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D'espairs Ray
D'espairsRay is a four-member Japanese Visual Kei band, signed with Sweet Child Records. The band consists of Hizumi, Karyu, Zero, and Tsukasa. Contents 1 Sound and style2 History3 Current4 Members5 Discography5.1 Album5.2 E.P.5.3 Singles5.4 Demo Tape..

D'Estaing
d'Estaing is a surname that can refer to: Charles Hector, comte d'Estaing (1729–1794), French admiral serving in the American and French revolutionsValéry Giscard d'Estaing (born 1926), President of the French Republic This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of article..

D'Estienne d'Orves class
Career Displacement: 1100 t tonnes (1250 tonnes full load) Length: 80 m Width: 10,3 m Draught: 5,3 m Propulsion: Engines : 2 diesel SEMT Pielstick 12PC2V400Power: 12 000 hp (8.8 MW)Propellers: 2 4-bladed orientable propellersElectrical power: 840 kW (2 DA x 320 + 1 DA x 200) Speed: 24 ..

D.E. Shaw
The D. E. Shaw Group is a New York-based investment and technology development firm whose activities center on various aspects of the intersection between technology and finance. Based in Times Square, it was founded by David Shaw (a former associate professor of computer science at Columbia Univer..

D. E. Stevenson
D. E. Stevenson (1892-1973) - married name Dorothy Emily Peploe - was a Scottish author of light romantic novels. Many of her novels were set in the Scottish borders, and have minor characters who are the subjects of her other books, making a network of information in her own little universe. Other..

DES
DES may mean: Data Encryption Standard, a FIPS approved cipherDiethylstilbestrol, a synthetic estrogen developed to supplement a woman's natural estrogen productionDelivered Ex Ship, an IncotermDeep Ecliptic Survey, an astronomy project to find Kuiper belt objectsDepartment for Education and Skill..

Des'ree
Des'ree, born Desiree Weeks on November 30, 1968 in London, England was one of Britain's most successful pop/soul vocalists throughout the 1990s. She changed her name from Desiree Weeks because she preferred a two-syllable name. Growing up in South London, Des'ree's introduction to music came fro..

Des-Airdramon
Des-Airdramon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Champion Level Sea Dragon Digimon. It is from the Italian manga. Abilities Attacks Unknown ..

Des-Devimon
Des-Devimon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Champion Level Evil Digimon. It is from the Italian Manga. Abilities Attacks Lethal Des-Claw ..

Des-Meramon
Des-Meramon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Champion Level Flame Digimon. It is from the Italian Manga. Abilities Attacks Unknown ..

Des-MetalGreymon
Des-MetalGreymon is an Ultimate Level Android Digimon. It is from the Italian Manga. Abilities Attacks Unknown ..

Des-Ogremon
Des-Ogremon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, a Champion Level Dragon Digimon. It is from the Italian Manga. Abilities Attacks Des-Bone Club ..

DES-X
In cryptography, DES-X (or DESX) is a variant on the DES (Data Encryption Standard) block cipher intended to increase the complexity of a brute force attack using a technique called key whitening. The original DES algorithm was specified in 1976 with a 56-bit key size: 256 possibilities for the key..

Desaad
In DC Comics' comic books, Desaad is one of the followers of Darkseid from the planet of Apokolips in Jack Kirby's Fourth World meta-series. Darkseid's master torturer, his name is a play on the Marquis de Sade. Physically, he stands at 5 feet, 11 inches, and weighs 152 pounds. At one point Des..

Desabhimani
Desabhimani is a Malayalam newspaper run by Communist Party of India (Marxist). Originally started as a weekly in 1942 and later converted to a daily in 1946. It has different editions published from Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kottayam and Trichur. External links [Desabhima..

Desacralization
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Desafio de Estrellas
Desafio de Estrellas is a Mexican musical show produced and distrivuted by TV Azteca, the second most important network in the country. The format of the Desafio is similar to American Idol with contestants eliminated every week and a grand finale with the top contestants competing to win the first ..

Desafuero
Desafuero refers, in Spanish, to the process through which a government official immunity to criminal prosecution is removed. This article is based on Mexico law and events. Strictly speaking the term is incorrect, as fuero (from Latin "forum") refers to the freedom of speech protection enjoyed by..

DeSagana Diop
DeSagana N'gagne Diop (Pronounced: Suh-GAH-nah JOP) (also known as simply Gana Diop) (born January 30, 1982 in Dakar) is a Senegalese professional basketball player currently playing for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. The seven-feet (213 cm), 280 lb (127 kg) Diop's natural position is center. Conten..

Desaguadero
Desaguadero is the name of: Desaguadero (Bolivia) - a town on the Peruvian-Bolivian border on the southern shore of Lago TiticacaRío Desaguadero - a river that connects Lago Titicaca and Lago Poopó in the Bolivian AltiplanoRío Desaguadero - a river in Argentina, also known as Río Salado redirec..

Desaguadero River
The Desaguadero River is the general name of a river in western Argentina that receives a number of different names on its path of 1,515 kilometres, with its most important section named Desaguadero proper. Contents 1 Spring2 Cuyo3 La Pampa4 Basin of the Desaguadero Spring I..

Desai
Desai is an Indian administrative title derived from the word "Dah Sai" which means 10 percent. Desais were like collectors who looked after a region or area on the King's behalf and in return would get 10 percent of the collection. Desais can be found all over India and can belong to various castes..

Desaiganj
Desaiganj is a city and a municipal council in Gadchiroli district in the state of Maharashtra, India. Demographics As of 2001 India census[Geographic references#IndiaGRIndia], Desaiganj had a population of 24,786. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Desaiganj has an..

Desairology
Desairology is caring for the hair, skin, and nails of the deceased. ..

Desai Williams
Desai Williams (born June 12, 1959 in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis) is a former sprinter from Canada, who won an Olympic bronze medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Los Angeles 1984. Competing at the two first World Championships (1983 and 1987), he set his personal best 200 metres time with 20...

Desak the God Slayer
The character Desak was introduced in Thor Annual 2001. He later became a major part of a storyline that led Thor (and all of earth) nearly 200 years into the future. Contents 0.1 Origin0.2 Thor0.3 The Death of Odin0.4 Rebirth Origin Desak originally hails from an unknown ..

DeSales High School
DeSales High School Administration Fr. Joseph Anthony Grasso C.P.P.S.(Principal) Ms. Marisa Capuano (Assistant Principal) Ms. Sally Schilaci (Guidance Counselor)Mr. Scott Redding (Athletic Director) School type Private (U.S.) Religious affiliation Roman Catholic Grade level 9-12 Ye..

DeSales University
DeSales University is a private Catholic university for men and women, located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Before 2001, it was known as Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales. Contents 1 Affiliation2 Accreditations3 Athletics4 External link Affi..

Desalination
Desalination or desalinization refers to any of several processes that remove the excess salt and other minerals from water in order to obtain fresh water suitable for animal consumption or irrigation, and if almost all of the salt is removed, for human consumption, sometimes producing table salt as..

DeSalvo
DeSalvo is a Glaswegian band, formed in 2001 by Idlewild musicians Allan Stewart and Alex Grant. ..

Desamparados Canton
Desamparados Canton is the third canton of San José Province, and one of the most populated cantons in Costa Rica. Desamparados Canton is attached to San José, and it's one of the poorest cantons in the province. Its capital is Desamparados city. Desamparados canton limits with San José, Alajueli..

Desanka Maksimović
--> Desanka Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Десанка Максимовић) (1898-1993) was a Serbian poet, professor of literature, and a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography Desanka Maksimović was born on May 16 1898 in Rabrovica, near Valjevo, the oldest child of fath..

Desaparecidos (band)
Desaparecidos was an American indie/punk rock side project headed by singer/guitarist Conor Oberst, the frontman of the indie band Bright Eyes. They have also been hailed as the "Saddle Creek supergroup". Hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, Desaparecidos' lyrics were political in nature, and are about ..

Desargues' theorem
In projective geometry, Desargues' theorem, named in honor of Gérard Desargues, states: In a projective space, two triangles are in perspective axially if and only if they are in perspective centrally. To understand this, denote the three vertices of one triangle by (lower-case) a, b, and c, an..

Desarguesian plane
In finite geometry a Desarguesian plane is a plane in which Desargues' theorem holds. The ordinary Euclidean plane (where points correspond to ordered pairs of real numbers) is of course a Desarguesian plane. But there are examples of finite geometries where the theorem does not hold. ..

Desargues (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..

Desarrollo Integral de la Familia
The Desarrollo Integral de la Familia (DIF) (formally, Sistema Nacional para el Desarrollo Integral de la Familia) is a Mexican public institution of social assistance that focuses on strengthening and developing the welfare of the Mexican families. The National Director of DIF reports directly to ..

Desaru
Desaru is a beach and resort area in Johor, Malaysia. It is located approximately 88 kilometers east of Johor Bahru, on the South China Sea. It is a very popular weekend escape for residents of Singapore who come to enjoy the attractive 25 km stretch of beaches and splendid golf courses. Located n..

Desatoya Mountains
The Desatoya Mountains are located in central Nevada in the United States. The range lies in a southwest-northeasterly direction in Churchill and Lander Counties. The mountains reach an elevation of 9,973 feet at Desatoya Peak near Rock Creek Canyon. The Cold Springs Pony Express Station and the Po..

Desaturase
A Desaturase is an enzyme which removes two hydrogen atoms from an organic compound, creating a carbon/carbon double bond. In the biosynthesis of essential fatty acids, an elongase alternates with different desaturases (Δ6desaturase, Δ5desaturase, Δ4desaturase) repeatedly inserti..

Desbarats, Ontario
Desbarats is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on Highway 17 approximately 30 kilometres east of Sault Ste. Marie. The community is part of Johnson Township. ..

Desboro, Ontario
Desboro is a small town in Grey County, Ontario, Canada. Desboro is located south of Owen Sound, near Chatsworth. ..

Desborough
Desborough is a town in Northamptonshire, England. It developed around the spinning and weaving industries, by the nineteenth century specialising in silk. Many archaeological finds from the Celtic and Anglo-Saxon periods have been made in the town. The Kettering Leg of the Student cross pilgrim..

Desborough (hundred)
The hundred of Desborough is one of the three Chiltern Hundreds in Buckinghamshire, England. The hundred is in the southwest of the county and is bounded by the River Thames to the south and Oxfordshire to the west. To the north it borders the Aylesbury hundred, and to the east the Burnham hundred..

Desborough Castle
Desborough Castle is an Iron Age hill fort which lies on the southern side of the valley of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which runs through the Chiltern Hills from the river Thames to the Vale of Aylesbury and the Ridgeway. The castle was constructed by the Saxon population to monitor of the Da..

Desborough Loatland (Kettering BC Ward)
Desborough Loatland Ward (Kettering Borough Council) Desborough Loatland within Kettering Borough Kettering Borough within Northamptonshire Northamptonshire within England Desborough Loatland Ward is a two member ward within Kettering Borough Council located in the north of Desborough, North..

Desborough School
Desborough School is an all boys comprehensive school in Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. It was founded as Maidenhead Grammar School in 1894, and renamed in September 1973 when it admitted its first comprehensive intake. Famous students include Nick Hornby, John O'Farrell, Mar..

Desborough St. Giles (Kettering BC Ward)
Desborough St. Giles Ward (Kettering Borough Council) Desborough St. Giles within Kettering Borough Kettering Borough within Northamptonshire Northamptonshire within England Desborough St. Giles Ward is a 2-member ward within Kettering Borough Council located in the north of Desborough, Nort..

Desborough Town F.C.
Desborough Town F.C. are a football club based in northern Northamptonshire, England. They were established in 1896. In the 1926-27 season, they reached the 1st round proper of the FA Cup where they were beaten by Doncaster Rovers. They are currently members of the United Counties Football League Pr..

Descaling agent
A descaling agent, also known as descaling, anti-limestone, anti-limescale, anti-lime, or anti-scale, is a solution to remove limescale, e.g. from water taps, kettles, toilets and water pipes. Descaling agents usually contain an acid as the active ingredient, e.g. acetic acid, lactic acid, citric ac..

Descalvado
Descalvado is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [21°54′14″S, 47°36′10″W]. The population in 2003 is 30,548 and the area is 757.25 km² The elevation is 679 m. ..

Descalzas Reales
History El Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, literally the Monastery of Barefoot Royals, resides in the former palace of Carlos I and Isabel of Portugal. Their daughter, Joan of Austria, founded this convent of Franciscan nuns in 1557. Throughout the remainder of the 16th century and into the 1..

Descamisado
This is a model of a statue called "El Descamisado." This statue was to be built as memorial to Eva Perón. It was projected to stand taller than the Statue of Liberty, but Juan Perón was overthrown before the monument was completed. Descamisado is a Spanish word that literally means "withou..

Descanso
From Spanish descanso "resting place (of a dead person)," from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest." [link] is a Roadside memorialDescanso is also a genus of jumping spiders. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If ..

Descanso (spider)
Descanso is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Etymology From Spanish descanso "resting place (of a dead person)," from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest." Species Descanso chapoda Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (Brazil)Descanso discicollis (Taczanowski, 1878) (Peru)Descanso ..

Descanso Gardens
Descanso Gardens located in La Cañada Flintridge, California is a 25 acre (101,000 m²) camellia forest. At one time the property of the newspaper magnate E. Manchester Boddy (who owned the Los Angeles Daily News), he ran a commercial Camellia garden at this location (supplying prom bouto..

Descant
Descant or discant can refer to several different things in music, depending on the period in question; etymologically, the word means a voice (cantus) above or removed from others. A discant (occasionally, particularly later, written descant) is a form of medieval music in which one singer sang a ..

Descarga
Music of Cuba: Topics Batá and yuka Chachachá Changui Charanga Conga Danzón Descarga Guajira Guaracha Habanera Jazz Hip hop Mambo Música campesina Nueva trova Pilón Rock Rumba Salsa cubana Son Son montuno Timba History(Timeline and Samples) Awards Beny Moré Award Festival..

Descartes' Error
Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain is a book by neurologist Antonio R. Damasio, in which the author presents an argument that emotion and reason are not completely separate and, in fact, are quite dependent upon one another and essential to rational thinking. This is a treatment..

Descartes' rule of signs
Descartes' rule of signs, first described by René Descartes in his work La Geometrie, is a technique for determining the number of positive or negative roots of a polynomial. The rule states that if the terms of a single-variable polynomial with real coefficients are ordered by descending variabl..

Descartes' theorem
In geometry, Descartes' theorem, named after René Descartes, establishes a relationship between four kissing, or mutually tangent, circles. The theorem can be used to construct a fourth circle tangent to three given, mutually tangent circles. Contents 1 History2 Definition of curvature..

Descartes, Indre-et-Loire
Descartes Country France Région Centre Départment Indre-et-Loire Arrondissement Loches Canton Descartes INSEE 37115 Postal Code 37160 MayorCurrent Term 2001-2008 Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Touraine du Sud ..

Descartes (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..

Descartes (disambiguation)
René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Descartes may also refer to: [[University of Paris V: René Descartes]], a university in ParisThe Descartes Prize, the European prize for excellence in scientific research and science communicationDescartes (crater), on the MoonDescartes (..

Descartes (plotting tool)
descartes is a platform independent image, data, and function plotter, with underlying Python scripting in the background. Its source code is released under the GNU GPL licence. External links [descartes web site] ..

Descartes Prize
The Descartes Prize is an annual award in science given by the European Union, named in honour of the French mathematician and philosopher, Rene Descartes. The prizes are awarded in two categories - Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting from European Collaborative Researc..

Descemet's membrane
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Descendant
The term descendant or descendent has several meanings, some of which are listed below: A descendant of a lineage, any living being that belongs to that lineageA type of object that developed from another object existing before it.descendant (astrology), the point directly opposite from the ascen..

Descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Ali ibn Abi Talib was one of the first caliphs of Islam. He was a cousin of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, as well as Muhammad's son-in-law. He had several children by Fatima Zahra, Muhammad's daughter, as well as children by other wives. His descendants through Fatima are still revered today, as imam..

Descendants of Darkness
|} Descendants of Darkness, known in Japan as Yami no Matsuei (闇の末裔), is a manga and anime series created by Yoko Matsushita. The anime is broadcast by WOWOW in Japan and is produced in North America by Central Park Media. The manga was serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume, and is pub..

Descendants of Gustav II Adolf
Descent from Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden, a venerated hero to some peoples and ideological groups, has often been alleged to have gone totally extinct, as far as known and/or documented descents are in question, as opposite to invented or sort of mythical descendants. However, according to docum..

Descendants of Nazi Officials
(note: split from War children - work in progress) This page should be a list and a short description about notable children of Nazi party officials and other well-known members of the Third Reich only. For the topic of children of Nazi collaborators and soldiers in occupied territories, see ar..

Descendant (astrology)
The sescendant is directly across from the ascendant (As) in the chart, in the three o'clock position In astrology, the descendant is the point directly opposite, or 180 degrees away from the ascendant. The descendant forms the cusp of the seventh house of the horoscope and refers to partners ..

Descended Like Vultures
Descended Like Vultures is an album by Oakland-based band, Rogue Wave. It was released October 25, 2005 on Sub Pop Records. Track listing "Bird on a Wire" - 3:40"Publish My Love" - 3:43"Salesman at the Day of the Parade" - 2:36"Catform" - 3:12"Love's Lost Guarantee" - 4:44"10:1" - 3:20"California..

Descendents (band)
Descendents are a punk rock band from Lomita, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. They are credited as one of the most influential punk bands ever by many critics. Contents 1 History1.1 Early/peak years1.2 First hiatus1.3 Reformation1.4 All1.5 Second hiatus1.6 ..

Descender
The descenders are the parts of the characters that lie below the baseline, highlighted in red. In typography, a descender is the portion of a letter in a Latin-derived alphabet that extends below the baseline of a font. For example, in the letter y, the descender would be the "tail," or that ..

Descending aorta
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Descending colon
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Descending palatine artery
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Descent
Descent may refer to: Media Descent (computer game), a computer game released by Parallax Software in the mid-1990s* [[Descent: Freespace]], a computer game series released by Volition Inc., a successor of Parallax Software. Note that aside from titling these two games have no relaionships.Descen..

Descent: FreeSpace
Descent: FreeSpace Screenshot. Descent: FreeSpace is a space simulation computer game series developed by Volition Inc., one of the two companies (along with Outrage Entertainment) that formed when Parallax Software, the creators of Descent, split. For contractual reasons the game was called ..

Descent: Freespace units
This is a list of units from [[Descent: Freespace]]. Contents 1 Galactic Terran Alliance1.1 Combat1.1.1 Fighter1.1.1.1 GTF Apollo1.1.1.2 GTF Valkyrie1.1.1.3 GTF Ulysses1.1.1.4 GTF Hercules1.1.1.5 GTF Loki1.1.1.6 GTF Myrmidon1.1.1.7 GTF Hercules ..

Descent: Journeys in the Dark
Descent: Journeys in the Dark is a 2-5 player high fantasy board game published by Fantasy Flight Games in 2005. The game is not related to the video game Descent , but rather is based on an improved version of the mechanics of FFG's licensed Doom board game. In Descent, players take the roles of ..

Descent (aircraft)
A descent during air travel is any portion where an aircraft decreases altitude, and is the opposite of an ascent or climb. Descents are an essential component of an approach to landing. Other intentional descents might be to avoid traffic, poor flight conditions (turbulence, icing conditions, or ..

Descent (category theory)
In mathematics, the idea of descent has come to stand for a very general idea, extending the intuitive idea of 'gluing' in topology. Since the topologists' glue is actually the use of equivalence relations on topological spaces, the theory starts with some ideas on identification. At a fundamental..

Descent (computer game)
It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a [Disambiguationdisambiguation page]. ([[Wikipedia talk:|Discuss]]) Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game noted for popularizing the use of true 3D rendering technology and providing th..

Descent (Stargate SG-1)
"Descent" }||}}} }|episode list=|overridean=}} episode }|episode list=}} of the science fiction}}} television series Stargate SG-1}}}. Plot } A Tel'tak with SG-1, Jacob Carter, Major Davis and Dr. Friesen on board flies to a Ha'tak which was detected near Earth. Jonas is very joyful since he was ne..

Descent (TNG episode)
Descent is a two-part episode from the sixth/seventh season of the television series [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]. Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The Enterprise encounters a group of Borg. As they battle, the Borg do not act like ..

Descent direction
In optimization, a descent direction is a vector [\mathbf\in\mathbb R^n] that, in the sense below, moves us closer towards a local minimum [\mathbf^*] of our objective function [f:\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R]. Suppose we are computing [\mathbf^*] by an iterative ..

Descent from antiquity
Descent from antiquity (commonly abbreviated as DFA) is the project of establishing a well-researched, generation-by-generation descent of living persons from people living in antiquity. It is an ultimate challenge in prosopography and genealogy. The idea is by no means new. Hellenistic dynasties..

Descent from Attila Hun
Descent from antiquity projects have put great efforts to track verifiable genealogical lines from Attila the Hun to modern-day Europeans. Verifiablity however is a problem in early generations of those descents: while many Attila's children are known at least by name and some other relatives, soon ..

Descent from Genghis Khan
With the recent popularity of genealogical DNA testing, many people now claim descent from Genghis Khan. Medieval culture was full of rulers who boasted having a highest and mightiest ancestry. Genghis Khan, despite having stayed in Asia and a conqueror and father of conquerors ("barbarians"), als..

Descent from the Cross
The Descent from the Cross (ΑΠΟΚΑΘΗΛΩΣΙΣ), or Deposition, is the scene as depicted in art, from the story of Christ when Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus took him down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the Occid..

Descent into Chaos
Descent into Chaos is an album by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band Nightrage. It is their second studio album and was released by Century Media on March 29, 2005. It was Nightrage's last album to feature Tomas Lindberg on vocals, who was replaced by Jimmie Strimmel shortly after the al..

Descent into the Depths of the Earth
Descent Into the Depths of the Earth is the name of two related First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons module. The most common use refers to a combined adventure which re-published two related adventures: D1 Descent Into the Depths and D2 Shrine of the Kuo-Toa. The original D1 Descent Into th..

Descent of Elizabeth II
This table shows the descent of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom from Egbert, traditionally regarded as first King of England, and before that from Cerdic, founder of the House of Wessex. Some of the links between Cerdic and Egbert are a little uncertain, but there is no doubt that Egbert was a de..

Descent of Mary
The Descent of Mary (Τεννα Μαριας) is a minor work of the New Testament apocrypha which presents an anti-Jewish legend. It portrays Zachariah as having been put to death by the Jews because he had seen Yahweh in the form of an ass in the Temple in Jerusalem. ..

Deschambault, Quebec
Deschambault is a village in the Canadian province of Quebec, located at Latitude 46°38' North and Longitude 71°55' West. As of 2001, the population was 1,263. The area of the village is 56.97 square kilometres. It is located in Portneuf County. It is also a common family name. Other forms of the..

Deschambault Lake
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Deschamps
Deschamps is a common family name of French origin: Didier Deschamps (b. 1968), football player and managerÉmile Deschamps (1795-1871), French poetEustache Deschamps (1328-1415), French poetHubert Jules Deschamps, Governor of French Somaliland (1938-1940)Johanne Deschamps (b. 1959), Canadian polit..

Deschampsia
Deschampsia is a genus of wild plant in the grass family Poaceae, commonly known as hair grass or tussock grass. Deschampsia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Antler Moth, The Clay, Clouded-bordered Brindle, Common Wainscot, Dark Arches, Dusky Bro..

Deschampsia antarctica
Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort). Due to a recent warming trend (attributed to global warming), more seeds are germinating, creating a large number of seedlings and plants...

Deschênes Commission
The Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada, often referred to as the 'Deschênes Commission was established by the government of Canada in February 1985 to investigate claims that Canada had become a haven for Nazi war criminals. Headed by retired Quebec Superior Court judge Jules Deschên..

Deschooling
Deschooling is a term used by both education philosophers and proponents of alternative education and/or homeschooling, which refers to different things in each context. It was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1971 book Deschooling Society (ISBN 0060803818). Philosophically, it refers to the belie..

Deschutes
Deschutes may refer to: Deschutes RiverDeschutes County, OregonAn improved edition of Intel's Pentium II microprocessor, code-named "Deschutes". This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wis..

Deschutes County, Oregon
Deschutes County (IPA: [də ʃuts]) is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early nineteenth century. The county seat of Desc..

Deschutes River
Alternate meanings: Deschutes River (disambiguation) Deschutes River in central Oregon The Deschutes River is a river which runs through central Oregon and is a major tributary to the Columbia River. The river provides much of the drainage on the eastern side of the Cascade Range in Orego..

Deschutes River (disambiguation)
Deschutes River can refer to: The river in Oregon: Deschutes RiverThe river in Washington: Deschutes River (Washington) This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred yo..

Deschutes River (Washington)
Tumwater Falls of the Deschutes River, Tumwater, Washington. The Deschutes River is a 50-mile-long river in Washington. Its source is in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Lewis County, and it empties into Budd Inlet of Puget Sound at Olympia in Thurston County. It was given its name by F..

Deschutes River Woods, Oregon
Deschutes River Woods is a census-designated place and census tract in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2000 census, this unincorporated suburb of Bend, Oregon population was 4,631. Geography Deschutes River Woods is located at [43°59′33″N, 121°21′27″W] (43.99..

Descloizite
Descloizite is a rare mineral species consisting of basic lead and zinc vanadate, (Pb, Zn)2(OH)VO4, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system and isomorphous with olivenite. It was discovered by A Damour in 1854, and named by him in honor of the French mineralogist Des Cloizeaux. It occurs as small..

Descoberto
Descoberto is a town in the Brazilian State of Minas Gerais. It has a population of approximately 4,761 inhabitants. ..

Descolada
[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. The Descolada is a fictional virus in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card. It is a quasi-conscious self-modifying organism capable of infecting any form of life. The Descolada is first mentioned in Speaker for th..

Descoladores
These are a sentient species used in Orson Scott Card's book Children of the Mind. Little is known about them other than the fact that they communicate using chemicals. They created the Descolada and other viruses to possibly terraform planets such as Lusitania. Most people wanted to destroy their..

Descôteaux v. Mierzwinski
Descôteaux et al. v. Mierzwinski, [1982] 1 S.C.R. 860 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on solicitor-client privilege. The Court reaffirmed the opinion in R. v. Solosky that privilege was a substantive right that even existed outside of a proceeding. Contents 1 Backgrou..

Describing function
The Describing function method of Krylov and Bogolyubov is an approximate procedure for analyzing Non-linear control problems. It is based on quasi-linearization, that is the replacement of the non-linear system under investigation by a system that is linear except for a dependence on the amplitude..

Describing speech
Describing speech is explaining how something is said. e.g. Bob shouted "Ahhh!" Describing speech is a dramatic device in stories or other descriptive text and the use of different words is used to add variation to dialogue and help the reader imagine the speech. Contents 1 Ways of describin..

Description
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A description consists of an enumeration of the quantitative and qualitative parameters which seek to provide a definition of some thing, such as what that thing looks like, sounds like, or feels like. A complete description includ..

Descriptions des Arts et Métiers
Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, faites ou approuvées par messieurs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences was published by the Académie Royale des Sciences of Paris between 1761 and 1788. The full series comprises 113 folio volumes plus three supplements and provide detailed accounts of a wide ran..

Descriptions of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons
Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy Events and reactions TimelineCartoon descriptionsAkkari-Laban DossierNewspaper ReprintsInternational ReactionsOpinionsEconomic & human costsPrimary parties involved Jyllands-PostenIslamisk TrossamfundDenmarkMuslim world[ v]·[ d]&midd..

Description de l'Egypte
Description de l'Égypte is the title of several books. Description de l'Égypte - Description de l'Égypte ou Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française Pub; First Edition (23 books), L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l..

Description de l'Egypte (1809)
IDescription de l'Égypte (English: Description of Egypt) is the monumental French comprehensive scientific description of ancient and modern Egypt as well as its natural history. It is a publication that is the collaborated work of about 160 civilian scholars and scientists, known popularly as the ..

Description language
Description language may refer generally a kind of language which is used to describe an interface to another. In computer terms, a description language may be confused with or less formally referred to by other terms such as API, interface language, specification language, or middleware. User inte..

Description logic
Description logics (DL) are a family of knowledge representation languages which can be used to represent the terminological knowledge of an application domain in a structured and formally well-understood way. The name description logic refers, on the one hand, to concept descriptions used to desc..

Description of a Career
Description Of A Career (DOAC) is a semantic vocabulary created by Ramon A. Parada to describe professional capabilities of a worker. It has been designed to be compatible with the European curriculum (Europass) so those can be generated from a FOAF+DOAC file. It includes information about education..

Description of Democratic Republic of Congo
Contents 0.1 Description of the Country’s constitution, the symbol of the flag0.1.1 The new constitution of Democratic Republic of Congo0.1.2 Colours of the flag0.1.3 Main languages: French, Swahili and Sudanic tribal languages0.1.4 Religions and Education in Democrati..

Descriptive botanical names
Descriptive botanical names: Art 16 of the ICBN rules that a name above the rank of family may be either descriptive or formed from the name of an included family. The latter leads to names such as Magnoliophyta and Magnoliopsida. Descriptive plant names are decreasing in importance but many are s..

Descriptive chess notation
Descriptive chess notation, or just descriptive notation is a notation for recording chess games, and at one time was the most popular notation for doing so. It has been superseded by abbreviated algebraic notation, but is still important for understanding older chess books. Descriptive notation ..

Descriptive complexity
Descriptive complexity is also a synonym for Kolmogorov complexity. Descriptive complexity is a branch of finite model theory, a subfield of computational complexity theory and mathematical logic, which seeks to characterize complexity classes by the type of logic needed to express the languages in ..

Descriptive ethics
Descriptive ethics deal with what the population actually believes to be right and wrong, and holds up as ideals or condemns or punishes in law or politics, as contrasted to normative ethics which deals with what the population should believe to be right and wrong, and such concepts as sin and evil...

Descriptive geometry
Descriptive geometry builds on a practice, evolved over centuries, of displaying two images of an object, one as seen in one direction and a second image as seen from a direction 90° rotated (e.g., a "front" and a "side" view). Gaspard Monge is the father of descriptive geometry. He developed a gra..

Descriptive knowledge
Descriptive knowledge, also declarative knowledge or propositional knowledge, is the species of knowledge that is, by its very nature, expressed in declarative sentences or indicative propositions. This distinguishes descriptive knowledge from what is commonly known as "know-how", or procedural kno..

Descriptive linguistics
Linguistics Theoretical linguistics Phonetics Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Lexical semantics Structural semantics Prototype semantics Stylistics Prescription Pragmatics Applied linguistics Psycholinguistics Sociolinguistics Generative linguistics Cognitive lingui..

Descriptive poetry
For general context, see Poetry. Descriptive poetry is the name given to a class of literature that may be defined as belonging mainly to the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in Europe. From the earliest times, all poetry which was not subjectively lyrical was apt to indulge in ornament which might be ..

Descriptive research
Descriptive research, also known as statistical research, describes data and characteristics about the population or phenomenon being studied. Descriptive research answers the questions who, what, where, when and how. Although the data description is factual, accurate and systematic, the research ..

Descriptive science
A descriptive science, also called a special science, is a form of inquiry, typically involving a community of inquiry and its accumulated body of provisional knowledge, that seeks to discover what is true about a recognized domain of phenomena. See also Descriptive knowledgeNormative scienceProce..

Descriptive set theory
In mathematics, descriptive set theory is the study of certain classes of "well-behaved" sets of real numbers, e.g. Borel sets, analytic sets, and projective sets. A major aim of descriptive set theory is to describe all of the "naturally occurring" sets of real numbers by using various construction..

Descriptive statistics
Descriptive statistics is a branch of statistics that denotes any of the many techniques used to summarize a set of data. In a sense, we are using the data on members of a set to describe the set. The techniques are commonly classified as: Graphical description in which we use graphs to summarize da..

Descriptive Video Service
The Descriptive Video Service (DVS), created by WGBH-TV in Boston #redirect [[Template:Fact]], is used by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the U.S. to provide video description for the visually impaired, so they can better understand what is happening on the video portion of the program. Th..

Descriptivism
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Descriptivism can refer to: Descriptivist theory of names in philosophyDescrip..

Descriptivist theory of names
Descriptivist theory of names is a view of the nature of the meaning and reference of proper names generally attributed to Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell. The theory consists essentially in the idea that the meanings (semantic contents) of names are identical to the descriptions associated with ..

Descriptor
A descriptor is an index term used to identify a record in a database. It can consist of a word, phrase, or alphanumerical term. It can describe the content of the record or be an arbitrary code. When a descriptor is descriptive, it can be an effective search parameter. The term was coined by Calvi..

Desdemona
Desdemona is a moon of Uranus666 Desdemona is an asteroidDesdemona (Othello) is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play OthelloDesdemona (Otello) is a soprano role in Giuseppe Verdi's opera OtelloDesdemona (band) is an Italian Power Metal band.Desdemona was a character in the animated se..

Desdemona (moon)
There is also an asteroid called 666 Desdemona. {| Desdemona align="center" Voyager 2 image of the Uranian moon Desdemona Discovery Discovered by Stephen P. Synnott / Voyager 2 Discovered in January 13, 1986 Orbital characteristics Mean radius 62,659 km Eccentricity 0.00023..

Desdemona (Othello)
Desdemona by Frederic Leighton Desdemona is a fictional character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare. She is Othello's wife, and the daughter of Senator Brabantio. She is both lightskinned and innocent; Shakespeare uses her as a symbol of purity to contrast malevolent Iago and his wor..

Desdemona (song)
"Desdemona" is a song by the British cult band John's Children. It was released in 1967 and failed to chart in Britain, possibly due to the fact it was banned by the BBC for a "controversial" lyric (lift up your skirt and fly). However, the song was a minor hit in Europe. The song was a Marc Bolan..

Desdemona Music Festival
Desdemona Music Festival is a music festival happening in Cincinnati, Ohio on June 23, 24, and 25 2006. It will be taking place at Sawyer Point, a park on the Ohio riverfront. Acts scheduled to perform include: Ghostface Killah (From the Legendary Wu Tang Clan biatch!), VHS or Beta, Mates of State,..

Deseado
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Deseado (Spanish for "wished" or "wished for") is a 10m sloop rigged yacht that survived about a month in the So..

Deseado River
Deseado River (Spanish: Río Deseado) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz. The river is born from the glacier-thaw Buenos Aires Lake on the northwestern part of the province at the Andes range, and travels for 615 km before reaching the Atlantic Coast. On its way southeast, its water..

Desecheo Island
Desecheo is a small (area – 1.46 km²), uninhabited island of the archipelago of Puerto Rico located in the northeast of the Mona Passage; 21 km from the west coast (Punta Higüero) of the main island of Puerto Rico. Politically, the island is administered by the municipality of Mayagü..

Desecration
For the book, see Desecration (book). Desecration is the act of depriving something of its sacred character. This can include desecration of sacred books, sacred places or sacred objects. Desecration generally may be considered from the perspective of a particular religion or spiritual activity. De..

Desecration Smile
This is a song off the Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium. It is the first track on the second CD of the album, "Mars". ..

Desegregation
Desegregation is the process of ending racial segregation, most commonly used in reference to the United States. Desegregation was long a focus of the American civil rights movement, both before and after the United States Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education, particularly desegre..

Desegregation busing
Desegregation busing, referred to as forced busing in some areas, is the practice of pursuing racial or economic integration in American public schools by transporting schoolchildren to schools outside their area of residence. Contents 1 Rationale2 Criticism3 Effects of busing4&nbs..

Deseilligny (crater)
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Deseloper
A term Flash Deseloper was first used by Adobe's Flash expert Jen deHaan and refers to those whose mastery of the Flash IDE distinguishes them as both designers and developers. Flash Deseloper is defined at Jen daHaan`s newly registered domain [link] as "One who, or that which, develops an..

Desembarco del Granma National Park
Desembarco del Granma National Park ..

Desembocadura de la Cruz de Río Grande
Desembocadura de la Cruz de Río Grande is a municipality in the Región Autónoma del Atlántico Sur department of Nicaragua. ..

Desenrascanço
Desenrascanço (loosely translated as "disentanglement"; pronounced: [dɨ.zẽ.ʁɐʃ.'kɐ̃.su]) is a Portuguese word used in certain specific contexts and situations. It is used to express an ability to solve a problem without the adequate tools or proper technique to do so, and by u..

Desensitation
In telecommunication, desensitation is the reduction of desired signal gain as a result of receiver reaction to an undesired signal. The gain reduction is generally due to overload of some portion of the receiver (e.g., the AGC circuitry) resulting in desired signal suppression because the receive..

Desensitization
Desensitization is a method to reduce or eliminate an organism's negative reaction to a substance or stimulus. In medicine For example, if a person with diabetes mellitus has a bad allergic reaction to taking a full dose of beef insulin, the doctor gives the person a very small amount of the insu..

Desensitized
The title Desensitized may refer to: Desensitized (Pitchshifter), a 1993 metal album by PitchshifterDesensitized (Drowning Pool), a 2004 hard-rock album by Drowning Pool"Desensitized" (Green Day Song), a 1997 song by Green Day This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of artic..

Desensitized (Drowning Pool)
Desensitized is a 2004 album by Nu Metal band Drowning Pool. It was the first album to be released by the band after the death of vocalist Dave Williams, and the first (and only) album to feature Jason 'Gong' Jones as the vocalist. Contents 1 Overview2 Track listing3 Personnel4&n..

Desensitized (Green Day song)
"Desensitized" is a B-side track of the band Green Day. It appears on: The Australian and Japanese versions of nimrod. (1997)The compilation Shenanigans (2002) The song opens up with Mike Dirnt smashing objects with a baseball bat. The song is about the Internet. ..

Desenzano del Garda
Coat of arms Map Statistics Region: Lombardy Province: Province of Brescia Location: ..

Deseret
Deseret is a term originally derived from the Book of Mormon, a scripture of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS Church) and other Latter Day Saint groups. According to the Book of Mormon, "deseret" meant "honeybee" in the language of the Jaredites, a group believed to have be..

Deseret-Western Railway
The Deseret-Western Railway is a private railroad operating in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. It is owned by the Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative, and exists to transport coal from the co-operative's Deserado Coal Mine (near Rangely, Colorado) to their Bonanza Power Plan..

Deseret alphabet
Sample from the Deseret Second Book, printed in 1868. The first three (and part of the fourth) words read "One of the worst habit..." (The first four words phonetically read "Wu-o-en ah-vee thee wu-o-er-es-tee") The Deseret alphabet is a phonetic alphabet developed in the mid-19th century by ..

Deseret Book
Deseret Book is the largest Latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. Over 150 people work in its Salt Lake City headquarters. During holidays, over 1000 employees work at over 30 Deseret Book store locations. Owned wholly by Deseret Manag..

Deseret Chemical Depot
The Deseret Chemical Depot is a chemical weapon storage area located in Utah. It is related to the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility. The area has been used to store chemical weapons since 1942 and weapons destruction began in August 1996 at the Depot which held 45% of the total U.S. stockpile..

Deseret Industries
Deseret Industries is the name of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' welfare program, as well as the name of the chain of retail thrift stores operated by that program. Deseret Industries thrift stores are modeled after Goodwill. They are generally located in areas were LDS church mem..

Deseret Management Corporation
The Deseret Management Corporation is a for-profit management company of assets for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It owns the following subsidiary companies: Beneficial Financial Group: insurance, investment, and retirement services.Bonneville International Corporation: owns radi..

Deseret Morning News
The Deseret Morning News is a newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is Utah's oldest continually published daily newspaper. It has the second largest daily circulation; only The Salt Lake Tribune surpasses it. The Deseret Morning News is owned by Deseret News Publishing Company, a subsi..

Deseret Peak Wilderness
Deseret Peak Wilderness ..

Deseronto, Ontario
Deseronto is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, in Hastings County. The community is located on the shore of the Bay of Quinte. It is an incorporated town with a population of 1,800. ..

Deseronto Bulldogs
The Deseronto Bulldogs are a Senior "AAA" ice hockey team based out of Deseronto, Ontario. They play in the Ontario Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League. ..

Deseronto Thunder
The Deseronto Thunder are a junior 'A' ice hockey team based out of Deseronto, Ontario. They play in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League. Mission The Deseronto Thunder Junior 'A' Hockey Club is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to training and developing our amateur hockey player..

Desert
A desert is a dry or waterless landscape. For the food course, usually served after dinner, see dessert. Desert view in Saudi Arabia. The vast majority of the kingdom is sand desert, with distinct features and characteristics that clearly differ between one area and another. In geography, a d..

Desertas Islands
The Desertas Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas Desertas, pron. IPA ['iʎɐʃ dɨ'zɛɾtɐʃ] literally Deserted Islands), are a small archipelago that stands to the south east of the island of Madeira, the whole chain located roughly between the Azores and the Canary Islands. Though only 20 naut..

Deserta Grande Island
The Deserta Grande Island is the main island of the Desertas Islands, a small chain of islands in the archipelago of Madeira, located to the southeast of the island of Madeira. External links [Photos of the Desertas Islands - Ilhas Desertas] Municipalities of the Madeira Auton..

Deserted medieval village
In England there are reckoned to be more than 3,000 deserted medieval village (DMV) sites. These are settlements, which have been abandoned for one reason or another over the years, usually leaving little but the remains of earthworks or ghostly cropmarks. If, at a DMV, there are less than three inh..

Deserted Palace
Deserted Palace is an album of experimental instrumental electronic music composed and produced by Jean-Michel Jarre, and released in 1972 on Sam Fox. It was Jarre's first album. Track listing "Poltergeist Party" – 2:10"Music Box Concerto" – 2:40"Rain Forest Rap Session" – 1:37"A..

Deserter's Songs
Deserter's Songs is the fourth album by the rock band Mercury Rev, released in 1998. British music magazine NME awarded Deserter's Songs album of the year for 1998. Track listing "Holes" – 5:55"Tonite It Shows" – 3:40"Endlessly" – 4:25"I Collect Coins" – 1:27"Opus 40" – 5:10"Hudson Line..

Desertification
Ship stranded by the retreat of the Aral Sea Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors including climatic variations and human activities. Modern desertification often arises from the demands of increased populations th..

Desertion
The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a [WikiProject Countering systemic biasworldwide view].Please improve the article or discuss the issue on the [talk page]. For other uses of Desertion, see Abandonment. For other uses of AWOL, see AWOL (d..

Desertmartin
Desertmartin is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 2 miles from Magherafelt. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 276 people. It had a population of 257 in 1837 and 101 in 1910. It lies within the Magherafelt District Council area. St. Comgalls (Church of Ireland) Church..

Desertshore
Desertshore is the name of a neoclassical, avant-garde album recorded and released by Nico in 1970. It is one of three albums from the period that were produced by John Cale. Personnel Nico vocal, harmonium John Cale all other instruments except trumpet John Cale, Adam Miller & Annagh Wood h..

Deserts and xeric shrublands
In isolation, Hawai'i's Silverswords have adapted to xeric microclimates within volcanic craters, trapping and channeling dew and protecting leaves with reflective hairs. Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. Deserts and xeric shrublands occur in tropical, sub..

Deserts of Australia
Deserts of Australia cover a large portion of the land in Australia. Most of the deserts lie in the central and north-western part of the country. The largest part of Australia is desert or semi-arid. The size of the deserts in Australia combine is 1.3 million square miles, and occupies 44% of the..

Desert (dance music act)
Desert is an electronic and house music duo from Liverpool, England. Members are producers Paul Kane and Paul Pringle. In 2001 they hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Lettin' Ya Mind Go." In 2002 the follow-up, "I See the Light," peaked at #34. See also List of number-one dance ..

Desert Aire, Washington
Desert Aire is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grant County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,124 at the 2000 census. Geography Desert Aire is located at [46°41′6″N, 119°55′29″W] (46.685121, -119.924811)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the ..

Desert Air Force
The Desert Air Force (DAF), later known as the First Tactical Air Force, was an Allied tactical air force formed during World War II, and was made up of squadrons from the Royal Air Force, the South African Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force. The DAF was formed in North Africa to provide ..

Desert Bandicoot
The Desert Bandicoot (Parameles eremiana) was a small bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The last known specimen was collected in 1943 on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia. It is presumed extinct. It was about 180–285 mm long, with a tail of around 100 mm, w..

Desert Beaver Observatory
The Desert Beaver Observatory is a private observatory near Benson, Arizona. The asteroid 25893 Sugihara was discovered at the Desert Beaver Observatory by William Kwong Yu Yeung. ..

Desert Bighorn Sheep
The Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) is a subspecies of Bighorn Sheep that occurs in the desert Southwest regions of the United States. The trinomial of this species commemorates the American naturalist Edward William Nelson. Populations of the Desert Bighorn Sheep declined drastica..

Desert Biosphere Reserve
The Desert Biosphere Reserve and Experimental Range is a biosphere reserve and experimental range in the western reaches of the U.S. state of Utah. The experimental range was established in 1933 when 225km² of public lands were designated "as an agricultural range experiment station" by Presid..

Desert Blue
Desert Blue is a 1998 American comedy/drama film directed by Morgan J. Freeman and starring Brendan Sexton, Kate Hudson, Ethan Suplee, Christina Ricci, Casey Affleck, Peter Sarsgaard, Sara Gilbert, and John Heard. The story centers on a rising Hollywood starlet (Hudson) who becomes "marooned" in a ..

Desert Botanical Garden
The Desert Botanical Garden is a 50 acre (20 ha) botanical garden located within Papago Park in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Founded in 1939, the garden now has more than 21,000 plants, including 139 species which are rare, threatened or endangered. Of special note are the rich collections of agave (176..

Desert Camouflage Uniform
The Desert Camouflage Uniform (DCU) is essentially the same as the United States military's Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) uniform, only featuring the three-color desert camouflage pattern of light tan, pale green, and brown as opposed to the dark green, black, brown, and dark tan of the BDU's woodland..

Desert candle
Desert candle (Caulanthus inflatus), is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mojave Desert of the southwestern United States, where it is found at elevations between 150 and 1,500 meters. It is an annual plant growing up to 70 cm in height, with a thick, swollen stem that ..

Desert Center, California
Desert Center, Riverside County, California, is a small town (population 962) located in the Colorado Desert of Southern California, between the cities of Indio and Blythe at the junction of Interstate 10 and State Highway 177. In the vicinity of Desert Center lie the Chuckwalla Mountains, Corn Spri..

Desert cockroach
The desert cockroach, Arenivaga investigata, is a member of the Polyphagidae family of cockroaches. Distribution Arenivaga investigata is abundant in sand dunes of the Colorado desert at the foot of Mount San Jacinto, California. Water vapor absorption The desert cockroach can gain weight by abso..