das kapital

a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories ;

dash

a quick run ; the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door" ; distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer" ; the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code ; a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text ; a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the 100-yard dash" ;

dash-pot

a mechanical damper; the vibrating part is attached to a piston that moves in a chamber filled with liquid ;

dashboard

instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls ; protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. ;

dasheen

tropical starchy tuberous root ; herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves ; edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants ;

dashiell hammett

United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) ;

dashiki

a loose and brightly colored African shirt ;

dashing hopes

an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone ;

dasht-e-kavir

a salt desert in north central Iran ;

dasht-e-lut

a desert in eastern Iran ;

dassie

any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes ;

dastard

a malicious coward ;

dastardliness

treacherous cowardice ;

dasyatidae

sting rays ;

dasyatis

type genus of the Dasyatidae ;

dasyatis centroura

one of the largest stingrays; found from Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ;

dasymeter

densimeter consisting of a thin glass globe that is weighed in a gas to determine its density ;

dasypodidae

armadillos ;

dasyprocta

type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis ;

dasyprocta aguti

agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food ;

dasyproctidae

agoutis and pacas ;

dasypus

type genus of the Dasypodidae ;

dasypus novemcinctus

having nine hinged bands of bony plates; ranges from Texas to Paraguay ;

dasyure

any of several more or less arboreal marsupials somewhat resembling martens ;

dasyurid

small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania ;

dasyurid marsupial

small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania ;

dasyuridae

dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils ;

dasyurus

type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats ;

dasyurus quoll

a variety of dasyure ;

dasyurus viverrinus

carnivorous arboreal catlike marsupials of Australia and Tasmania ;

dat

an digital tape recording of sound ;

data

a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data" ;

data-storage medium

a medium for storing information ;

data communication

electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers) ;

data conversion

conversion from one way of encoding data to another way ;

data converter

converter for changing information from one code to another ;

data encryption

(computer science) the encryption of data for security purposes ;

data file

a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together ;

data format

the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) ;

data formatting

the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) ;