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Dextrothyroxine
Dextrothyroxine (D-thyroxine, Choloxin) is the D-enantiomer of thyroxine, an antihyperlipidemic approved in 1967 and withdrawn after the Coronary Drug Project showed excess deaths in its dextrothyroxine arm.
DEXX
DEXX (เด็กซ์), Diverse Element of XX, is a six-member Thai T-pop boy group under DMD Music, formed from Domundi TV actors Jamessu, Tutor, Yim, Auau, Por, and TeeTee; debuted 24 June 2025 with "Clang Clang".
DexYCB
DexYCB is a computer-vision dataset of human hands grasping real objects, created by NVIDIA and the University of Washington and presented at CVPR in 2021.
Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners, also known as Dexys, are an English pop-soul band from Birmingham formed in 1978 by Kevin Rowland, known for the UK and US number-one hits 'Geno' and 'Come On Eileen'.
Dey of Algiers
The Dey of Algiers (داي) was the sovereign ruler of the Regency of Algiers from 1671, when the corsair captains rebelled, until the French conquest ended the office in 1830.
Deyang
Deyang Shi (德阳市, Deyang City) is a prefecture-level city in central Sichuan on the Chengdu Plain, established in 1983 and one of China's major heavy equipment manufacturing bases.
Deyev
Deyev kurgan (Діїв курган, Деев курган) is a late 4th-century BC Scythian burial mound near Nyzhni Sirohozy, Kherson Oblast, Ukraine, excavated 1891 and 1897, famous for an intact noblewoman's burial with gold maenad plaques and sphinx earrings.
Deyuan Ancient City Site
德源古城遗址 (Deyuan ancient city site), originally Dengchuan city, a Tang-dynasty fortress founded 738 CE on Deyuan Hill, Eryuan county, Dali, Yunnan; seat of Dengtan Zhao, rammed-earth wall 1.3 km, national key protection site since 2019.
Dez Altino
Dez Altino, born Tiga Wendwaoga Désiré Ouédraogo in 1978, is a Burkinabè singer and self-producer known as "le prince national" who fuses Mossi rhythms with reggae and urban pop.
Dez Bryant
Dez Bryant, American NFL wide receiver from Oklahoma State, drafted 24th overall by Dallas in 2010; three-time Pro Bowler, 41 touchdowns 2012-14, famous 2014 playoff no-catch, later Saints and Ravens.
Dez Fafara
Dez Fafara (Bradley James Fafara), American metal vocalist from Santa Barbara, frontman of nu metal band Coal Chamber and groove metal band DevilDriver; gold 1997 debut, 11 DevilDriver albums through Strike And Kill (2026).
Dezful
Dezful (دزفول), also Dezhpol, is an ancient city in northern Khuzestan, Iran, on the Dez River, defined by its Sasanian bridge-dam attributed to Shapur I or II, shavadan underground rooms, and sugarcane agriculture.
Dezhou
Dezhou (德州) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Shandong, China, on the north bank of the Yellow River, known as China Solar City for its solar energy industry.
Dezhou Animal and Botanical Garden
Dezhou Animal and Botanical Garden (德州动植物园), a zoo-botanical-amusement park in Dezhou, Shandong, opened September 29, 2016, replacing the People's Park Zoo; free admission since March 1, 2025.
Dezik and Tsygan
Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") were two female Moscow stray dogs, the first dogs in space, launched 22 July 1951 on a Soviet R-1 rocket from Kapustin Yar to about 100 km and recovered alive by parachute; Dezik died on a later flight, Tsygan was adopted by physicist Anatoli Blagonravov.
Dezocine
Dezocine (Dalgan) is a synthetic mixed agonist-antagonist opioid analgesic, a partial biased μ-receptor agonist and mixed κ agonist-antagonist with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition, used mainly in China for postoperative pain and unscheduled in the US.
Dezso Fabian
Dezso Fabian (Dezső Fábián, 1918–1973), Hungarian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer nicknamed Zsöde; silver at London 1948, gold at Helsinki 1952, later championship-winning FTC coach.
Dezso Foldes
Dezso Foldes (Dezső Földes, 1880–1950) was a Hungarian sabre fencer and surgeon who won Olympic team sabre gold at London 1908 and Stockholm 1912, then emigrated to Cleveland, USA.
Dezso Gyarmati
Dezso Gyarmati (Dezső Gyarmati, 1927–2013), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic medals at five Games (gold 1952, 1956, 1964), European champion 1954 and 1962, coached Hungary to 1976 Olympic gold.
Dezső Kosztolányi
Dezső Kosztolányi (Kosztolányi Dezső, 1885–1936) was a Hungarian poet, novelist, and translator of the Nyugat generation, known for the novels Skylark and Édes Anna.
Dezso Lemhenyi
Dezso Lemhenyi (Lemhényi Dezső, born Kollmann, 1917–2003), Hungarian water polo player: 1948 Olympic silver, 1952 Olympic gold; later coached Hungarian, French, and Canadian national teams and founded the Hungarian Olympic Champions Club.
Dezso Novak
Dezso Novak (Novák Dezső, 1939–2014), Hungarian defender, two-time Olympic football champion (1964, 1968) and Rome 1960 bronze medalist; Ferencváros legend, 1965 Fairs Cup winner, and three-time title-winning FTC coach.
Dezső Szabó (writer)
Dezső Szabó (1879–January 1945) was a Hungarian novelist, political satirist, and polemicist whose expressionist prose renewed Hungarian literary language; his 1919 novel Az elsodort falu sold some 200,000 copies.
Dezydery Chłapowski
Dezydery Chłapowski (1788–1879) was a Polish general and agricultural reformer who fought under Napoleon and in the November Uprising, then transformed his Turew estate with crop rotation, shelterbelts, and modern farming methods.
Df (Unix)
df (disk free) is a standard Unix command that reports disk space used and available on mounted file systems; it first appeared in Version 1 AT&T UNIX in 1971.
DF Holdco L.P. (venture capital fund)
DF Holdco L.P. is a Cayman Islands venture capital fund formed in 2026, managed by Bo Feng and Haseeb Ahmad Qureshi through its general partner, DF Holdco GP LLC.
DF-17
The DF-17 (Dong Feng-17, 东风-17) is a Chinese road-mobile, solid-fueled ballistic missile carrying the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle, first shown publicly in 2019 and fielded around 2020.
DF-21
The DF-21, also known as Dong Feng-21 or CSS-5, is a Chinese road-mobile, solid-fuel medium-range ballistic missile that entered service in 1991 as China's first land-mobile solid-fuel missile.
DF-21D
The DF-21D (Dong Feng-21D, NATO designation CSS-5 Mod 5) is a Chinese medium-range ballistic missile designed to strike moving ships, including aircraft carriers, from ranges exceeding 1,500 km.
DF-26
The DF-26 (Dong Feng-26, 东风-26) is a Chinese road-mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile with a 4,000 km range, able to carry nuclear or conventional warheads and reach Guam, unveiled in 2015.