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Ductus venosus
Ductus venosus: fetal vessel connecting the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava, shunting oxygenated placental blood past the liver; closes after birth to form the ligamentum venosum; key Doppler marker in fetal growth restriction.
Ducula
Ducula, imperial pigeons or Pacific Pigeons, is a genus of about 36-39 large frugivorous Columbidae pigeons of Asia and the Pacific, sister group context with Ptilinopus, important seed dispersers, including D. aenea and D. galeata.
Dudak
Dudak (Dudák) is a Czech shedding card game related to Durak, in which each player has an individual trump suit and the last player holding cards loses.
Dude
Dude, or Dood, is an informal English term of address meaning roughly "guy," first recorded in 1883 as New York City slang for a fashionably dressed man.
Dude (2018 film)
Dude (2018) is an American coming-of-age comedy-drama directed by Olivia Milch, written with Kendall McKinnon, released by Netflix April 20, 2018, starring Lucy Hale, Kathryn Prescott, Alexandra Shipp, and Awkwafina as four high school seniors facing grief and change.
Dude (2025 film)
Dude (டியூட்) is a 2025 Tamil romantic action comedy, Keerthiswaran's directorial debut, starring Pradeep Ranganathan and Mamitha Baiju. Released 17 October 2025 by Mythri Movie Makers, it grossed ₹114.30 crore worldwide and streamed on Netflix from 14 November 2025.
Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Dude (Looks Like a Lady) is a 1987 Aerosmith single from Permanent Vacation, written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child, inspired by Tyler mistaking Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil for a woman; it reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Dude (soundtrack)
Dude is the 2025 soundtrack album of the Tamil romantic comedy film of the same name, composed by Sai Abhyankkar and released by Think Music with nine songs.
Dude Perfect
Dude Perfect is an American sports and comedy entertainment group of five Texas A&M roommates known for family-friendly trick-shot videos, with more than 100 million followers.
Dude Ranch (album)
Dude Ranch is Blink-182's second studio album, released June 17, 1997 on Cargo/MCA, produced by Mark Trombino at Big Fish Studios, Encinitas; last album with drummer Scott Raynor, featuring the hit single Dammit.
Dude Wipes
Dude Wipes is an American brand of flushable moist wipes for men, founded by four friends in Chicago in 2011 and backed by Mark Cuban on Shark Tank.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Dude, Where's My Car? is a 2000 American stoner comedy directed by Danny Leiner, starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott as two men searching for their lost car.
Dudeism
Dudeism, or the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, is a non-theistic religion founded in 2005 by Oliver Benjamin. It is based on the film The Big Lebowski.
Düden Şelalesi
Düden Şelalesi (Düden Waterfalls), Antalya, Turkey: two falls on one karst river. Upper Düden in Kepez drops about 20 m with a walk-behind cave; Lower Düden (Karpuzkaldıran) drops 40 m off Lara cliffs into the Mediterranean.
Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm
The Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm is a 402 MW wind farm in the North Sea off Norfolk, England, opened in 2017 and operated by Equinor.
Dudh Kumar Mondal
Dudh Kumar Mondal is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician who is a West Bengal minister holding the Agriculture portfolio, representing Mayureshwar in the state Legislative Assembly.
Dudhichua Coal Mine
Dudhichua Coal Mine, also known as the Dudhichua Opencast Project, is a large mechanized opencast coal mine in the Singrauli coalfield of Madhya Pradesh, India, run by Northern Coalfields Limited.
Dudhnath Singh
Dudhnath Singh (दूधनाथ सिंह, 1936–2018) was a leading Hindi writer, critic, and editor known for the novels Aakhiri Kalam and Nishkasan and the critical study Nirala: Atmahanta Aastha.
Dudhsagar Falls
Dudhsagar Falls (Sea of Milk), a four-tiered ~310 m waterfall on the Mandovi River in Goa's Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary near the Karnataka border; reached via Kulem, with regulated jeep and guided-trek access.
Dudhwa National Park
Dudhwa National Park (दुधवा राष्ट्रीय उद्यान), a 490 km² Terai park in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, on the Nepal border; core of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve with tigers, swamp deer, and reintroduced one-horned rhinos.
Dudley
Dudley, West Midlands market town, heart of the Black Country; home of Dudley Castle (1070), Silurian limestone hills, industrial heritage, Metro extension, and Dudley Local Plan 2041.
Dudley A. Saville
Dudley A. Saville (1933–2006) was an American chemical engineer at Princeton University who pioneered electrohydrodynamics and electric-field assembly of colloidal particles, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2003.
Dudley B. Chelton
Dudley B. Chelton is an American physical oceanographer at Oregon State University, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2022, known for satellite studies of ocean eddies.
Dudley Boyz
The Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley, an ECW-born WWE tag team (also Team 3D in TNA) famous for the 3D and table spots; 18 WWE/WCW/ECW title reigns, 23 worldwide, 2018 WWE Hall of Famers.
Dudley Do-Right
Dudley Do-Right is a dim-witted, conscientious Canadian Mountie cartoon character created by Jay Ward and Bill Scott, a Rocky and Bullwinkle Show segment (1961) later given its own 1969–70 ABC show and a poorly received 1999 Brendan Fraser live-action film.
Dudley E. Littlewood
Dudley E. Littlewood, also known as Dudley Ernest Littlewood, was a British mathematician in group representation theory, best remembered for the Littlewood–Richardson rule, stated in 1934 and proved only decades later.
Dudley J. Pennell
Dudley J. Pennell, also known as Dudley Pennell, is a British cardiologist and Emeritus Professor at Imperial College London who pioneered cardiovascular magnetic resonance, including the T2 technique for measuring cardiac iron.
Dudley K. Strickland
Dudley K. Strickland is an American cell biologist and vascular researcher at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, known for identifying the receptor LRP1 and discovering RAP.
Dudley Maurice Newitt
Dudley Maurice Newitt (1894–1980) was a British chemical engineer who led high-pressure research at Imperial College London and directed sabotage research for the Interservices Research Bureau during World War II.
Dudley Moore
Dudley Moore (1935-2002), English actor, comedian, jazz pianist, and composer; star of Beyond the Fringe with Peter Cook, Not Only... But Also, 10, and Oscar-nominated Arthur; CBE 2001; died of progressive supranuclear palsy.