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Doechii
Doechii, born Jaylah Ji'mya Hickmon, is an American rapper and songwriter who won the 2025 Grammy for Best Rap Album with her mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal.
Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android?
Does It Count If You Lose Your Virginity to an Android? (Android wa Keiken Ninzuu ni Hairimasu ka??) is a yuri comedy manga by Yakinikuteishoku, serialized in Comic Yuri Hime 2021–2025 in seven volumes, published in English by Seven Seas, with a January 2026 short-form TV anime by Nyan Pollution-ω-.
Does Spring Come to Stolen Fields?
"Does Spring Come to Stolen Fields?" (빼앗긴 들에도 봄은 오는가) is a 1926 resistance poem by the Korean poet Yi Sang-hwa, written under Japanese colonial rule.
Doeschka Meijsing
Doeschka Meijsing, full name Maria Johanna Meijsing, was a Dutch novelist and critic (1947–2012), known for the prize-winning bestseller Over de liefde (2008) and her work around De Revisor.
DÖF
DÖF, short for Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl, was a short-lived Austrian-German pop project of the Neue Deutsche Welle era, best known for "Codo", which topped the German charts for five weeks in 1983.
Dofana
Dofana, a 5,940 m ultra-prominent peak in Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan; highest summit of the Deosai Range with 1,875 m prominence, first climbed in 2007 by Alpinclub Sachsen.
Dofetilide
Dofetilide, sold as Tikosyn, is a Class III antiarrhythmic drug that blocks a cardiac potassium current to convert atrial fibrillation and must be started in hospital under monitoring.
Dog
Dog (Canis lupus familiaris), domesticated subspecies of the gray wolf and the first domesticated animal, kept by Paleolithic hunter-gatherers; over 350 breeds, dual Eurasian ancestry, 59,000 annual dog-mediated rabies deaths.
Dog (2022 film)
Dog is a 2022 American road comedy-drama in which Army Ranger Jackson Briggs, played by Channing Tatum, drives a troubled military dog named Lulu down the Pacific Coast to a funeral.
Dog 51
Dog 51 (Chien 51) is a 2025 French dystopian sci-fi thriller by Cédric Jimenez, adapted from Laurent Gaudé's novel, set in a 2045 Paris of three zones policed by AI ALMA; Venice 2025 closing film, StudioCanal release.
Dog anatomy
Dog anatomy: the bodily structure of Canis lupus familiaris, domesticated from the gray wolf over 33,000 years ago. Marked by extreme skull diversity (brachycephalic to dolichocephalic), a wolf-lacking eyebrow-raising muscle, and conservative inner ear shape.
Dog behavior
Dog behavior covers the actions, communication, and cognition of the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris), a gray-wolf descendant domesticated roughly 15,000–35,000 years ago, known for sensitivity to human cues, olfaction-driven behavior, and common behavior problems.
Dog bite
Dog bite: injury from a dog's teeth, also called canine bite injury. Tens of millions occur yearly; children are most affected. Key risks are polymicrobial wound infection (Pasteurella) and rabies, prevented by wound irrigation, antibiotics, and post-exposure prophylaxis.
Dog Bite Dog (狗咬狗)
Dog Bite Dog (狗咬狗, Gau ngao gau) is a 2006 Hong Kong-Japan Category III crime thriller directed by Soi Cheang, starring Edison Chen as a Cambodian assassin hunted by Sam Lee's obsessive cop; it competed at Tokyo IFF 2006.
Dog Blood
Dog Blood is an EDM duo formed in 2012 by Skrillex (Sonny Moore) and Boys Noize (Alex Ridha), whose debut single "Next Order" topped Beatport's Techno chart.
Dog breed
Dog breed: a human-maintained domestic race of dogs with a common gene pool, defined by breed standards and kennel club registries (AKC, FCI). About 350+ breeds worldwide; AKC has 202 breeds in seven groups; breed explains ~9% of behavior variation.
Dog breeding
Dog breeding: directed mating of domestic dogs to produce chosen traits. Covers the canine estrous cycle, 62–64 day gestation, artificial insemination, Victorian-era breed origins, 87% retained genetic diversity, inherited disease, and modern breeding regulation.
Dog communication
Dog communication: signal exchange among domestic dogs and between dogs and humans via visual, tactile, auditory, and olfactory channels; includes barks (160-2630 Hz), referential gestures, pointing comprehension, and domestication-hypothesis debates.
Dog crossbreed
Dog crossbreed, also called designer dog (e.g., Labradoodle, Cockapoo): offspring of two documented purebred parents of different breeds, unlike undocumented mixed breeds; not kennel-club recognized, with mixed evidence on hybrid vigor health benefits.
Dog Day Afternoon
Dog Day Afternoon is Sidney Lumet's 1975 crime drama starring Al Pacino and John Cazale, based on John Wojtowicz's failed 1972 Brooklyn Chase Manhattan bank robbery; it won Frank Pierson the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Dog Day Afternoon (play)
Dog Day Afternoon is Stephen Adly Guirgis's 2026 Broadway play adapted from the 1975 film about John Wojtowicz's 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery, directed by Rupert Goold, starring Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bachrach at the August Wilson Theatre, closed July 12, 2026 to negative reviews.
Dog days
The dog days, or Dog Days of Summer, are the hot, sultry days of late July and early August in the Northern Hemisphere, traditionally July 3 to August 11.
Dog Days (2001 film)
Dog Days (Hundstage) is Ulrich Seidl's 2001 Austrian debut feature, six interwoven stories of loneliness and aggression in a Vienna suburb during a heat wave; it won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice 2001 and was Austria's most successful film of 2001/2002.
Dog Days (2018 film)
Dog Days is a 2018 American ensemble romantic comedy directed by Ken Marino, in which the lives of a group of Los Angeles residents intertwine through their dogs.
Dog Days (2024 film)
Dog Days (도그데이즈) is a 2024 South Korean ensemble comedy-drama, Kim Deok-min's feature debut, starring Youn Yuh-jung, Yoo Hae-jin, and Kim Yun-jin; released February 7, 2024 by CJ ENM, it earned 368,423 admissions.
Dog Days Are Over
Dog Days Are Over: 2008 single by Florence + the Machine from Lungs, written by Florence Welch and Isabella Summers, inspired by a Ugo Rondinone sign; peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and revived by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Dog Eat Dog
Dog Eat Dog is an American rapcore band formed in Bergen County, New Jersey, in 1990, whose 1994 debut All Boro Kings sold over 600,000 copies.
Dog fighting
Dog fighting is an illegal blood sport in which dogs fight for entertainment and wagering, with ancient Roman roots, UK bans since 1835, US federal prohibition since 1976, and ongoing enforcement.
Dog flea
Dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis, Curtis 1826), a Pulicidae flea of dogs and wild carnivores worldwide; distinguished from the cat flea by the genal ctenidium, mitochondrial genome 93.5% identical to C. felis, predominant on dogs in central and eastern Europe.
Dog food
Dog food: commercially prepared food for domestic dogs, from James Spratt's 1860 Meat Fibrine Dog Cakes to extruded kibble, AAFCO complete-and-balanced standards, and raw-diet safety debates.