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Domino theory

Domino theory: Cold War idea, stated by Eisenhower on April 7, 1954, that one country falling to communism would topple its neighbors; used to justify US intervention in Vietnam and discredited in the 1970s.

DOMINO trial

DOMINO (Doxycycline versus Macrolides for Mycoplasma pneumoniae INfectiOn in Children) is a planned South Korean multicentre randomised trial, NCT07306234, testing first-line doxycycline versus azithromycin in 208 children aged 3–17 with suspected macrolide-resistant M. pneumoniae pneumonia.

Domino's

Domino's, also known as Domino's Pizza, is an American pizza restaurant chain founded in 1960 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, operating more than 22,100 stores in over 90 markets.

Domino's Farms

Domino's Farms is a Prairie School-style office park in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, designed by Gunnar Birkerts and built from 1984 for Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan.

Dominoes

Dominoes: tile-laying games with rectangular pips-marked tiles; standard double-six set of 28 tiles and 168 pips; Chinese record from 1120 CE, Europe in the 18th century; Block, Draw, All Fives, and Mexican Train variants.

DomiNque Perry

DomiNque Perry (born 1988) is an American actress and dancer from Houston, Texas, known for playing Tasha on HBO's Insecure and Aja on Diarra from Detroit.

Dominum (band)

Dominum is a German zombie-themed power metal band from Nuremberg, formed in 2022 by ex-Hyrax members led by Felix Heldt as Dr. Dead, signed to Napalm Records with albums Hey Living People, The Dead Don't Die, and Night Is Calling.

Dominus Capital Partners

Dominus Capital Partners is a New York City private equity firm founded in 2008 that makes control buyouts of middle-market business services and industrial companies in North America.

Domitian

Domitian (Titus Flavius Domitianus), Roman emperor 81–96 CE, last Flavian, son of Vespasian and brother of Titus. Capable administrator and builder, took the title dominus et deus, assassinated in 96, memory condemned by the Senate.

Domo (company)

Domo, Inc. is an American cloud-based business intelligence and data analytics company founded in 2010 by Omniture founder Josh James and headquartered in American Fork, Utah.

Domo (どーもくん) (NHK)

Domo (どーもくん, Domo-kun) is NHK's brown egg-hatched mascot character, born 1998 for NHK-BS's 10th anniversary, created by Tsuneo Goda, 1 m 20 cm tall, 85 kg, aired in over 170 countries, redesigned white for NHK ONE in 2025.

Domo Genesis

Domo Genesis (Dominique Marquis Cole, born 1991) is an American rapper, DJ, and songwriter from Inglewood, California, a member of Odd Future and MellowHigh. Known for Rolling Papers (2010), No Idols (2012), his 2016 debut album Genesis, and 2025's SCRAM!.

Domoic acid

Domoic acid, also called amnesic shellfish poison, is a glutamate-receptor neurotoxin made by Pseudo-nitzschia diatoms; it accumulates in shellfish, caused the 1987 Prince Edward Island ASP outbreak, and poisons marine mammals.

Domonique Foxworth

Domonique Foxworth, born 1983 in Oxford, England, is a former NFL cornerback (Broncos, Falcons, Ravens; 8 INTs) who served as NFLPA president 2012-2014 and is now an ESPN Andscape commentator.

Domonique Orange

Domonique Orange, nicknamed Big Citrus, is an American nose tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, drafted 82nd overall in 2026 out of Iowa State; a run-stuffing interior defender with one career college sack.

Domostroi

The Domostroi (Домострой) is a Russian household-management manual, linked to Novgorod and given its final mid-16th-century form by the priest Sylvester, confessor of Ivan the Terrible.

Domovoy (crater on Ariel)

Domovoy, a 71-km impact crater on Ariel, Uranus's moon, at 71.5S 339.7E, IAU-approved 1988, named for the Slavic household spirit; deep and unrelaxed unlike Yangoor.

Dompe

Dompe is a Mexican draw and discard card game from Sonora, a relative of Knock Poker for 2-5 players using 52 cards plus a wild joker; players call dompe with a five-card poker hand or win outright with a six-card hand.

Domperidone

Domperidone (Motilium) is a peripheral dopamine D2 antagonist antiemetic and prokinetic, synthesized 1974, marketed 1982; unapproved in the US, EU-restricted to 30 mg/day for nausea and vomiting over cardiac QT risks.

Domtar

Domtar is a privately held North American manufacturer of paper, market pulp, recycled packaging, tissue, and wood products, headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, with offices in Montreal.

Domundi TV

Domundi TV, also known as Domundi (ดูมันดิ TV), is a Thai television production company and talent agency founded in 2016 by director and manager Kittipat Jampa, known as Aoftion.

Domus (magazine)

Domus is an Italian monthly magazine of architecture, design, and art, founded in Milan in 1928 by Gio Ponti, bilingual in Italian and English and distributed in 89 countries.

Domus and Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte

Domus and Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte (III,I,6), Ostia: a Republican house of the second century BC, later partly converted into a Mithraeum of the Painted Walls with initiation-grade frescoes, altars, and inscriptions of Caelius Ermeros and Aemilius Antoninus.

Domus Aurea

The Domus Aurea, or Golden House, was Nero's vast palace complex in Rome, begun after the great fire of 64 AD and demolished after his death in 68 AD.

Domus Cilonis

Domus Cilonis: the Rome mansion of Lucius Fabius Cilo, consul 193 and 204, urban prefect and friend of Septimius Severus; a Severan gift on the Aventinus Minor, shown on the Forma Urbis, later the site of Santa Balbina.

Domus Faustae

Domus Faustae, the "House of Fausta" at the Lateran in Rome, named in Optatus for a 313 synod; tentatively identified with remains under the INPS building on via Amba Aradam, with a fourth-century frescoed corridor showing Constantine's family.

Domus Flavia

Domus Flavia: public wing of Emperor Domitian's Flavian Palace on Rome's Palatine Hill, completed 92 AD by architect Rabirius, with peristyle, octagonal fountain, Aula Regia throne room, Basilica, Lararium, and Cenatio Iovis.

Domus Sanctae Marthae

Domus Sanctae Marthae, also known as Casa Santa Marta, is a five-story Vatican guesthouse completed in 1996, where Pope Francis lived from 2013 until his death in 2025.

Domuztepe (Aslantaş)

Domuztepe is a settlement mound in Osmaniye Province, eastern Cilicia, Turkey, on the east bank of the Ceyhan river opposite Karatepe, occupied from the Neolithic to the Roman period.

Domvanalimab

Domvanalimab (AB154) is an Fc-silent humanized IgG1 anti-TIGIT monoclonal antibody from Arcus/Gilead, tested with zimberelimab in NSCLC and gastroesophageal cancers; phase 3 STAR-221 and STAR-121 were discontinued for futility.