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Drake equation
The Drake equation, also called the Green Bank equation, is a 1961 formula by Frank Drake estimating the number of radio-transmitting civilizations in the Milky Way.
Drake Hogestyn
Drake Hogestyn (Donald Drake Hogestyn, 1953-2024), American actor, played John Black on Days of Our Lives for 38 years, over 4,200 episodes, after a minor-league baseball career; died of pancreatic cancer.
Drake Hotel (Chicago)
The Drake Hotel is a historic luxury hotel on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago's Gold Coast, opened in 1920 and operated as a Hilton hotel today.
Drake Landing Solar Community
Drake Landing Solar Community is a 52-home subdivision in Okotoks, Alberta, heated by solar energy stored underground in boreholes, supplying over 90% of space heating from 2007 until 2024.
Drake Lindsey
Drake Lindsey is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, a junior from Fayetteville, Arkansas, who took over as Minnesota's starter in 2025.
Drake London
Drake London, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver (No. 5), drafted eighth overall in 2022 out of USC after winning 2021 Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year; signed a four-year, $141 million extension through 2030.
Drake Maverick
Drake Maverick (James Michael Curtin, born 1983), also known as Rockstar Spud, English wrestler; 205 Live GM, multi-time WWE 24/7 Champion, two-time TNA X-Division Champion; since 2022 a WWE writer/producer, returned to the ring for PROGRESS in 2026.
Drake Maye
Drake Maye, New England Patriots quarterback, drafted 3rd overall in 2024 out of North Carolina; led NFL in passer rating (113.5) and completion percentage (72.0%) in 2025, MVP runner-up, reached Super Bowl LX in year two.
Drake Passage
Drake Passage is the ~1,000 km open-ocean strait between Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands, carrying the Antarctic Circumpolar Current through its three main fronts; opened in stages from ~50 to ~12 Ma, it is notorious for 60-knot winds and 10–12 m waves.
Drake Powell
Drake Powell (born 2005) is an NBA guard-forward for the Brooklyn Nets, drafted 22nd overall in 2025 by Atlanta after one UNC season (7.4 ppg), cousin of Hubert Davis.
Drake University
Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa, founded in 1881 and named for Civil War general, Iowa governor, and railroad builder Francis Marion Drake.
Drake university herbarium
Drake University herbarium: the plant specimen collection of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, founded 1958, about 3,400 specimens (2020), curated by biology professor Thomas Rosburg and housed in the Biodiversity Center; distinct from the Drake del Castillo herbarium in Paris.
Drake v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs
Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (1979) 46 FLR 409 is a Full Federal Court of Australia case defining AAT merits review: the tribunal must reach the correct or preferable decision independently, not merely apply ministerial policy.
Drake–Kanye West feud
Drake–Kanye West feud: long-running rivalry between Drake and Kanye West (Ye), from 2008 shared managers through the 2018 Pusha T 'Story of Adidon' clash, the 2021 Free Larry Hoover reconciliation concert, and renewed disses in 2022–2024.
Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud
The Drake–Kendrick Lamar feud, also called the Drake-Kendrick beef, is the 2024 rap rivalry that escalated from the 2013 'Control' verse into diss tracks including 'Not Like Us,' which topped Spotify, won five Grammys, and survived Drake's dismissed UMG defamation suit.
Drake's Pacific raid
Drake's Pacific raid (incursión de Francis Drake en el Mar del Sur) was Francis Drake's 1578–1579 attack on Spanish ports and shipping from Chile to Peru, capturing the treasure galleon Cacafuego.
Drake's raid on Cartagena de Indias
Drake's raid on Cartagena de Indias was the capture, plundering, and six-week occupation of the Spanish colonial port in present-day Colombia by Sir Francis Drake in 1586.
Drake's raid on Santo Domingo
Drake's raid on Santo Domingo was the capture, sack, and ransoming of the Spanish colonial capital of Santo Domingo by Sir Francis Drake in January and February 1586.
Draken International
Draken International is an American provider of contracted adversary air training, founded in 2011 by Jared Isaacman in Lakeland, Florida, flying ex-military fighters against US and NATO air forces.
Drakengard (video game)
Drakengard (Drag-On Dragoon) is a 2003 Square Enix/Cavia PlayStation 2 action RPG, Yoko Taro's directorial debut, starring Caim and his red dragon; a Dynasty Warriors-Panzer Dragoon hybrid with five endings that spawned the Nier series.
Drakengard (ドラッグ オン ドラグーン)
Drakengard (ドラッグ オン ドラグーン, Drag-On Dragoon) is Yoko Taro's action RPG series of dragon-pact warriors, begun by Cavia and Square Enix on PS2 in 2003, with three mainline games and the NieR spin-off.
Drakengard 3 (ドラッグ オン ドラグーン3)
Drakengard 3 (ドラッグ オン ドラグーン3) is a 2013 PlayStation 3 action RPG by Access Games and Square Enix, directed by Yoko Taro; Intoner Zero hunts her five sisters, with four weapon types, dragon combat, and notorious technical problems.
Drakensberg
Drakensberg (uKhahlamba, Zulu 'Barrier of Spears'), basalt-capped mountain escarpment in South Africa and Lesotho, eastern edge of the Great Escarpment; peaks over 3,400 m, principal Southern African water source, Maloti-Drakensberg World Heritage Site with San rock art.
Drakensberg - Maloti Highlands
The Drakensberg - Maloti Highlands are a 300 km alpine mountain belt straddling the Lesotho-South Africa border, Southern Africa's most important water catchment area and a transnational World Heritage Site.
Drakeo the Ruler
Drakeo the Ruler (Darrell Wayne Caldwell), Los Angeles rapper of the Stinc Team, creator of the "nervous music" flow, acquitted in a lyrics-based murder trial, killed backstage at the 2021 Once Upon a Time in L.A. festival.
Drakes Bay Oyster Company
Drakes Bay Oyster Company, the historic oyster farm in Drakes Estero, Point Reyes National Seashore, California; farmed from 1935, run by the Lunny family 2004-2014, closed December 31, 2014 after the Salazar permit decision and Ninth Circuit litigation; the name now covers a Baja oyster importer.
Drakht-i Asurig
Drakht-i Asurig (درخت آسوریگ, also Draxt ī Āsūrīg) is a Middle Persian debate poem, the oldest Persian munāzara, in which a date palm and a goat contend for precedence.
Draksadi (afi afi-draksadi)
Draksadi (द्राक्षादि, Drākṣādi) is a family of Ayurvedic formulations named for draksha, the dried grape or raisin, their lead ingredient, with forms including decoctions, pills, and powders.
Draksadi Gutika
Draksadi Gutika (Drākṣādi guṭikā, द्राक्षादि गुटिका) is an Ayurvedic polyherbal tablet (AFI000455) of grape, haritaki, and sugar, dosed 6-12 g, used mainly for amlapitta (hyperacidity, non-ulcer dyspepsia).
Draksadi kvatha curna
Draksadi kvatha curna (Drākṣādi kvātha cūrṇa), also Drakshadi Kashayam, is an Ayurvedic Formulary of India grape-based powdered decoction (AFI000306, 48 g) for vomiting, vata-pitta fever, thirst, and syncope.