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Desoxyribonucleate "Desoxyribonucleic acid" and "desoxyribonucleate" are archaic terms for DNA, deoxyribonucleic acid, and its salts, respectively. The terms are used in this sense in various classic papers in genetics, such as Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty (1944)Avery, O.
Despair (novel) Despair (Отчаяние (Otchayanie) in Russian) was written by Vladimir Nabokov and originally published as a serial in Sovremennye Zapiski during 1934. It was then published as a book in 1936 and later translated to English by the author in 1937.
Despair in the Womb Despair in the Womb is a live DVD set by the Japanese rock group Dir en grey, released exclusively for members of the band's official fan club, ｢A Knot｣. It will contain footage from shows, including the concerts at Nippon Budokan on July 31 and August 1 2006 in their entirety, Dir en grey's first performances in North America and the German leg of their 2006 tour It Withers and Withers.
Desperado (heavy metal group) Desperado is a heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider in 1988, after Twisted Sister was disbanded. Besides Dee Snider (Twisted Sister, Van Helsing's Curse, ex-Widowmaker, ex-Dee Snider), the band featured ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme.
Desperado piece In chess, a desperado piece is a piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically either to bring about stalemate or to sell itself as dearly as possible in a situation where both sides have hanging pieces. A classic example of the latter is Bogolyubov–Schmid, West German championship, Bad Pyrmont 1949.
Desperados Under the Eaves "Desperados Under the Eaves" is a song written and performed by Warren Zevon off of the 1976 album Warren Zevon. The song describes the narrator's growing alcoholism ("all the salty margaritas in Los Angeles; I'm going to drink them up") and laments that no matter what occurs, he will wind up paying the bill for his low rent digs at the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is a stealth-based real-time strategy computer game, developed by Spellbound and released in 2001. In the game, the player controls up to six characters in a wild west setting.
Desperate Hours Desperate Hours is a 1990 film, a remake of the 1955 Humphrey Bogart film, The Desperate Hours, which was in turn based on the novel by Joseph Hayes. Desperate Hours stars are Mickey Rourke , Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch , Lindsay Crouse and David Morse.
Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is a popular Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. The show takes place on Wisteria Lane in the fictional suburban town of Fairview (license plates in the show are from a fictitious "Eagle State," and E.
Desperate Straights Desperate Straights is an album by British avant-garde rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in November 1974. It was the first of two collaborative albums by the two groups and was released in 1975.
Desperately Seeking Something Desperately Seeking Something was a British television series shown in the 1990s presented by travel writer and presenter Pete McCarthy. In it, McCarthy looked at various spiritual practices from across the globe, and meeting their practicioners.
Desperation Band The Desperation Band, led by Jared Anderson, Jon Egan, and Glenn Packiam, is the youth worship ministry of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. All three are associate worship pastors at the church, serving under senior pastor, Ross Parsley.
Despierta América Despierta América (Spanish for Wake Up America) is the highly-popular, long-running Spanish language morning talk show shown on the Univision television network. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Fernando Arau, Ana Maria Conseco, Raul Gonzalez, Karla Martinez, Neida Sandoval and Jackie Guerrido.
Despina (moon) Despina (des-pee'-nÉ™ or sometimes des-pye'-nÉ™, , , Latin DespĹ“na from Greek ΔÎĎποινα), or Neptune V, is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon.
Despina Achladioti Despina Achladioti was a Greek patriot born on the island of KastellĂłrizo in 1893. Before the start of World War II, in which her home island was ravaged repeatedly, Achladioti sailed with her husband and mother to the nearby deserted island of Rho where they lived off of a few goats, chickens, and a vegetable garden.
Despina Vandi Despina Vandi (born Despina Malea, 22 July 1969, near Stuttgart-TĂĽbingen, Southern Germany) is a Greek female singer who has sold almost one million records in Greece alone. She has been dubbed in interviews and publications of her country as 'the ultimate pop star' and the 'only Greek Star capable of an international career'.
Despised Icon Despised Icon is a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada which plays a combination of metalcore, grindcore, and death metal commonly called deathcore. They are noted for use of two full-time vocalists, one who sings low to high pitch screams (Alex Erian), and the other for the extremely low growling (Steve Marois).
Despistado Despistado was a Canadian indie rock band from Regina, Saskatchewan, who were active from 2001 to 2004. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Dagan Harding, guitarist Leif Thorseth, bassist Joel Passmore and drummer Brenan Schwartz.
Despite Straight Lines Despite Straight Lines is the debut album by British New Wave musician Marilyn, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Marilyn (born Peter Robinson), is a close friend and associate of Boy George from Culture Club.
Desportivo (Fogo) Desportivo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Dsportiv') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island of Fogo.
Desportivo da Praia Desportivo da Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportivu da Praia) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League South Zone in Cape Verde. The team has won no titles in its history.
Desportivo de Assomada Desportivo de Assomada (in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu di Asomada, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: D'sportiv' d' Assomada) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Desportivo de Santa Cruz Desportivo de Santa Cruz (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu di Santa Kruz, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: D'sportiv' d' Santa Kruz) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Santa Cruz in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Desportivo Estância Baixo Desportivo Estância Baixo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportivu Estânsia Baixu and the São Vicente Crioulo: Desportivo (ou D'sportiv') Estância Baixo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Boa Vista Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island of Boa Vista.
Desposyni The Desposyni (from Greek (desposunos) "of or belonging to the master or lord"was a sacred name reserved only for Jesus]' blood relatives. The closely related word ([[despotes) meaning lord, master, or ship owner is commonly used of God, human slave-masters, and of Jesus in the reading Luke 13:25 found in Papyrus 75, in Jude 1:4, and possibly in 2nd Peter 2:1 (Strong's G1203).
Despot Alexius Slav Despot Alexius Slav was a Bulgarian noble (болярин, bolyarin) of the 12th and 13th century and a descendant of the Asen dynasty. He was first the governor of the medieval Rhodopes principality of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and then an autocrat in these lands.
Despot Stefan Tower Despot Stefan Tower stands in Belgrade, Serbia since about 1405, a couple of years after the city was named capital of Serbian Despotate by this very ruler. Despot Stefan Lazarevic was a son of Lazar of Serbia, last Serbian ruler, who died in Battle of Kosovo on June 28 1389 in the crucial battle that brought Serbian Empire to collapse and allowed Ottoman Turks to penetrare further into the Balkans.
Despotate of Epirus The Despotate of Epirus (Greek: ΔεĎποτάτο της ΗπείĎου) was one of the medieval Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond.
Despotate of Morea The Despotate of Morea (Greek: ΔεĎποτάτο του ΜυĎĎ„Ďά) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its 100 years of existence but eventually grew to take in almost all the southern Greek Peloponnese peninsula, which at this time was called the Morea.
Despotes Despot (Greek: δεĎπότης, despotÄ“s, feminine δÎĎποινα, despoina, Bulgarian and Serbian despot, feminine despotica, sometimes Anglicized despot), is a Byzantine court title, also granted in the Latin Empire, Bulgaria, Serbia, and the Empire of Trebizond.
Despotism Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a state where one single man, called a Despot, wields all the power and authority, and everyone else is considered his slave.
Despre tine "Despre tine" is the third single release from O-Zone's second album DiscO-Zone. Following up their 2004 summer hit "Dragostea din tei", "Despre tine" proved to be a smaller hit than its predecessor, but a big enough one to make number one in several European countries.
Desquamative gingivitis Desquamative gingivitis is a clinical term used to describe the appearance of many different diseases. It is associated with the oral manifestations of pemphigus vulgaris, cicatricial pemphigoid, erosive lichen planus, and chronic ulcerative stomatitis.
Dess-Martin periodinane The Dess-Martin periodinane is a chemical reagent used to oxidize primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones. This periodinane has several advantages over chromium- and DMSO-based oxidants that include milder conditions, shorter reaction times, higher yields, and simplified workups.
Dessau Institute of Architecture Dessau Institute of Architecture is a postgraduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Germany. The institute runs a four semester masters program in architecture, which is taught in the English language, and is largely free of charge.
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, also known as the English Grounds of Wörlitz, is one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and contintental Europe. It was created in the later part of the 18th century under the regency of Prince-elector Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau.
Dessek The Desseks are characters in a fictional universe called Cotrahviné, created by Dutch Science Fiction/Fantasy writer Tais Teng. They appear exclusively in his anthology "Glazen Speren" (Glass Spears) (1997), which has not yet been translated in English.
Dessert Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. The word comes from the Old French desservir, "to clear the table.
Dessert crops Dessert crops are defined as types of crops or plants that are not, (or historically were not) used in everyday consumption. They are used for "dessert," which is a loose definition for special occasions, for use by the elite, or for pleasure rather than sustanance.
Dessie Dessie (also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a city and a woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located on the paved Addis Ababa - Asmara highway in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this city has a latitude and longitude of .
Dessie Farrell Dessie Farrell is an Irish Gaelic Footballer who played for Dublin and plays his club football for Na Fianna. Farrell also writes a weekly column on current affairs within the GAA in the Irish Daily Newspaper, Daily Ireland and he is the current Chief Executive of the Gaelic Players Association.
Dessie Larkin Dessie Larkin has been a member of Letterkenny Town Council and Donegal County Council since first entering politics in 1999. He took a career break from his job at Unifi to concentrate fully on his role as a public representative.
Dessie Zuria Dessie Zuria (Amharic "Greater Dessie Area") is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Debub Wollo Zone, Dessie Zuria is bordered on the south by Were Ilu, on the west by Legambo, on the northwest by Tenta, on the north by Kutaber, on the northeast by Tehuledere, on the east by Kalu, and on the southeast by the Oromia Zone.
Dessin d'enfant In mathematics, a dessin d'enfant (French for a "child's drawing") is a connected graph with a cyclic ordering of edges at each vertex, and each vertex being colored black or white and with no edge having endpoints of the same color.
Desta Damtew Ras Desta Damtew (died February 24 1937) was an Ethiopian governor and one of the sons-in-law of Emperor Haile Sellassie. He commanded troops along the southern border of Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and was executed by the Italians after the Battle of Gogetti.
Destacamento de Acções Especiais The DAE - Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment) is the Portuguese naval commando elite special forces unit of the Portuguese Navy. Raised in 1985, the unit is one of the smallest special operations units within the Portuguese Armed Forces.
Desterro Rugby Clube The Desterro Rugby Clube is a Brazilian rugby (union) team from the city of FlorianĂłpolis, capital of the southern State of Santa Catarina. It has won the Brazilian Rugby Championship in three occasions: 1996, 2000 and 2005.
Destination Destination was a disco studio group from New York who had one chart entry: "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme," which spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1979. A trio, Destination consisted of Danny Lugo, Kathleen Bradley and Love Chyle Theus.
Destination Adventure Destination Adventure is a video game, loosely based on characters from The Adventures of Tintin comic book series written and drawn by Hergé. It was released for the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in Europe by the late 2001.
Destination Docklands Destination Docklands was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on Saturday October 8 and Sunday October 9, 1988, to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions. The concerts were attended by 200,000 people (not including the people who watched the concert from the nearby streets and households) and the October 8 show was broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio One, featuring concert commentary by DJ Simon Bates.
Destination Earth Destination Earth is a 1956 promotional cartoon created by John Sutherland. The 13 minute short explains the fundamentals of the petroleum industry and how petroleum products enrich everyday life in the United States of America.
Destination Films is Sony Pictures' "niche" film distribution company. The logo is made up of a planet (presumably the Earth) passing the bright sun and two halves of a ring formed at the top and the bottom with a line with a crescent on one end and a star on the other.
Destination Games Destination Games is the computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. ("Destination" is a play on "Origin", the company the Garriotts founded nearly two decades earlier.
Destination hotel A destination hotel is a place of lodging whose inherent location and amenities attract visitors regardless of the route needed to arrive or the areawide features of interest. The destination hotel concept has existed at least since the 19th century and occupies a significant market share of all lodging in the world as of 2006.
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest Destination Hitchcock:The Making of North by Northwest is a 2001 documentary film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller film North by Northwest. It is hosted and narrated by the film's female lead, Eva Marie Saint and features interviews with Hitchcock's daughter, several of the technical and behind-the-scenes people involved with the production of the film, and the main surviving actor, Martin Landau.
Destination Hotels & Resorts Destination Hotels & Resorts is a privately held lodging management company headquartered in suburban Denver, Colorado. With 30 independent, luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and golf clubs, Destination is the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the country.
Destination ImagiNation Destination ImagiNation (DI) is a creativity and problem solving program for kids from elementary age to college age. Teams of up to 7 members compete in various challenges stressing complex thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and above all, creativity.
Destination Moon (Tintin) Destination Moon (Objectif Lune) is the sixteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. Destination Moon is the first part of one of the four multi-book stories in the Tintin series, the other part being Explorers on the Moon (On a marché sur la Lune).
Destination restaurant A destination restaurant is a restaurant with a chef or cuisine famous enough to be the reason patrons travel to a locale to experience the restaurant. In Europe, such a restaurant might be a Michelin Guide 3-star restaurant, which according to the guide is "worthy of a journey.
Destination spa A destination spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal health, life enhancement, fitness, personal care treatments such as massages, facials, in a resort setting. Destination spas offer an all-inclusive program that includes facilitated fitness classes, healthy cuisine, educational classes and seminars as well as similar services to a beauty salon or a day spa.
Destination: Morgue! Destination: Morgue is a collection of 14 short works by James Ellroy. Most of the pieces are nonfiction essays that Ellroy originally wrote for GQ magazine, some of which are autobiographical (see also his memoir My Dark Places).
Destinies Fulfilled Destinies Fulfilled was a 1914 American silent short film comedy directed by Allen Dwan starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violet Knights (as Violet Neitz), Joseph Knight, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich and Harry von Meter
Destiny (DC Comics) Destiny is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman. He was originally created by Marv Wolfman and Berni Wrightson in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series as well as Secrets of Haunted House.
Destiny (Irene Adler) Destiny (Irene Adler) was a Marvel Comics character, known as an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
Destiny (Janáček) Destiny (Osud in Czech) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer and Fedora Bartošová. It was begun in 1903, but was not heard until 1934 on Brno Radio, and was first performed on stage in 1958 in Brno, conducted by František JĂlek.
Destiny Angel Category:fictional French peopleDestiny Angel is a fictional character from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons by Gerry Anderson. She is lead pilot of the small team flying the Spectrum Angel interceptor craft.
Destiny forum Destiny Forum is a Christian missionary and discipleship organisation operating informally in a variety on settings. Operating under the basic tenets of evangelical penticostal charismatic reformist Christianity, Destiny Forum seeks to define personal meaning, purpose and destiny in member’s lives.
Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It was a massive worldwide 2005 concert tour by the reunited American female R&B trio Destiny's Child, that visited 16 countries throughout Australia, Japan, Middle East, Europe and North America with 67 dates in total.
Destiny Norton Destiny Anne Norton (November 30 2000 – July 16 2006) was a five year old Salt Lake City child who was the subject of an intensive search by about 5,000 community volunteers and hundreds of local and federal law enforcement officers following her disappearance from her home on July 16 2006.
Destiny of an Emperor II Destiny of an Emperor-II (DoaE-II) is the English name given to "Tenchi wo Kurai-II: the Story of Kong Ming", whose plot follows the life of Zhuge Liang, the great military tactician of China's late Han Dynasty. Its commercial release was a Japanese-only Famicom sequel to the first Destiny of an Emperor.
Destiny of the Daleks Destiny of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 1 to September 22, 1979. The story introduces Lalla Ward as the newly-regenerated Romana.
Destiny USA Destiny USA is the Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, New York's plan to turn Syracuse into a leading entertainment and technology city. The project includes an expansion of the Carousel Center into the country's largest shopping mall, surpassing the Mall of America in size, and a 1 million square foot (93,000 m²) technology complex several miles to the north, in the town of Salina.
Destiny's Hand Destiny's Hand is a shĹŤnen pirate Original English-language manga written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (authors of Amazing Agent Luna), with art by BucketHead. It is published by Seven Seas Entertainment and the first volume came out in 2006.
Destiny's Road Destiny's Road is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven first published in 1997. It follows Jemmy Bloocher's exploration of Destiny's Road, a long scar of once-melted rock seared onto the planet's surface by a spaceship's fusion drive.
Destitute Asylum A destitute asylum was an institution established in the colony of South Australia in the 1840s to house deserted and destitute women and children not able to support themselves. Low employment prospects, poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and the adjoining workhouse and few hopes of finding a husband or some means of support made for a terrible and prolonged experience behind the walls of the asylum.
Destour The Destour is a Tunisian political party, founded in 1920, of which the goal is to liberate Tunisia from the Protectorat français en Tunisie (French protectorate in Tunisia). The term Destour is probably of Turkish origin, as there is no trace of this word in the Arabic spoken during the pre-Islamic period, nor in the Quran or hadiths, nor in the Arabic language literature during the period preceding the Ottoman Empire, during which this word began to be used in Egypt.
Destra Garcia Destra Garcia (born in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago November 10, 1977) is a Soca singer and songwriter based in the Caribbean. Destra is noted for her high energy performances, harmonious vocal skill and eccentric fashion style.
Destrii Destrii, or to give her full title, the Primatrix Destriianatos, is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was a companion of the Eighth Doctor.
Destroid A Destroid is a type of mecha in the Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series and its loose English-language Robotech adaptation. Unlike the VF-1 Valkyrie and similar fighters, most Destroids are incapable of flight or transformation, and rely on heavy armor and sheer firepower rather than maneuverability.
Destroy 2 Destroy 2 (sometimes called Eye & Chew) was a short-lived Japanese noise punk band. Consisting of only two members, Yamataka Eye of Boredoms (vocals) and Chew Hasegawa of Corrupted (drums), they released one infamous recording in 1996 called We are Voice and Rhythm Only.
Destroy the Runner Destroy the Runner (Formerly known as Die Like Me; The band decided to change their name for better views) is a Christian Metalcore band from San Diego, CA. They are currently signed to Solid State Records in which their debut album Saints was released on September 12, 2006.
Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). Before World War II, destroyers were a type of light combatant which did not have the endurance for unattended oceanic operations, and thus operated typically with a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender; during and after the war, they became independent vessels and grew in both tonnage and importance, especially as cruisers began to be paid off in the 1950s and 60s.
Destroyer (Ryan Adams album) Destroyer (also known as "The Destroyer Sessions") is an unreleased Ryan Adams album recorded with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Nashville shortly before Adams' acclaimed solo release, Heartbreaker. Like much of Adams' unreleased material, this has been widely distributed over the internet.
Destroyer carbine The Destroyer Carbine is a small bolt action carbine (usually) chambered for the 9 x 23 mm Bergman-Bayard cartridge, more commonly known as 9 x 23 mm Largo, and used by the Spanish Guardia Civil from the mid 1930s until the late 1960s.
Destroyer Command Destroyer Command is a naval simulation released by Ubi Soft in 2002 and developed by the now-defunct Ultimation Inc. The game placed the player in command of a destroyer during World War II, featuring both campaigns in the Second Battle of the Atlantic as well as the Pacific War.
Destroyer escort A Destroyer Escort (DE) is classification for a small, comparatively slower warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Navy in WWII. It is usually employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also some protection against aircraft and smaller attack vessels in this application.
Destroyer minesweeper Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull number for such a ship began "DMS".
Destroyer tender Destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with technological advances in propulsion reliability and efficiency).
Destroyer War Badge Destroyer War Badge (German: Das Zerstörerkriegsabzeichen) is a German military decoration instituted on June 4, 1940 by admiral Erich Raeder and awarded to officers and crew for the service on Kriegsmarine destroyers (worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the naval service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded, or equivalent grade award). Required qualifications prior to October 10, 1940 included participation in the battles of Narvik, after — wound, participation in three enemy engagements or at least in 12 non-enemy sorties, ship sinking in action, outstanding performance or other heroic deeds.
Destroyers for Bases Agreement The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, September 2, 1940, transferred fifty obsolete destroyers from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions. The destroyers became the Town class.
Destroying America Destroying America is a skate based film about a pair of skateboarders traveling across America in this short action feature. Heath Kirchart and Jeremy Klein are a pair of skaters just looking to have a good time as they travel cross-country, stopping at skate spots along the way.
Destructhor Thor Anders "Destructhor" Myhren is the lead guitarist for the Extreme Metal bands Zyklon and Myrkskog, in which he also vocals. Destructhor's solos consist of very fast shreds which don't actually emanate any form of egregious technical skill yet does prove he is well-over capable as a shredder.
Destruction Derby Destruction Derby is a 1995 video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis, the former of which would later develop the successful Driver series. It was released for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS (PC).
Destruction in Art Symposium The Destruction in Art Symposium (DIAS) was a gathering of a diverse group of international artists, poets, and scientists to London, from 9th-11th September, 1966. Included in this number were representatives of the counter-cultural underground who were there to speak on the theme of destruction in art.
Destructive cult The term "destructive cult" (sometimes called doomsday cult) is sometimes used to refer to that small number of religious groups that have intentionally killed people, either the group members themselves or others outside of the group.
Destructive device A destructive device is a firearm or explosive device that, in the United States, is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934. Examples of destructive devices are grenades, and firearms with a bore over one half of an inch, including some semi-automatic shotguns.
Destructoid Destructoid is a multi-author video gaming blog and forum founded in March 2006, which can be best described as an independent version of Gawker Media's Kotaku and AOL's Joystiq, authored by video game hobbyists. Destructoid is best known for its coverage of the Jack Thompson v.
Destructor (computer science) In object-oriented programming, a destructor (sometimes shortened to dtor) is a method which is automatically invoked when the object is destroyed. Its main purpose is to clean up and to free the resources which were acquired by the object along its life cycle and unlink it from other objects or resources invalidating any references in the process.
Destry Rides Again Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall, starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Bill Cody, Jr., and Una Merkel.
Desuetude In law, desuetude (from the French word désuet, outdated) is a doctrine that causes statutes, similar legislation or legal principles to lapse and become unenforceable by a long habit of non-enforcement or lapse of time; it is what happens to laws that are not repealed when they become obsolete. It is the doctrine that long and continued non-use of a law renders it invalid, at least in the sense that courts will no longer tolerate punishing its transgressors.
Despair (novel) Despair (Отчаяние (Otchayanie) in Russian) was written by Vladimir Nabokov and originally published as a serial in Sovremennye Zapiski during 1934. It was then published as a book in 1936 and later translated to English by the author in 1937.
Despair in the Womb Despair in the Womb is a live DVD set by the Japanese rock group Dir en grey, released exclusively for members of the band's official fan club, ｢A Knot｣. It will contain footage from shows, including the concerts at Nippon Budokan on July 31 and August 1 2006 in their entirety, Dir en grey's first performances in North America and the German leg of their 2006 tour It Withers and Withers.
Desperado (heavy metal group) Desperado is a heavy metal band formed by Dee Snider in 1988, after Twisted Sister was disbanded. Besides Dee Snider (Twisted Sister, Van Helsing's Curse, ex-Widowmaker, ex-Dee Snider), the band featured ex-Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr and ex-Gillan guitarist Bernie Torme.
Desperado piece In chess, a desperado piece is a piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically either to bring about stalemate or to sell itself as dearly as possible in a situation where both sides have hanging pieces. A classic example of the latter is Bogolyubov–Schmid, West German championship, Bad Pyrmont 1949.
Desperados Under the Eaves "Desperados Under the Eaves" is a song written and performed by Warren Zevon off of the 1976 album Warren Zevon. The song describes the narrator's growing alcoholism ("all the salty margaritas in Los Angeles; I'm going to drink them up") and laments that no matter what occurs, he will wind up paying the bill for his low rent digs at the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive is a stealth-based real-time strategy computer game, developed by Spellbound and released in 2001. In the game, the player controls up to six characters in a wild west setting.
Desperate Hours Desperate Hours is a 1990 film, a remake of the 1955 Humphrey Bogart film, The Desperate Hours, which was in turn based on the novel by Joseph Hayes. Desperate Hours stars are Mickey Rourke , Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Kelly Lynch , Lindsay Crouse and David Morse.
Desperate Housewives Desperate Housewives is a popular Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. The show takes place on Wisteria Lane in the fictional suburban town of Fairview (license plates in the show are from a fictitious "Eagle State," and E.
Desperate Straights Desperate Straights is an album by British avant-garde rock groups Slapp Happy and Henry Cow, recorded at Virgin Records' Manor studios in November 1974. It was the first of two collaborative albums by the two groups and was released in 1975.
Desperately Seeking Something Desperately Seeking Something was a British television series shown in the 1990s presented by travel writer and presenter Pete McCarthy. In it, McCarthy looked at various spiritual practices from across the globe, and meeting their practicioners.
Desperation Band The Desperation Band, led by Jared Anderson, Jon Egan, and Glenn Packiam, is the youth worship ministry of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. All three are associate worship pastors at the church, serving under senior pastor, Ross Parsley.
Despierta América Despierta América (Spanish for Wake Up America) is the highly-popular, long-running Spanish language morning talk show shown on the Univision television network. It is broadcast from the network's studios in Miami, Florida, and is hosted by Fernando Arau, Ana Maria Conseco, Raul Gonzalez, Karla Martinez, Neida Sandoval and Jackie Guerrido.
Despina (moon) Despina (des-pee'-nÉ™ or sometimes des-pye'-nÉ™, , , Latin DespĹ“na from Greek ΔÎĎποινα), or Neptune V, is the third closest inner satellite of Neptune. It is named after Despina, a nymph who was a daughter of Poseidon.
Despina Achladioti Despina Achladioti was a Greek patriot born on the island of KastellĂłrizo in 1893. Before the start of World War II, in which her home island was ravaged repeatedly, Achladioti sailed with her husband and mother to the nearby deserted island of Rho where they lived off of a few goats, chickens, and a vegetable garden.
Despina Vandi Despina Vandi (born Despina Malea, 22 July 1969, near Stuttgart-TĂĽbingen, Southern Germany) is a Greek female singer who has sold almost one million records in Greece alone. She has been dubbed in interviews and publications of her country as 'the ultimate pop star' and the 'only Greek Star capable of an international career'.
Despised Icon Despised Icon is a band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada which plays a combination of metalcore, grindcore, and death metal commonly called deathcore. They are noted for use of two full-time vocalists, one who sings low to high pitch screams (Alex Erian), and the other for the extremely low growling (Steve Marois).
Despistado Despistado was a Canadian indie rock band from Regina, Saskatchewan, who were active from 2001 to 2004. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Dagan Harding, guitarist Leif Thorseth, bassist Joel Passmore and drummer Brenan Schwartz.
Despite Straight Lines Despite Straight Lines is the debut album by British New Wave musician Marilyn, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). Marilyn (born Peter Robinson), is a close friend and associate of Boy George from Culture Club.
Desportivo (Fogo) Desportivo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: Dsportiv') is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Fogo Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island of Fogo.
Desportivo da Praia Desportivo da Praia (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportivu da Praia) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League South Zone in Cape Verde. The team has won no titles in its history.
Desportivo de Assomada Desportivo de Assomada (in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu di Asomada, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: D'sportiv' d' Assomada) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Assomada in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Desportivo de Santa Cruz Desportivo de Santa Cruz (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportibu di Santa Kruz, SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo: D'sportiv' d' Santa Kruz) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Santa Cruz in the central part of the island of Santiago.
Desportivo Estância Baixo Desportivo Estância Baixo (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: Disportivu Estânsia Baixu and the São Vicente Crioulo: Desportivo (ou D'sportiv') Estância Baixo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Boa Vista Island League in Cape Verde. The team is based in the island of Boa Vista.
Desposyni The Desposyni (from Greek (desposunos) "of or belonging to the master or lord"was a sacred name reserved only for Jesus]' blood relatives. The closely related word ([[despotes) meaning lord, master, or ship owner is commonly used of God, human slave-masters, and of Jesus in the reading Luke 13:25 found in Papyrus 75, in Jude 1:4, and possibly in 2nd Peter 2:1 (Strong's G1203).
Despot Alexius Slav Despot Alexius Slav was a Bulgarian noble (болярин, bolyarin) of the 12th and 13th century and a descendant of the Asen dynasty. He was first the governor of the medieval Rhodopes principality of the Second Bulgarian Empire, and then an autocrat in these lands.
Despot Stefan Tower Despot Stefan Tower stands in Belgrade, Serbia since about 1405, a couple of years after the city was named capital of Serbian Despotate by this very ruler. Despot Stefan Lazarevic was a son of Lazar of Serbia, last Serbian ruler, who died in Battle of Kosovo on June 28 1389 in the crucial battle that brought Serbian Empire to collapse and allowed Ottoman Turks to penetrare further into the Balkans.
Despotate of Epirus The Despotate of Epirus (Greek: ΔεĎποτάτο της ΗπείĎου) was one of the medieval Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. It claimed to be the legitimate successor of the Byzantine Empire, along with the Empire of Nicaea, and the Empire of Trebizond.
Despotate of Morea The Despotate of Morea (Greek: ΔεĎποτάτο του ΜυĎĎ„Ďά) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries. Its territory varied in size during its 100 years of existence but eventually grew to take in almost all the southern Greek Peloponnese peninsula, which at this time was called the Morea.
Despotes Despot (Greek: δεĎπότης, despotÄ“s, feminine δÎĎποινα, despoina, Bulgarian and Serbian despot, feminine despotica, sometimes Anglicized despot), is a Byzantine court title, also granted in the Latin Empire, Bulgaria, Serbia, and the Empire of Trebizond.
Despotism Despotism is a form of government by a single authority, either an individual or tightly knit group, which rules with absolute political power. In its classical form, a despotism is a state where one single man, called a Despot, wields all the power and authority, and everyone else is considered his slave.
Despre tine "Despre tine" is the third single release from O-Zone's second album DiscO-Zone. Following up their 2004 summer hit "Dragostea din tei", "Despre tine" proved to be a smaller hit than its predecessor, but a big enough one to make number one in several European countries.
Desquamative gingivitis Desquamative gingivitis is a clinical term used to describe the appearance of many different diseases. It is associated with the oral manifestations of pemphigus vulgaris, cicatricial pemphigoid, erosive lichen planus, and chronic ulcerative stomatitis.
Dess-Martin periodinane The Dess-Martin periodinane is a chemical reagent used to oxidize primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones. This periodinane has several advantages over chromium- and DMSO-based oxidants that include milder conditions, shorter reaction times, higher yields, and simplified workups.
Dessau Institute of Architecture Dessau Institute of Architecture is a postgraduate unit within the Faculty of Architecture and Building Engineering in Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Dessau, Germany. The institute runs a four semester masters program in architecture, which is taught in the English language, and is largely free of charge.
Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm The Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm, also known as the English Grounds of Wörlitz, is one of the first and largest English parks in Germany and contintental Europe. It was created in the later part of the 18th century under the regency of Prince-elector Leopold III Friedrich Franz of Anhalt-Dessau.
Dessek The Desseks are characters in a fictional universe called Cotrahviné, created by Dutch Science Fiction/Fantasy writer Tais Teng. They appear exclusively in his anthology "Glazen Speren" (Glass Spears) (1997), which has not yet been translated in English.
Dessert Dessert is a course that typically comes at the end of a meal, usually consisting of sweet food but sometimes of a strongly-flavored one, such as some cheeses. The word comes from the Old French desservir, "to clear the table.
Dessert crops Dessert crops are defined as types of crops or plants that are not, (or historically were not) used in everyday consumption. They are used for "dessert," which is a loose definition for special occasions, for use by the elite, or for pleasure rather than sustanance.
Dessie Dessie (also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a city and a woreda in north-central Ethiopia. Located on the paved Addis Ababa - Asmara highway in the Debub Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, this city has a latitude and longitude of .
Dessie Farrell Dessie Farrell is an Irish Gaelic Footballer who played for Dublin and plays his club football for Na Fianna. Farrell also writes a weekly column on current affairs within the GAA in the Irish Daily Newspaper, Daily Ireland and he is the current Chief Executive of the Gaelic Players Association.
Dessie Larkin Dessie Larkin has been a member of Letterkenny Town Council and Donegal County Council since first entering politics in 1999. He took a career break from his job at Unifi to concentrate fully on his role as a public representative.
Dessie Zuria Dessie Zuria (Amharic "Greater Dessie Area") is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located at the eastern edge of the Ethiopian highlands in the Debub Wollo Zone, Dessie Zuria is bordered on the south by Were Ilu, on the west by Legambo, on the northwest by Tenta, on the north by Kutaber, on the northeast by Tehuledere, on the east by Kalu, and on the southeast by the Oromia Zone.
Dessin d'enfant In mathematics, a dessin d'enfant (French for a "child's drawing") is a connected graph with a cyclic ordering of edges at each vertex, and each vertex being colored black or white and with no edge having endpoints of the same color.
Desta Damtew Ras Desta Damtew (died February 24 1937) was an Ethiopian governor and one of the sons-in-law of Emperor Haile Sellassie. He commanded troops along the southern border of Ethiopia during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and was executed by the Italians after the Battle of Gogetti.
Destacamento de Acções Especiais The DAE - Destacamento de Acções Especiais (Special Actions Detachment) is the Portuguese naval commando elite special forces unit of the Portuguese Navy. Raised in 1985, the unit is one of the smallest special operations units within the Portuguese Armed Forces.
Desterro Rugby Clube The Desterro Rugby Clube is a Brazilian rugby (union) team from the city of FlorianĂłpolis, capital of the southern State of Santa Catarina. It has won the Brazilian Rugby Championship in three occasions: 1996, 2000 and 2005.
Destination Destination was a disco studio group from New York who had one chart entry: "Move On Up" / "Up Up Up" / "Destination's Theme," which spent four weeks at #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1979. A trio, Destination consisted of Danny Lugo, Kathleen Bradley and Love Chyle Theus.
Destination Adventure Destination Adventure is a video game, loosely based on characters from The Adventures of Tintin comic book series written and drawn by Hergé. It was released for the Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in Europe by the late 2001.
Destination Docklands Destination Docklands was a concert held by musician Jean-Michel Jarre on the Royal Victoria Docks, Docklands, London on Saturday October 8 and Sunday October 9, 1988, to coincide with the release of Jarre's new album Revolutions. The concerts were attended by 200,000 people (not including the people who watched the concert from the nearby streets and households) and the October 8 show was broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio One, featuring concert commentary by DJ Simon Bates.
Destination Earth Destination Earth is a 1956 promotional cartoon created by John Sutherland. The 13 minute short explains the fundamentals of the petroleum industry and how petroleum products enrich everyday life in the United States of America.
Destination Films is Sony Pictures' "niche" film distribution company. The logo is made up of a planet (presumably the Earth) passing the bright sun and two halves of a ring formed at the top and the bottom with a line with a crescent on one end and a star on the other.
Destination Games Destination Games is the computer game development company created in April 2000 by Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott and Starr Long, following their departure from Origin Systems. ("Destination" is a play on "Origin", the company the Garriotts founded nearly two decades earlier.
Destination hotel A destination hotel is a place of lodging whose inherent location and amenities attract visitors regardless of the route needed to arrive or the areawide features of interest. The destination hotel concept has existed at least since the 19th century and occupies a significant market share of all lodging in the world as of 2006.
Destination Hitchcock: The Making of North by Northwest Destination Hitchcock:The Making of North by Northwest is a 2001 documentary film about the making of Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller film North by Northwest. It is hosted and narrated by the film's female lead, Eva Marie Saint and features interviews with Hitchcock's daughter, several of the technical and behind-the-scenes people involved with the production of the film, and the main surviving actor, Martin Landau.
Destination Hotels & Resorts Destination Hotels & Resorts is a privately held lodging management company headquartered in suburban Denver, Colorado. With 30 independent, luxury and upscale hotels, resorts and golf clubs, Destination is the fifth largest independent hospitality management company in the country.
Destination ImagiNation Destination ImagiNation (DI) is a creativity and problem solving program for kids from elementary age to college age. Teams of up to 7 members compete in various challenges stressing complex thinking, problem solving, teamwork, and above all, creativity.
Destination Moon (Tintin) Destination Moon (Objectif Lune) is the sixteenth of The Adventures of Tintin, a series of classic comic-strip albums, written and illustrated by Belgian writer and illustrator Hergé, featuring young reporter Tintin as a hero. Destination Moon is the first part of one of the four multi-book stories in the Tintin series, the other part being Explorers on the Moon (On a marché sur la Lune).
Destination restaurant A destination restaurant is a restaurant with a chef or cuisine famous enough to be the reason patrons travel to a locale to experience the restaurant. In Europe, such a restaurant might be a Michelin Guide 3-star restaurant, which according to the guide is "worthy of a journey.
Destination spa A destination spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal health, life enhancement, fitness, personal care treatments such as massages, facials, in a resort setting. Destination spas offer an all-inclusive program that includes facilitated fitness classes, healthy cuisine, educational classes and seminars as well as similar services to a beauty salon or a day spa.
Destination: Morgue! Destination: Morgue is a collection of 14 short works by James Ellroy. Most of the pieces are nonfiction essays that Ellroy originally wrote for GQ magazine, some of which are autobiographical (see also his memoir My Dark Places).
Destinies Fulfilled Destinies Fulfilled was a 1914 American silent short film comedy directed by Allen Dwan starring Charlotte Burton, Sydney Ayres, Jacques Jaccard, Violet Knights (as Violet Neitz), Joseph Knight, Louise Lester, Jack Richardson, Vivian Rich and Harry von Meter
Destiny (DC Comics) Destiny is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman. He was originally created by Marv Wolfman and Berni Wrightson in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series as well as Secrets of Haunted House.
Destiny (Irene Adler) Destiny (Irene Adler) was a Marvel Comics character, known as an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).
Destiny (Janáček) Destiny (Osud in Czech) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer and Fedora Bartošová. It was begun in 1903, but was not heard until 1934 on Brno Radio, and was first performed on stage in 1958 in Brno, conducted by František JĂlek.
Destiny Angel Category:fictional French peopleDestiny Angel is a fictional character from Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons by Gerry Anderson. She is lead pilot of the small team flying the Spectrum Angel interceptor craft.
Destiny forum Destiny Forum is a Christian missionary and discipleship organisation operating informally in a variety on settings. Operating under the basic tenets of evangelical penticostal charismatic reformist Christianity, Destiny Forum seeks to define personal meaning, purpose and destiny in member’s lives.
Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It Destiny Fulfilled ... And Lovin' It was a massive worldwide 2005 concert tour by the reunited American female R&B trio Destiny's Child, that visited 16 countries throughout Australia, Japan, Middle East, Europe and North America with 67 dates in total.
Destiny Norton Destiny Anne Norton (November 30 2000 – July 16 2006) was a five year old Salt Lake City child who was the subject of an intensive search by about 5,000 community volunteers and hundreds of local and federal law enforcement officers following her disappearance from her home on July 16 2006.
Destiny of an Emperor II Destiny of an Emperor-II (DoaE-II) is the English name given to "Tenchi wo Kurai-II: the Story of Kong Ming", whose plot follows the life of Zhuge Liang, the great military tactician of China's late Han Dynasty. Its commercial release was a Japanese-only Famicom sequel to the first Destiny of an Emperor.
Destiny of the Daleks Destiny of the Daleks is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from September 1 to September 22, 1979. The story introduces Lalla Ward as the newly-regenerated Romana.
Destiny USA Destiny USA is the Pyramid Companies of Syracuse, New York's plan to turn Syracuse into a leading entertainment and technology city. The project includes an expansion of the Carousel Center into the country's largest shopping mall, surpassing the Mall of America in size, and a 1 million square foot (93,000 m²) technology complex several miles to the north, in the town of Salina.
Destiny's Hand Destiny's Hand is a shĹŤnen pirate Original English-language manga written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir (authors of Amazing Agent Luna), with art by BucketHead. It is published by Seven Seas Entertainment and the first volume came out in 2006.
Destiny's Road Destiny's Road is a science fiction novel by Larry Niven first published in 1997. It follows Jemmy Bloocher's exploration of Destiny's Road, a long scar of once-melted rock seared onto the planet's surface by a spaceship's fusion drive.
Destitute Asylum A destitute asylum was an institution established in the colony of South Australia in the 1840s to house deserted and destitute women and children not able to support themselves. Low employment prospects, poor conditions in the sleeping quarters and the adjoining workhouse and few hopes of finding a husband or some means of support made for a terrible and prolonged experience behind the walls of the asylum.
Destour The Destour is a Tunisian political party, founded in 1920, of which the goal is to liberate Tunisia from the Protectorat français en Tunisie (French protectorate in Tunisia). The term Destour is probably of Turkish origin, as there is no trace of this word in the Arabic spoken during the pre-Islamic period, nor in the Quran or hadiths, nor in the Arabic language literature during the period preceding the Ottoman Empire, during which this word began to be used in Egypt.
Destra Garcia Destra Garcia (born in Laventille, Trinidad and Tobago November 10, 1977) is a Soca singer and songwriter based in the Caribbean. Destra is noted for her high energy performances, harmonious vocal skill and eccentric fashion style.
Destrii Destrii, or to give her full title, the Primatrix Destriianatos, is a fictional character who appeared in the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was a companion of the Eighth Doctor.
Destroid A Destroid is a type of mecha in the Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series and its loose English-language Robotech adaptation. Unlike the VF-1 Valkyrie and similar fighters, most Destroids are incapable of flight or transformation, and rely on heavy armor and sheer firepower rather than maneuverability.
Destroy 2 Destroy 2 (sometimes called Eye & Chew) was a short-lived Japanese noise punk band. Consisting of only two members, Yamataka Eye of Boredoms (vocals) and Chew Hasegawa of Corrupted (drums), they released one infamous recording in 1996 called We are Voice and Rhythm Only.
Destroy the Runner Destroy the Runner (Formerly known as Die Like Me; The band decided to change their name for better views) is a Christian Metalcore band from San Diego, CA. They are currently signed to Solid State Records in which their debut album Saints was released on September 12, 2006.
Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). Before World War II, destroyers were a type of light combatant which did not have the endurance for unattended oceanic operations, and thus operated typically with a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender; during and after the war, they became independent vessels and grew in both tonnage and importance, especially as cruisers began to be paid off in the 1950s and 60s.
Destroyer (Ryan Adams album) Destroyer (also known as "The Destroyer Sessions") is an unreleased Ryan Adams album recorded with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings in Nashville shortly before Adams' acclaimed solo release, Heartbreaker. Like much of Adams' unreleased material, this has been widely distributed over the internet.
Destroyer carbine The Destroyer Carbine is a small bolt action carbine (usually) chambered for the 9 x 23 mm Bergman-Bayard cartridge, more commonly known as 9 x 23 mm Largo, and used by the Spanish Guardia Civil from the mid 1930s until the late 1960s.
Destroyer Command Destroyer Command is a naval simulation released by Ubi Soft in 2002 and developed by the now-defunct Ultimation Inc. The game placed the player in command of a destroyer during World War II, featuring both campaigns in the Second Battle of the Atlantic as well as the Pacific War.
Destroyer escort A Destroyer Escort (DE) is classification for a small, comparatively slower warship designed to be used to escort convoys of merchant marine ships, primarily of the United States Navy in WWII. It is usually employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also some protection against aircraft and smaller attack vessels in this application.
Destroyer minesweeper Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull number for such a ship began "DMS".
Destroyer tender Destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with technological advances in propulsion reliability and efficiency).
Destroyer War Badge Destroyer War Badge (German: Das Zerstörerkriegsabzeichen) is a German military decoration instituted on June 4, 1940 by admiral Erich Raeder and awarded to officers and crew for the service on Kriegsmarine destroyers (worn on the lower part of the left breast pocket of the naval service tunic, underneath the 1st class Iron Cross if awarded, or equivalent grade award). Required qualifications prior to October 10, 1940 included participation in the battles of Narvik, after — wound, participation in three enemy engagements or at least in 12 non-enemy sorties, ship sinking in action, outstanding performance or other heroic deeds.
Destroyers for Bases Agreement The Destroyers for Bases Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, September 2, 1940, transferred fifty obsolete destroyers from the United States Navy in exchange for land rights on British possessions. The destroyers became the Town class.
Destroying America Destroying America is a skate based film about a pair of skateboarders traveling across America in this short action feature. Heath Kirchart and Jeremy Klein are a pair of skaters just looking to have a good time as they travel cross-country, stopping at skate spots along the way.
Destructhor Thor Anders "Destructhor" Myhren is the lead guitarist for the Extreme Metal bands Zyklon and Myrkskog, in which he also vocals. Destructhor's solos consist of very fast shreds which don't actually emanate any form of egregious technical skill yet does prove he is well-over capable as a shredder.
Destruction Derby Destruction Derby is a 1995 video game developed by Reflections and published by Psygnosis, the former of which would later develop the successful Driver series. It was released for PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and MS-DOS (PC).
Destruction in Art Symposium The Destruction in Art Symposium (DIAS) was a gathering of a diverse group of international artists, poets, and scientists to London, from 9th-11th September, 1966. Included in this number were representatives of the counter-cultural underground who were there to speak on the theme of destruction in art.
Destructive cult The term "destructive cult" (sometimes called doomsday cult) is sometimes used to refer to that small number of religious groups that have intentionally killed people, either the group members themselves or others outside of the group.
Destructive device A destructive device is a firearm or explosive device that, in the United States, is regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934. Examples of destructive devices are grenades, and firearms with a bore over one half of an inch, including some semi-automatic shotguns.
Destructoid Destructoid is a multi-author video gaming blog and forum founded in March 2006, which can be best described as an independent version of Gawker Media's Kotaku and AOL's Joystiq, authored by video game hobbyists. Destructoid is best known for its coverage of the Jack Thompson v.
Destructor (computer science) In object-oriented programming, a destructor (sometimes shortened to dtor) is a method which is automatically invoked when the object is destroyed. Its main purpose is to clean up and to free the resources which were acquired by the object along its life cycle and unlink it from other objects or resources invalidating any references in the process.
Destry Rides Again Destry Rides Again is a 1939 western film directed by George Marshall, starring Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Bill Cody, Jr., and Una Merkel.
Desuetude In law, desuetude (from the French word désuet, outdated) is a doctrine that causes statutes, similar legislation or legal principles to lapse and become unenforceable by a long habit of non-enforcement or lapse of time; it is what happens to laws that are not repealed when they become obsolete. It is the doctrine that long and continued non-use of a law renders it invalid, at least in the sense that courts will no longer tolerate punishing its transgressors.
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