivedi (dwi = two (also second), vedi = one who has learned the Vedas), is an Indian Brahmin surname, indicating that the holder's forbears were proficient in the second out of the four Vedas (including the vedic branch one is born into).
Dworshak Dam Dworshak Dam is a hydroelectric, concrete gravity dam in Clearwater County, Idaho, on the North Fork of the Clearwater River. The dam is located four miles (6 km) northwest of the town of Orofino, and 47 miles (76 km) east of Lewiston.
Dworzec Gdański (Warsaw Metro) Metro Dworzec Gdański (Gdańsk Train Station) is the 17th station of the first line of the Warsaw Metro. Located beneath the Warszawa Gdańska railway station, at the junction of Słomińskiego and Andersa streets, it is one of the major transport hubs in the northern part of the city of Warsaw.
Dwyle flunking Dwyle flunking (or more correctly dwile flonking) is an outdoor game, which typically involves two teams of twelve players, though there is great flexibility in numbers, terminology and rules. One of the teams gathers in a circle, called a girter, enclosing a member of the other team, the flonker.
DWARS DWARS, de GroenLinkse jongerenorganisatie (Contrary, the GreenLeft Youth Organisation, for more information on the name see name section) is the independent youth wing of the GreenLeft the Dutch Green political party.
DWBP-TV ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV of Masawa Broadcasting Corporation and Swara Sug Media Corporation (DWBP-TV channel 39), is a relay station of ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV 43 Davao. It is currently operated from Davao City by ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV after the network and expande to entire Philippines.
DWCP-TV SBN 21 channel 21, is a television station of Southern Broadcasting Network , with main broadcast facilities at Pasig City. (DWCP-TV 21) became the first local UHF TV station in Metro Manila in May, 1992 also known as World TV 21.
DWDD The DWDD (Domain Wall Displacement Detection) is a new Magneto-optical reproducing technology developed by the Canon and Sony corporations. The DWDD technology uses a physics phenomenon called Domain Wall Displacement, which shortens the masks but does not need to change the laser beam.
DWDM-TV DWDM-TV (commonly known as GEM TV, short for Global Expansion Media Television) is the UHF television station of Christian Era Broadcasting Service (CEBS), a broadcast ministry of the Philippine Christian sect the Iglesia ni Cristo. Its slogan is GEM TV: Global Expansion Media.
DWIM DWIM is an initialism meaning "Do What I Mean". It is often used in computer science in a humorous way when describing situations where the actual code does something (usually very subtly) different from what the programmer originally intended.
DWITE DWITE is an online computer programming contest intended for Canadian secondary school students. The main goal of the DWITE Online Computer Programming Contest is to provide an avenue for Canadian secondary school students to practice for more recognized programming contests like the Canadian computing competition and the ECOO programming contests.
DWIZ DWIZ (882 kHz Metro Manila) is an AM station of Aliw Brodcasting Corporation in the Philippines. The station's studio is located at the 5/F of Citystate Centre in Mandaluyong City, while its transmitter is located at Obando, Bulacan, Philippines.
DWNQ-TV ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV of Masawa Broadcasting Corporation and Swara Sug Media Corporation (DWNQ-TV channel 26), is a relay station of ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV 43 Davao. It is currently operated from Davao City by ACQ-KBN Sonshine TV after the network and expande to entire Philippines.
DWR (Java) DWR, or Direct Web Remoting is a Java open source library which helps developers wanting to write web sites that include Ajax technology. It allows code in a web browser to use Java functions running on a web server as if those functions were within the browser.
DWRT-AM ROCK990 AM (DWRT 990 kHz Metro Manila) is an AM music radio station owned and operated by GVM Radio/TV Corp. based in the City of Makati in the Philippines with a programming for "baby boomers," generation and for those of all ages who are into the classic rock niche in music.
DWXB-FM DWXB-FM is a former FM station and current digital radio station that plays New Wave, punk rock, dancepunk, synth pop and classic alternative from the UK, Philippines, and the rest of the world, available through Live365. Re-opened in 2005, WXB 102 is now owned and operated by a U.
DX number The DX number is a number, assigned by the International Imaging Industry Association, that uniquely identifies the type and manufacturer of a film emulsion. A list of assigned DX numbers for APS and 135 film is issued annually.
DX-Ball 2 DX-Ball 2 is a shareware computer game for the PC first released on December 21, 1998 by Longbow Digital Arts as a follow up to the widely popular 1996 game DX-Ball. Like the original, it is patterned after classic ball-and-paddle arcade games such as Breakout and Arkanoid.
DX-pedition A DX-pedition is an expedition to what is considered an exotic place by amateur radio operators, perhaps because of its remoteness or because there are very few radio amateurs active from that place. This could be an island, a country, or even a particular spot on a geographical grid.
DX10 DX10 was a general purpose, disk based, multitasking operating system for the Texas Instruments 990/10, 990/10A and 990/12 minicomputers using the memory mapping feature. DX10 was capable of supporting a wide range of industrial and commercial applications.
DXAQ-AM DXAQ (1404 kHz Davao City) "Sonshine Radio" is an AM station of ACQ-Kingdom Broadcasting Network in the Philippines. The station's studio is located along Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway, Catitipan in Davao City.
DXDiag DXDiag is short for DirectX Diagnostic, designed to display the specifications of the user's hardware, as well as test DirectX Software, including sound and video. The program is most easily displayed using the run command (see image).
DXing DXing is the hobby of tuning in and identifying distant radio signals, or making two way radio contact with distant stations in amateur radio, citizens band radio or other two way radio communications hobbies. Many DXers also attempt to receive written verifications of reception (sometimes referred to as "QSL's" or "veries") from the stations heard.
DXVA Microsoft DirectX Video Acceleration is a Microsoft API specification for the use hardware acceleration of 2-D video decoding operations. The new pipeline enables software decoders to offload certain CPU-intensive operations to the graphics card.
Dyab Abou Jahjah Dyab Abou Jahjah (Born: Lebanon, 24 June 1971) is an Arab political activist who came from Lebanon to Belgium as an asylum seeker. He is the founder and leader of the Arab European League (AEL), a Pan-Arabist movement which claims to struggle for Muslim immigrant interests in Europe.
Dyablo Dyablo his real name is Jesus Vaca, he is a Mexican-American rapper from San Diego, California, Dyablo raps exclusively in Spanish, and has his own record company -"Discos Profeta". Dyablo has many feuds in the Chicano rap game, including an ongoing rift with another Chicano rapper from San Diego in the form of Mr.
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is an evidence-based treatment approach, found by two studies to be effective for the treatment of attachment disorder, reactive attachment disorder, and complex trauma .Becker-Weidman.
Dyak (clerk) Dyak (дьяк, archaic: diak, диак) is a historical Russian bureaucratic occupation whose meaning varied over time and approximately corresponded to the notions of "chief clerk" or "chief of office department".
Dyakovskaya culture Dyakovo culture (Russian: ДьяковŃкая ĐşŃльтŃра, from the excavated monument at Dyakovo - Дьяково) is an Iron Age culture which occupies the significant part of the Upper Volga, Valday and Oka River area.
Dyal-Upchurch Building The Dyal-Upchurch Building (also known as the Dyal-Upchurch Investment Company Building) is a historic building in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is located at 4 East Bay Street, and was designed by New York architect Henry John Klutho.
Dyanna Lauren Dyanna Lauren (born Diane Hurley on March 18 1965 in Los Angeles, California) is an American erotic dancer and a porn star. She appeared in nearly 100 movies between 1992 and 1998; in the years since, she has shifted away from acting and towards directing.
Dyanne Iandoli Dyanne Iandoli (born in 1991 in Long Island, New York) is an American actress. She played murdered 6-year-old pageant queen JonBenét Ramsey in the 2000 telefilm Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder, written and directed by Lawrence Schiller.
Dyatlov pass accident Mysterious accident with death of 9 ski hikers in Northern Ural mountains. The accident was happened at night of February 2, 1959 on eastern shoulder of Kholat Syakhl (Холат Сяхл) mountain (the Mansi name which by strange coincidence means "The mountain of Deadmen").
Dyavolski most (bridge) The Dyavolski most (, "Devil's Bridge"; ) is an arch bridge over the Arda River situated in a narrow gorge. It is located 10 km from the Bulgarian town of Ardino in the Rhodopes and is part of the ancient road connecting the lowlands of Thrace with the north Aegean coast.
Dybbuk In Kabbalah and European Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person. Dybbuks are said to have escaped from Gehenna, a Hebrew term very loosely translated as "hell.
Dyce railway station Dyce railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line, with some trains operating on the East Coast Mainline beginning or terminating at the station.
Dyck Arboretum of the Plains The Dyck Arboretum of the Plains is a 13 acre (53,000 m²) botanical garden at Hesston College in Hesston, Kansas, USA. It was begun October 11, 1981, to feature native Kansas plants and trees, and now contains more than 600 varieties of native and adaptable trees, shrubs, wildflowers, and grasses.
Dyck language In the theory of formal languages of computer science, mathematics, and linguistics, the Dyck language (Dyck being pronounced "deek") is the language consisting of those balanced strings of parentheses [ and ]. It is important in the parsing of expressions that must have a correctly nested sequence of parentheses, such as arithmetic or algebraic expressions.
Dyckman House The Dyckman Farmhouse is the oldest remaining farmhouse on Manhattan island, a reminder of New York City's rural past. The Dutch Colonial style farmhouse was built on the site of what is now the corner of Broadway and 204th Street by Dutch farmer William Dyckman circa 1784 and was originally part of several hundred acres of farmland owned by the family.
Dyckman Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) Dyckman Street is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the train at all times, it is located at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Broadway in the Inwood neighborhood of Manhattan.
Dyckman Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) Dyckman Street is a station on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located roughly at the intersection of Dyckman Street and Nagle Avenue in the neighborhood of Inwood, Manhattan, it is served by the train.
Dye A dye can generally be described as a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and may require a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber.
Dye Branch Dye Branch is a small creek that runs from Duke University's East Campus, through the Trinity Heights, Walltown, and Old West Durham neighborhoods of Durham, North Carolina. From its headwaters near the Food Lion on Hillsborough Road, Dye Branch (also known as South Ellerbe Creek) flows for three miles through some of Durham's oldest and most densely developed neighborhoods: Old West Durham, Walltown, Northgate Park, and Trinity Park.
Dye destruction Dye destruction is a photographic printing process, in which dyes embedded in the paper are bleached (destroyed) in processing. Because the dyes are fully-formed in the paper prior to processing, they may be formulated with few constraints, compared with the complex dye couplers that must react in chromogenic processing.
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