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Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers, Detroit MLB franchise in the AL Central, founded 1894 in the Western League; oldest AL team with one city and one name, four World Series titles (1935, 1945, 1968, 1984), home Comerica Park since 2000.

Detroit Zoo

The Detroit Zoo is a 125-acre AZA-accredited zoo in Royal Oak, Michigan, run by the Detroit Zoological Society with 2,000+ animals of 200+ species; opened 1928 after an 1883 downtown precursor.

Detroit-style pizza

Detroit-style pizza, born 1946 at Buddy's Rendezvous in Detroit, is a rectangular pan pizza with Wisconsin brick cheese caramelized to the edges (frico) and sauce on top, now a nationally trending style.

Detroit: Become Human

Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream, 2018) is a branching-narrative adventure for PS4 and PC (2019) following androids Kara, Connor, and Markus in 2038 Detroit, with a chapter flowchart, permanent character death, and 85 endings.

Detskaya Literatura

Detskaya Literatura («Де́тская литерату́ра", "Children's Literature") was a Soviet and Russian journal reviewing and criticizing children's books, published in Moscow from 1932 to 1941 and revived in 1965.

Dette Escudero

Bernadette "Dette" G. Escudero is the representative of Sorsogon's 1st District in the Philippine House 20th Congress; she filed 153 principal-author bills, led by education measures including a Special Education Fund expansion bill.

Dettingen (Germany)

Dettingen (Germany): name of several southern German villages (Dettingen an der Erms, unter Teck, an der Iller, near Rottenburg, Horb, Konstanz) and the 1743 Battle of Dettingen; -ingen name from Tato, first mentions 730 to 1275.

Detty December

Detty December is the annual party season from December into early January, when diaspora visitors flock to Lagos and Accra for concerts and beach events.

Detumomab

Detumomab (Specifid, formerly FavId) is a mouse monoclonal antibody against human B-cell lymphoma cells, an investigational Favrille candidate for follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that reached Phase 3 but was never approved.

Detvan

Detvan is a lyrical-epic poem by the Slovak Romantic poet Andrej Sládkovič, written in 1845 and published in 1853, celebrating the strength and morality of the Slovak people.

Deubiquitinating enzyme inhibitors and drug targeting

Deubiquitinating enzyme inhibitors are small molecules blocking the roughly 110 human enzymes that remove ubiquitin tags from proteins, pursued mainly for cancer therapy with none approved.

Deubiquitination

Deubiquitination is the removal of ubiquitin tags from proteins by about 100 human deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) in seven families, mostly cysteine proteases, regulating degradation, DNA repair, immunity, and emerging drug targets.

Deucalion (Δευκαλίων)

Deucalion (Δευκαλίων), Greek flood hero, son of Prometheus, husband of Pyrrha; survived Zeus's deluge in a chest, repopulated earth from stones, father of Hellen; distinct from the Cretan Deucalion, son of Minos.

Deuce (wrestler)

Deuce (James William Reiher Jr., born 1971), son of Jimmy Snuka, is an American wrestler who teamed with Domino as 1950s greasers, won the WWE Tag Team Championship in 2007, and later wrestled as Sim Snuka.

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo, also known as European Gigolo, is a 2005 American comedy sequel starring Rob Schneider, who returns as Deuce Bigalow to clear his friend of murder charges in Amsterdam.

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American comedy film, directed by Mike Mitchell, in which Rob Schneider's aquarium cleaner becomes a gigolo and earns over $92 million worldwide.

Deuce Knight

Deuce Knight (Justin Cashel Knight, born Dec. 2, 2006) is an American college football quarterback from Lucedale, Mississippi; a five-star 2025 recruit who signed with Auburn, started once, then transferred to Ole Miss in January 2026.

Deuce Vaughn

Deuce Vaughn, American football running back drafted 212th overall by the Dallas Cowboys in 2023 out of Kansas State; at 5'5" and 179 pounds the shortest combine measurement since 2003, son of Cowboys scout Chris Vaughn.

Deuda

Deuda (देउडा) is a folk song-and-dance tradition of western Nepal, sung in a circle by groups exchanging question-and-answer verse, notably at the Gaura festival, and also practiced in India's Kumaon and Garhwal.

Deuilly

Deuilly: medieval lordship in Serécourt, Vosges, France, with a castle built before 1072 and the Benedictine priory Notre-Dame de Deuilly-les-Morizécourt, founded 1044 by Gautier de Deuilly and demolished 1791; home of the lords of Deuilly.

Deulggoch Folk Village

Deulggoch Folk Village (들꽃민속촌) is a privately run folk museum in Yeongwol County, Gangwon, South Korea, founded in 1993 by collector Kwon Jeong-in to display traditional rural artifacts.

Deulia & Kaukipara Mound

Varahamihirer Dhipi, also called Khana-Mihirer Dhipi, is an ASI-protected archaeological mound at Deulia & Kaukipara, North 24 Parganas, part of Chandraketugarh, with Gupta-period brick temple remains excavated 1956-67.

Deuremidevir hydrobromide

Deuremidevir hydrobromide (VV116, JT001; 民得维, Mindvy) is an oral nucleoside analog RdRp inhibitor, a remdesivir/GS-441524 derivative, approved in China and Uzbekistan for mild-to-moderate COVID-19.

Deus

Deus is a 2014 civilization board game by Sébastien Dujardin (Pearl Games) for 2-4 players, 60-90 minutes, combining card-driven engine building, area control, and offerings to the gods; Kennerspiel des Jahres recommended 2015, with a Deus: Egypt expansion.

Deus (film)

Deus (2022), aka Deus: The Dark Sphere, a British sci-fi thriller by Steve Stone starring Claudia Black; the Achilles crew finds a Mars-orbit sphere broadcasting 'God' in every language. Low ratings (IMDb 4.4), $11,997 box office.

Deus Ex

Deus Ex: cyberpunk immersive sim RPG franchise begun by Ion Storm Austin in 2000 under Warren Spector; later entries by Eidos-Montréal (Human Revolution, Mankind Divided); owned by Embracer since 2022, new game cancelled 2024-2026.

Deus Ex (video game)

Deus Ex (2000) is Ion Storm Austin's cyberpunk immersive sim directed by Warren Spector, published by Eidos Interactive on June 23, 2000; it blends RPG, FPS, and adventure design, won multiple year-end awards, and spawned a franchise.

Deus ex machina

Deus ex machina, Latin for "god from the machine" (Greek theos ek mechanes), is a plot device from ancient Greek theater where a crane lowered a god onstage to resolve the plot; now any contrived, unforeshadowed ending.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a 2011 cyberpunk action RPG by Eidos-Montréal, a prequel set in 2027 starring augmented security chief Adam Jensen of Sarif Industries; praised (Metacritic 89) for player choice, criticized for boss fights; Director's Cut followed in 2013.

Deus Ex: Invisible War

Deus Ex: Invisible War (Deus Ex 2) is Ion Storm's 2003 first-person action RPG sequel to Deus Ex, set in 2072 with Alex D., biomods, rival factions, and a criticized universal ammo system.