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Doon Mackichan
Doon Mackichan (Sarah Doon Mackichan, born 1962) is a British actress, comedian and writer, co-creator of the double-Emmy-winning Smack the Pony, known for The Day Today, Brass Eye, Plebs, Toast of London, Two Doors Down, and the memoir My Lady Parts.
Doona (organism)
Doona is a genus of 10 resin-bearing dipterocarp tree species endemic to Sri Lanka's wet-zone rainforests, also treated as Shorea sect. Doona; includes the rediscovered Doona ovalifolia.
Doona! (이두나!)
Doona! (이두나!), also known as The Girl Downstairs, is a 2023 Netflix Korean romance drama adapted from Min Song-a's Naver webtoon, directed by Lee Jung-hyo, starring Bae Suzy as a retired K-pop idol and Yang Se-jong, nine episodes released October 20, 2023.
Doonesbury
Doonesbury, Garry Trudeau's political comic strip (from Bull Tales), debuted October 26, 1970 in 28 newspapers via Universal Press Syndicate; first comic strip to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1975), Sunday-only since 2014.
Door
A door is a movable barrier, usually hinged or sliding, that closes an opening in a wall or vehicle, serving security, privacy, insulation, and access.
Door closer
A door closer is a spring-and-hydraulic device that returns an opened door to its closed position without slamming, and is required on self-closing fire doors.
Door frame
A door frame is the assembly of vertical jambs and a horizontal lintel that surrounds a doorway, holds the door on its hinges, and closes the gap to the wall.
Door into the Dark
Door into the Dark is the second poetry collection by the Irish poet Seamus Heaney, published in 1969, whose closing poem "Bogland" opens his bog theme.
Door laminoplasty
Door laminoplasty, or open-door laminoplasty, is a posterior cervical spine operation that hinges the laminae open on one side to enlarge the spinal canal and decompress the cord.
Door-in-the-face technique
Door-in-the-face technique: a two-step compliance procedure, first demonstrated by Cialdini et al. in 1975, in which a refused extreme request makes a following moderate request more likely to be accepted; meta-analyses find small effects (r about .08-.14).
Door-to-balloon
Door-to-balloon (D2B) time measures hospital arrival to angioplasty balloon inflation in STEMI. Guideline target 90 minutes (120 for transfers); total ischemic time predicts mortality better.
Doordarshan (दूरदर्शन)
Doordarshan (दूरदर्शन) is India's public television broadcaster under Prasar Bharati, started 15 September 1959 as an experimental Delhi service; now 35 satellite channels, DD Free Dish DTH in ~49 million homes.
DoorDash
DoorDash (NASDAQ: DASH), founded 2013 as Palo Alto Delivery Inc., is a San Francisco-based local commerce platform operating the DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo marketplaces in over 40 countries, with $102.0 billion Marketplace GOV and 3.2 billion orders in 2025, distinct from Uber Eats by its Commerce Platform and Dasher contractor model.
DOORI LAND
Doori Land (두리랜드) is a children's experiential theme park in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, founded in 1990 by actor Im Chae-moo; free admission until 2017, reopened 2020, about 19 billion won invested.
Doorman fallacy
The doorman fallacy is a reasoning error that judges automation against a role's most visible task while ignoring its other functions. It was coined by Rory Sutherland.
Doornroosje
Doornroosje is a pop venue and nightclub beside Nijmegen Centraal station in the Netherlands, active since the late 1960s and hosting rock, techno, and house.
Doors (film)
Doors is a 2021 American sci-fi anthology film, also released in the UK as Portal, directed by Jeff Desom, Saman Kesh, and Dugan O'Neal, starring Josh Peck, about alien doors appearing worldwide; segments Lockdown, Knockers, and Lamaj; 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Doors (song)
"Doors" is a 2026 song by American singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, released as the third single from his album The Great Divide and peaking at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Doors (The Bear)
"Doors" is the third episode of The Bear season 3 (2024), directed by Duccio Fabbri and written by Christopher Storer and Will Guidara, compressing a month of the restaurant's chaotic service into 30 minutes.
DOORS syndrome
DOORS syndrome (DOOR syndrome, deafness-onychodystrophy-osteodystrophy-intellectual disability-seizures syndrome, OMIM 220500) is a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder, often caused by TBC1D24 mutations, with sensorineural deafness, absent nails, short digits, intellectual disability, and infantile seizures.
Doosan Enerbility
Doosan Enerbility (두산에너빌리티), formerly Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, is a South Korean Doosan Group company manufacturing power plant equipment, including boilers, turbines, and nuclear components, and building plants in more than 40 countries.
Doosan Group (두산그룹)
Doosan Group (두산그룹) is a South Korean family-controlled conglomerate founded in 1896 as the Park Seung-jik Store, now focused on power equipment, nuclear components, and construction machinery.
Doosra
Doosra (دوسرا), "the other one" in Urdu/Hindi: an off-spinner's disguised delivery turning leg to off, opposite the off-break. Invented by Saqlain Mushtaq, named via Moin Khan's stump-mic calls; largely banned by the ICC's 15-degree elbow rule.
Doosra Saptak
Doosra Saptak (दूसरा सप्तक, "Second Septet") is a 1951 anthology of poems by seven Hindi poets, edited by Agyeya, whose introduction established the experimental movement Prayogvad.
Doot Doot (6 7)
Doot Doot (6 7) is a December 2024 drill song by Philadelphia rapper Skrilla (Jemille Edwards), formally released in February 2025, whose "6-7" lyric spawned the viral six-seven meme via LaMelo Ball edits and Taylen Kinney's hand gesture.
Doov
Doov (Dööv) is a traditional Mongolian draughts game on an 8x8 board with eight pieces per player, single captures only, and dog- or wolf-shaped pieces; the Mongolian game closest to western checkers.
Dopa-responsive dystonia due to sepiapterin reductase deficiency
Dopa-responsive dystonia due to sepiapterin reductase deficiency (SRD, DYT-SPR, SPR deficiency) is a very rare autosomal recessive neurometabolic disorder caused by SPR gene mutations, with dystonia, oculogyric crises, developmental delay, normal phenylalanine, and dramatic levodopa response; about 43 cases reported.
Dopamine
Dopamine is a catecholamine neurotransmitter and chemical messenger in the brain and sympathetic nervous system, and the precursor of norepinephrine and epinephrine; its loss causes Parkinson's disease.
Dopamine (Lil Tecca album)
DOPAMINE (Lil Tecca album), also called Dopamine, is the American rapper's fifth studio album, released June 13, 2025 on Galactic/Republic; 17 tracks, singles "Dark Thoughts" and "OWA OWA", Ken Carson feature, UK peak No. 17.
Dopamine (Normani album)
DOPAMINE, also called Dopamine, is Normani's debut solo album, released June 14, 2024 on RCA Records. The 13-track pop/R&B record, six years in the making, features Gunna, James Blake, Cardi B, and Brandy, debuted at number 91 on the Billboard 200, and scored 73 on Metacritic.