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Down syndrome
Down syndrome (trisomy 21): genetic condition from an extra chromosome 21 copy; ~1 in 640 US births; forms include free trisomy, Robertsonian translocation, mosaicism; features intellectual disability, heart defects, early Alzheimer's.
Down to Earth (2001 film)
Down to Earth is a 2001 American comedy-fantasy film directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, starring Chris Rock as a comedian who dies before his time.
Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)
Down to Earth is Ozzy Osbourne's eighth studio album, released October 16, 2001 after a six-year gap. Produced by Tim Palmer, with Zakk Wylde, Robert Trujillo, and Mike Bordin; peaked No. 4 on the Billboard 200, RIAA Platinum.
Down to Earth (Rainbow album)
Down To Earth (1979, Polydor) is Rainbow's fourth studio album and the only one with singer Graham Bonnet, alongside Ritchie Blackmore, Cozy Powell, Don Airey, and Roger Glover (bass and producer), whose Russ Ballard cover Since You Been Gone hit UK No.6 and made it the band's best-seller.
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Down to Earth with Zac Efron is a Netflix travel docuseries (2020–2022) hosted by Zac Efron and wellness expert Darin Olien exploring sustainable living; two seasons, a Daytime Emmy, mixed reviews, and criticism over pseudoscience.
Down to the Countryside Movement
The Down to the Countryside Movement (上山下乡运动) was a Chinese policy sending urban school graduates to rural villages for agricultural labor, mobilized at mass scale by Mao Zedong in 1968.
Down to You
Down to You is a 2000 American romantic comedy, also called a teen romance, written and directed by Kris Isacsson, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Julia Stiles as college lovers in New York; released by Miramax on January 21, 2000, it grossed $24.4 million but scored 3% on Rotten Tomatoes and 13 on Metacritic.
Down Under (song)
"Down Under" is a 1981 Men at Work song written by Colin Hay and Ron Strykert, a number-one hit in Australia, the UK and US, subject of the 2010 Kookaburra copyright case, and now a billion-stream Australian anthem.
Down with Love
Down with Love (2003) is a Peyton Reed romantic comedy starring Renée Zellweger and Ewan McGregor, set in 1962 New York and homaging Doris Day–Rock Hudson sex comedies; it flopped at the box office but gained a cult following.
Down with the Sickness
"Down with the Sickness" is a 2000 song by the American heavy metal band Disturbed, from their debut album The Sickness, known for its improvised "ooh-wah-ah-ah-ah" opening vocal.
Down-low (sexual slang)
Down-low (DL) is 1990s African American slang for secrecy, later meaning men who present as heterosexual while secretly having sex with men; research finds no link to elevated HIV risk.
Down-picking
Down-picking is a guitar technique in which every note of a riff is played with a downstroke for maximum attack, a mainstay of metal and punk rhythm playing.
Down-the-line
Down-the-line (DTL) is a Commonwealth clay target trap discipline: five shooters on five stands, 25 outgoing targets from one trap 16 yards ahead, scored 3/2/0 by barrel, 28 g max load, popular in Australia, New Zealand, and the UK.
Downbeat nystagmus
Downbeat nystagmus (DBN), ICD-11 9C84.20, is the most common acquired central nystagmus: upward slow drift, downward quick phase, worsened by downgaze; caused by cerebellar or brainstem lesions, treated with aminopyridines.
Downburst
A downburst, also known as a Plough Wind, is a strong downdraft from a thunderstorm that strikes the ground and spreads outward as damaging straight-line winds, named by Ted Fujita in 1976.
Downers Grove, Illinois
Downers Grove is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, about 22 miles west of Chicago, named for settler Pierce Downer (arrived 1832). Incorporated 1873; railroad arrived 1864; population about 50,365 (2025 estimate).
Downey, California
Downey, California: a Los Angeles County city of about 108,000 southeast of Los Angeles, incorporated 1956, former aerospace hub where Apollo and space shuttle craft were built, largest employer Kaiser Permanente.
Downfall (2004 film)
Downfall (Der Untergang) is a 2004 German historical war drama directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, starring Bruno Ganz as Hitler during his final days in the Berlin bunker in 1945.
Downfall (창) (1997 film)
Downfall (창, Chang) is Im Kwon-taek's 1997 South Korean drama about an orphan sold into prostitution, tracing Korea's sex industry from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s; it drew 411,591 Seoul admissions and won Shin Eun-kyung the Blue Dragon Best Actress award.
Downfall of Amir Kabir
The Downfall of Amir Kabir (قتل امیرکبیر) was the dismissal and secret killing of Qajar Iran's chief minister, Mirza Taqi Khan, by order of Naser al-Din Shah in 1852.
Downfall of Gaia
Downfall of Gaia is a German blackened crust and post-black metal band formed in 2008 in Hanover, now based partly in New York and signed to Metal Blade Records.
Downfall of the Hittite Empire
The downfall of the Hittite Empire was the collapse of the Hittite New Kingdom around 1200 BC, marked by the abandonment and burning of the capital Hattusa.
Downhill (1927 film)
Downhill (1927) is a British silent drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello as schoolboy Roddy Berwick, adapted from the play Down Hill by Novello and Constance Collier, restored by the BFI as one of the Hitchcock 9.
Downhill (2020 film)
Downhill is a 2020 American comedy-drama directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell, and adapted from the Swedish film Force Majeure (2014).
Downhill (ski competition)
Downhill (ski competition): fastest, longest Alpine ski racing discipline, one timed run, speeds 80-95 mph; Olympic event since 1948 (combined 1936); FIS-governed, Lauberhorn longest World Cup course.
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer is a 1969 drama, Michael Ritchie's debut, starring Robert Redford as driven skier David Chappellet and Gene Hackman as his coach; adapted from Oakley Hall's novel, shot at real 1969 World Cup races.
Downhole heat exchanger
A downhole heat exchanger extracts geothermal heat inside a wellbore through a closed loop of circulating fluid, eliminating surface discharge and the need for reinjection wells.
Downing Street
Downing Street, Westminster: cul-de-sac holding 10 Downing Street, the British Prime Minister's official residence and office since 1735, plus No 11 (Chancellor) and the new Manchester-based No 10 North.
Download
A download, also called downline loading, is the transfer of a file or other data from a remote system to a local one, typically over the Internet.
Download Festival
Download Festival is the UK's largest rock and metal festival, held each June at Donington Park, Leicestershire. Founded in 2003 as successor to Monsters of Rock, it has an 80,000 capacity, stages named Apex, Opus, Avalanche, and Dogtooth, and 2026 headliners Limp Bizkit, Guns N' Roses, and Linkin Park.