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Draksarista
Draksarista (Draksharishta, Drākṣāriṣṭa) is a fermented Ayurvedic liquid medicine with raisins (Vitis vinifera) as chief ingredient, jaggery, and eight herbs; 5–10% self-generated alcohol, used for digestion, respiration, and weakness.
Draksasava
Draksasava (द्राक्षासव, Drakshasava), a fermented Ayurvedic grape-based asava from the Ayurvedic Formulary of India; dose 12–24 ml, 5–10% self-generated alcohol, used for anorexia, heart disease, anemia, and weakness.
Draksavaleha
Draksavaleha (Drakshavaleha, Drākṣāvalēha) is a classical Ayurvedic grape-based semisolid avaleha from Ashtanga Hridaya, listed in India's Essential Drugs List for Pandu (anemia), Kamala, Daurbalya, and Kshaya, dose 6-12 gm.
Dram (unit)
The dram (drachm, abbreviated dr) is a small traditional weight unit, 1/16 ounce in the avoirdupois system, and, as the fluid dram, a volume of 1/8 fluid ounce.
Dram shop
Dram shop laws, also called commercial host liability, are U.S. state laws holding alcohol sellers liable for harm by visibly intoxicated or underage patrons; adopted in over 40 states and DC, absent in Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, and Virginia.
DRAM-less SSD
A DRAM-less SSD is a solid-state drive without an onboard DRAM chip, storing its mapping table in NAND flash or host memory, costing 5 to 10% less.
Drama
Drama (Greek δρᾶν, "to act") is art that represents action through performers; it spans ancient Greek tragedy, comedy, and satyr play, later genres like melodrama, and scripts for theatre.
Drama (film and television)
Drama (film and television) is the broad genre of scripted serious narrative works built on conflict and emotion, distinguished from comedy and specific genres, spanning three-act film structure, television subgenres, and micro-dramas.
Drama (Yes album)
Drama (1980) is the tenth Yes studio album and the only one with Buggles singer Trevor Horn on lead vocals, replacing Jon Anderson alongside Geoff Downes; it reached No. 2 in the UK, sold disappointingly, and led to the band's 1981 breakup.
Drama Centre London
Drama Centre London, also known as Drama Centre, was a British drama school founded in 1963. It was known for its Character Analysis and Movement Psychology technique.
Drama Gong
Drama Gong is a form of Balinese popular theater combining spoken drama, dance, and gamelan gong kebyar accompaniment, first staged at Gianyar in 1966 and performed largely in Balinese.
Drama Queens (podcast)
Drama Queens is an iHeartRadio rewatch podcast launched June 2021 by One Tree Hill actresses Bethany Joy Lenz, Hilarie Burton, and Sophia Bush, recapping all 187 episodes; Robert Buckley later cohosted, and the podcast ended with live Wilmington finales in November 2025.
Drama therapy
Drama therapy is an active, experiential psychotherapy that uses role-play, storytelling, improvisation, and projective tools to achieve psychological growth and change, improving anxiety, depression, and social skills.
DramaBox
DramaBox is a vertical short-drama streaming app run by StoryMatrix Pte. Ltd., Singapore, launched in 2023 and the top short-drama app by global in-app revenue in 2024.
DramaFever
DramaFever (2009-2018) was a New York streaming service for subtitled Korean and Asian dramas, founded by Seung Bak and Suk Park, later owned by SoftBank and Warner Bros., and shut down in October 2018.
Dramat absurd
Dramat absurd, or teatr absurdu, is a Polish term for absurd drama, named by critic Martin Esslin, whose main works include Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Ionesco's The Bald Soprano.
Dramatherapy
Dramatherapy is a psychotherapy method using drama techniques such as role play, improvisation, storytelling, puppets, and masks to help clients explore emotions, with a medium overall effect in controlled studies.
Dramatic monologue
Dramatic monologue: Victorian poetic form in which a speaker who is not the poet addresses a silent auditor, revealing character; invented by Browning and Tennyson in the 1830s, with earlier examples by Hemans and L.E.L.
Dramatical Murder (ドラマティカル マーダー)
DRAMAtical Murder (ドラマティカル マーダー, DMMd) is a 2012 cyberpunk boys' love visual novel by Nitro+CHiRAL, starring Aoba with five routes (Mink, Clear, Koujaku, Noiz, Ren), released in English by JAST on Steam in 2021.
Dramatist
A dramatist is a writer who creates drama meant to be performed rather than read alone: playwrights write scripts for theatrical productions, and screenwriters write for film and television, as original stories or adaptations.
Dramatists Guild of America
The Dramatists Guild of America is the professional trade association for American playwrights, composers, lyricists, and librettists, founded in 1919 to protect dramatists' artistic and economic rights.
Dramatists Play Service
Dramatists Play Service is an American play-licensing house and publisher of acting editions, founded in New York in 1936 and acquired by Broadway Licensing in 2021.
Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy: the theory and practice of dramatic composition and theatre-making, and the work of the dramaturg. Founded with Lessing's 1767 Hamburg appointment and Hamburgische Dramaturgie; distinct German, English, and American traditions.
Dramaturgy (music)
Dramaturgy (ドラマツルギー) is a 2017 song by Japanese singer-songwriter and Vocaloid producer Eve, whose animated music video by Mah established him as a major internet-born artist.
Dramaturgy (sociology)
Dramaturgy (sociology), also called Goffman's dramaturgical analysis, is Erving Goffman's framework from The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1956/1959) treating social interaction as performance, with front stage, back stage, and impression management.
Dramaworld (드라마월드)
Dramaworld (드라마월드) is a bilingual Korean-American comedy-fantasy web series, Viki's first original, created by Josh Billig and Chris Martin. Season 1 (10 short episodes, 2016) stars Liv Hewson as a K-drama fan pulled into her favorite show; a 13-episode Season 2 aired on Lifetime Korea in 2021.
Drambuie
Drambuie is a Scottish liqueur made from aged blended Scotch whisky, heather honey, and herbs, bottled at 40% ABV and known for the Rusty Nail cocktail.
Drammen
Drammen, Norwegian city and municipality in Buskerud at the mouth of the Drammenselva, 40 km southwest of Oslo. Formed 19 June 1811 from Bragernes and Strømsø; timber port, then wood-processing center; merged with Nedre Eiker and Svelvik in 2020; about 106,000 residents.
Drang nach Osten
Drang nach Osten, German for "drive to the East," is a political slogan and historical stereotype of continuous German expansion into Eastern Europe. Originating in the 1848 German-Polish crisis, it was dismissed by historians as a myth and merged with Nazi Lebensraum ideology.
Drangiane/Zarangiane (region)
Drangiane (Zarangiane, Old Persian Zranka, Greek Drangiana) was an ancient eastern Iranian region around Lake Hamun and the Helmand river in modern Sistan, an Achaemenid province later ruled by Alexander, the Seleucids, Greco-Bactrians, and Parthians.