This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends ย that begin with the letter D.
For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS โ (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD โ (i) compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM โ (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz โ megahertz)
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.
DA
edit- da โ (s) Danish language (ISO 639-1 code) โ deca
- DA โ (s) Denmark (FIPS 10-4 country code) โ (i) Debtors Anonymous โ (i) U.S. Department of the Army โ District Attorney
- DAB โ Digital Audio Broadcasting
- DACT โ (i) Data Automated Communications Terminal โ Dissimilar Air Combat Training
- DAD โ (s) Da Nang International Airport (IATA code)
- DADVSI โ (i) Loi sur le droit dโauteur et les droits voisins dans la sociรฉtรฉ de lโinformation (French, "Law on copyrights and related rights in the information society")
- DAES โ (i) Defence Acquisition Executive Summary โ (UK MoD) Directorate of Analysis, Experimentation and Simulation
- DAF โ (a) Dissolved Air Flotation, a technique used in water treatment
- DAFIF โ (a) Digital Aeronautical Flight Information File
- DAK โ (a) Disney's Animal Kingdom
- DA&M โ (i) (U.S.) Director, Administration & Management
- dan โ (s) Danish language (ISO 639-2 code)
- DAO โ (i) Division Ammunition Officer
- DAQ โ (p) Data acquisition โ (i) Delivered Audio Quality
- DARE โ (a) Drug Abuse Resistance Education
- DARO โ (i/a) (U.S.) Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
- DARPA โ (a) U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- DART โ (a) Disaster Assistance Response Team โ Dublin Area Rapid Transit
- DAS โ (a) Defensive Aids Suite
- DASD โ (i) (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
- DASL โ (i) Datapoint's Advanced Systems Language
- DAU โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Acquisition University
- DAWN โ (a) (U.S.) Drug Abuse Warning Network
DB
edit- dB โ (s) Decibel
- Db โ (s) Dubnium
- DB โ (i) Database โ Deutsche Bahn
- d/b/a โ (i) doing business as
- DBA โ (i) De Bellis Antiquitatis (miniature wargaming rules)
- DBBL โ (i) (U.S. Army Simulation Center) Dismounted Battlespace Battle Laboratory
- DBCS โ (i) Double Byte Character Set
- DBDO โ (i) Desert BDO
- DBE โ (i) Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- DBF โ (i) Detection By Fire (weapon launch signature)
- DBM โ (i) De Bellis Multitudinis (miniature wargaming rules) โ Detection By Movement (military target)
- DBR โ (i) De Bellis Renationis (miniature wargaming rules)
- DBRA โ (i) DavisโBacon Related Acts
- DBS โ (i) Direct Broadcast Services (television)
DC
edit- DC
- (i) da capo
- Italian Democrazia Cristiana
- Digital Compass
- Direct Current
- (s) District of Columbia (postal symbol)
- (i) Douglas Aircraft Company
- Dublin Core
- Duty Cycle
- Disconnected
- DCA
- (i) Defensive Counter Air
- Drum Corps Associates
- (p) DiChloroAcetate
- (s) Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (IATA code)
- DCAA โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Contract Audit Agency
- DCAS โ (i) Devon and Cornwall Archery Society
- DCC
- (i) Dallas Christian College
- Digital Command Control (model railroading)
- Direct Client-to-Client (Internet Relay Chat)
- Dismounted Close Combat
- DCCP โ (i) Datagram Congestion Control Protocol
- DCD โ (i) [Organ] Donation after Cardiac Death
- DCDC โ Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre
- DCE โ (i) Data Communication Equipment
- DCFC โ (i) Death Cab for Cutie
- DCI
- (i) Detection, Classification and Identification
- Drum Corps International
- Duellists' Convocation International, later known simply by the initials before changing its name to the current Wizards Play Network
- DCIM โ (p) Digital Camera Images
- DCIMS
- (i) Dental Classification Information Management System
- Dismounted Combat Identification Marking System
- DCL โ Disney Cruise Line
- DCN โ Deacon
- DCOM โ Disney Channel Original Movie
- DCOP โ (i) Desktop Communication Protocol
- DCSOPS โ (p) Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and plans
- DCW โ (i) Digital Chart of the World
- DCYSC โ (i) Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge
DD
edit- DD โ many, including due diligence and dear daughter (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards); see entry
- D&D
- (i) Dungeons & Dragons
- Diversion and Distress (Air Traffic Control)
- DDA
- DDD
- (i) Data Display Debugger
- Digital Digital Digital (CD mastering)
- DDL โ (i) Digital Data Link
- DDLC โ Doki Doki Literature Club!
- DDLC+ โ the expanded version, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!
- DDN โ (i) U.S. Defense Data Network
- DDoS โ (i) Distributed Denial of Service
- DDP
- (i) Danish Design Prize
- Deutsche Demokratische Partei (German, "German Democratic Party" โ former political party in Weimar Germany)
- Diamond Dallas Page (American professional wrestler)
- DDR
- (i) Dance Dance Revolution
- Deutsche Demokratische Republik (German, "German Democratic Republic" (GDR), East Germany)
- Double Data Rate
- (s) East Germany (ISO 3166 trigram, obsolete since 1990)
- DDR&E โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Department Research and Engineering
- DDS โ (i) Doctor of Dental Surgery
- DDT
- (i) Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (insecticide)
- Dramatic Dream Team, the original name of the Japanese professional wrestling promotion DDT Pro-Wrestling
- Dynamic Debugging Tool (computing)
DE
edit- de โ (s) German language (ISO 639-1 code)
- DE โ (s) Delaware (postal symbol) โ Germany (ISO 3166 digram)
- DEA โ (i) Drug Enforcement Administration
- DEA โ (i) Drug Enforcement Agency
- DEC
- DeCA โ (p) (U.S.) Defense Commissary Agency
- DECSIM โ (p) Model DEComposition and SIMulation algorithm โ Directed Energy Combat SIMulation
- DECT โ (a) Digital European Cordless Telephone
- DEERS โ (a) Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (US Department of Defense database of individuals eligible for certain benefits)
- DEFCON โ (p) Defence readiness condition
- DEFRA โ (a) (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- DEIย - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- DELT โ (a) Dual Ended Line Test (ing)
- DEM
- (i) Data Exchange Mechanism
- Digital Elevation Model
- DEN โ (s) Denmark (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166)
- DEPSECDEF โ (p) (U.S.) Deputy Secretary of Defense
- DERA โ (a) British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995โ2001)
- DES โ (i) Deep Ecliptic Survey
- deu โ (s) German language (ISO 639-2 code)
- DEU โ (s) Germany (ISO 3166 trigram)
DF
edit- DF
- (i) Direct Fire
- Direction Finding
- Distrito Federal (Spanish and Portuguese for "federal district")
- DFAD โ (p) Digital Feature Analysis Data ("dee-fad")
- DFAS โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Finance and Accounting Service
- DFB โ (i) Deutscher Fuรball-Bund (German for "German Football Association")
- DFCB โ (i) Data Format Control Book
- DfID โ (i) UK Department for International Development
- DFL
- (i) DemocraticโFarmerโLabor (the full designation of the Minnesota affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party)
- Deutsche Fuรball Liga (German for "German Football League"), the operator of the top two leagues of German football
- DFM โ (i) Dynamic Flowgraph Methodology
- DFM โ (ii) Discrete Field Model see Superluminal motion
- DFSP โ (i) Dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
- DfTโ (i) Department for Transport
- DFTBA โ (i) Don't Forget To Be Awesome- a term commonly used by the Vlogbrothers
DG
edit- DG โ (i) Dei gratia (Latin, "by the grace of God") โ Director-General โ Data General
- DGA โ (i) Direction gรฉnรฉrale des armรฉes (French "Armed Forces General Directorate")
- DGAF โ (I) Don't give a f***
- DGB โ (i) Disinformation Governance Board
- DGD&D โ (i) UK Directorate General of Development and Doctrine
- DGPS โ (i) Differential GPS
- DGZ โ (i) Desired Ground Zero
DH
edit- DH โ (i) dear husband (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards) โ Designated hitter
- DHA โ (p) DocosaHexaenoic Acid
- DHHS โ (i) (U.S.) Department of Health and Human Services
- DHL โ (i) Dalsey, Hillblom, and Lynn (courier service)
- DHMIS - (i) Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
- DHRA โ (i) (U.S.) DoD Human Resources Activity
- DHS โ (i) U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- DHSS โ (i) UK Department of Health and Social Security
- DHTFYSS โ (i) U.S. Don't Have Time For You Silly S****
- DHY โ (s) Dahomey (ISO 3166 trigram; became BEN for Benin in 1977)
DI
edit- DIA โ (i) U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
- DIAC โ (a) Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Australia) [1]
- DiC โ Design Island Centre (computing usually used in a teaching situation)
- DICASS โ (p) DIrectional Command Activated Sonobuoy System
- DID โ (i) Dissociative identity disorder
- DILLIGAD โ (a) Do I Look Like I Give A Damn? (military shorthand, slightly less offensive than the following) [2]
- DILLIGAF โ (a) Do I Look Like I Give A Fuck? (military shorthand; the theme of biography, album, tour, and other products of Kevin Bloody Wilson) [3]
- DIF โ (i) Data Interchange Format
- DIFAR โ (p) DIrectional Frequency Analysis and Recording
- DIME โ (a) Dense inert metal explosive
- DIMM โ (a) Dual In-line Memory Module (computing)
- DIN
- (i) Deutsches Institut fรผr Normung (German, "German Institute for Standardization")
- Drug Identification Number (Canadian drug marketing requirement)
- DINA
- (p/a) Diesel Nacional (Spanish, "National Diesel"โMexican bus and truck manufacturer now known as DINA)
- Direcciรณn de Inteligencia Nacional (Spanish, "National Intelligence Directorate"โformer secret police of Chile)
- DINKY โ (a) Double Income, No Kids Yet
- DIP โ (a) Dual In-line Package (electronics)
- DIPS โ (a) Defense independent pitching statistics
- DIR โ (i) Defence Industrial Research
- DIS
- DISA
- DISCOM โ (p) Division Support Command
- DISE โ (i) Deployable Intelligence Support Element
- DISSTAF โ (a) DIS Search and Target Acquisition Fidelity experiment
- DITY โ (i/a) Do-It-Yourself
- div โ (s) Dhivehi language (ISO 639-2 code)
- DIVAD โ (p) Division Air Defence
- DIY โ (i) Do It Yourself
DJ
edit- DJ โ (i) Disc Jockey โ Dinner Jacket โ (s) Djibouti (ISO 3166 digram; FIPS 10-4 country code)
- DJD โ (i) Degenerative Joint Disease โ Dublin Julian Day โ Discoveries in the Judaean Desert
- DJF โ (s) Djibouti franc (ISO 4217 currency code)
- DJI โ (s) Djibouti (ISO 3166 trigram)
- DJS โ (i) Director, Joint Staff
DK
edit- DK โ (s) Denmark (ISO 3166 digram)
- DKK โ (s) Danish krone (ISO 4217 currency code)
- DKP โ Don King Productions
DL
edit- DL โ Dexter's Laboratory
- DLA
- DLI โ (s) IATA code for Lien Khuong Airport
- DLIC โ (i) Detachment Left-In-Contact
- DLIR โ (i) Depot-Level Inspection and Repair
- DLL โ (i) Dynamic Link Library
- DLPFC or DL-PFC โ (i) DorsoLateral PreFrontal Cortex
- DLPMC โ (i) DorsoLateral PreMotor Cortex
- DLR
- (i) Deutsches Zentrum fรผr Luft- und Raumfahrt (German, German Aerospace Centre)
- Docklands Light Railway
- DLRP โ (i) Data Link Reference Point
- DLS โ (i) Deep Lens Survey
- DLSA โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Legal Services Agency
- DLSc โ (p) Diploma in Library Science
- DLSC
- (i) U.S. Defense Logistics Services Center
- U.S. Defense Logistics Support Command
- Department of Library Special Collections (Western Kentucky University Libraries)
- Direct Loan Servicing Center
- Directorate of Land Strategic Concepts (Canada)
- Dominican Lay Scholars Community
- DLTBGYD โ Don't let the bastards grind you down
DM
edit- DM
- (s) Dominica (ISO 3166 digram)
- (i) Dungeon Master (role-playing games)
- DMA
- (i) Designated market area (primarily a U.S. term)
- U.S. Defense Mapping Agency (became NIMA, then NGA)
- Direct Memory Access (computing)
- (s) Dominica (ISO 3166 trigram)
- DMC โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Management Council
- DMCA โ Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- DMD
- (i) dentariae medicinae doctor (Latin, "doctor of dental medicine")
- Digital Micromirror Device
- Digital Multilayer Disk
- DMI โ (i) Desktop Management Interface (computing)
- DMM โ Digital Multimeter
- DMOC โ (i) Distributed Mission Operations Centre
- DMOS โ (i/a) Double Diffused MOS transistor ("dee-moss")
- DMPA โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Medical Programs Activity
- DMPFC โ (i) DorsoMedial PreFrontal Cortex
- DMPK โ (i) Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics
- DMRB โ (i) Design Manual for Roads and Bridges
- DMS โ (i) U.S. Defense Message System
- DMSO
- (p) Dimethyl sulfoxide
- (i) U.S. Defense Modeling & Simulation Office ("dim-so"), now Modeling and Simulation Coordination Office
- DMSP โ (i) U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
- DMT โ (i) Dimethyltryptamine
- DMU โ (i) Diesel Multiple Unit, a method of connecting self-propelled railway vehicles together to form a train under the control of one driver.
- DMV โ (i) Department of Motor Vehicles
- DMZ โ (i) DeMilitarized Zone
DN
edit- DN โ (i) Deacon
- DNA
- DNAW โ (i) Day Night All Weather
- DND โ (i) Department of National Defence (Canada) โ Do not disturb
- DNDi โ (i) Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
- DNDO โ (i) U.S. Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
- DNM โ (i) Defence Nuclear Material
- DNK โ (s) Denmark (ISO 3166 trigram)
- DNR โ (i) Do not resuscitate
- DNS โ (i) Domain name system
DO
edit- DO โ (s) Dominica (FIPS 10-4 country code) โ Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 digram) โ (i) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
- DOA โ (i) Dead On Arrival โ Dead or Alive
- DOB โ (i) Date Of Birth
- DoCRA โ (a) Duty of Care Risk Analysis Standard
- DOD โ (i) U.S. Department of Defense
- DODAF โ (a) U.S. Department of Defense Architectural Framework
- DoDD โ (i) U.S. Department of Defense Directive
- DoDEA โ (i) (U.S.) Department of Defense Education Activity
- DOE โ (i/a) U.S. Department of Energy
- DOGE โ (a) Department of Government Efficiency
- DOHC โ (i) Dual-OverHead-Cam engine
- DOI โ (i) Digital Object Identifier โ U.S. Department of the Interior
- DOM โ (i) Deo optimo maximo (Latin, "to God, the best and greatest") โ (a) Document Object Model โ (s) Dominican Republic (ISO 3166 trigram)
- DOMS โ (i) (U.S.) Director of Military Support
- DOP โ (s) Dominican peso (ISO 4217 currency code)
- DORA โ (a) Defence of the Realm Act
- DOS โ (a) Denial of Service (DoS, cf. DDoS) โ Density of State โ Disk Operating System
- DOT โ (i) Department of Transportation (U.S. federal or state) โ Damage Over Time (common in World of Warcraft)
- DOTA โ short-form for DEFENSE OF THE ANCIENTS a popular online epic game
- DotD โ (i) Deal of the Day (marketing gimmick)
- DOTMLPF โ (i) Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, and Facilities (mnemonic)
- DOW โ (i) Died of Wounds
DP
edit- DP โ (i) Division de production (Algerian petroleum company)
- DP โ (i) Decision Point โ Dynamic Programming
- DPA โ (i) UK Defence Procurement Agency
- DPCO โ (i) Double-Pole Change Over
- DPDT โ (i) Double-Pole Double-Throw
- DPICM โ (i) Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition
- DPKO โ (p) UN Department for Peacekeeping Operations
- DPMO โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office
- DPPDB โ (p) Digital Point Positioning Database
- DPRE โ (p) Displaced Person or Refugee (plural Displaced Persons and Refugees) (originally Displaced Persons, Refugees, Evacuees)
- DPRK โ (i) Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- DPST โ (i) Double-Pole Single-Throw
DQ
edit- DQ
- (i) Dairy Queen
- (s) Jarvis Island (FIPS 10-4 country code)
DR
edit- DR โ (i) Dead Reckoning โ (s) Dominican Republic (FIPS 10-4 country code) โ (i) Danmarks Radio (Danish Broadcasting Corporation)
- DRA โ (i) Defence Research Agency (UK, 1991โ1995) โ Democratic Republic of America
- DRAGN โ (a) Double Radio source Active Galactic Nucleus ("dragon")
- DRAM โ (a) Dynamic Random Access Memory ("dee-ram") (computing)
- DRC โ (i) Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Domaine Romanee Conti
- DRDC โ (i) Defence Research & Development Canada
- DREA โ (i/a) Defence Research Establishment Atlantic (obsolete 2002)
- DRES โ (i/a) Defence Research Establishment Suffield (obsolete 2002)
- DRET โ (i/a) Defence Research Establishment Toronto (obsolete 2002)
- DREV โ (i/a) Defence Research Establishment Valcartier (obsolete 2002)
- DRI โ (i) Detection, Recognition, Identification โ Dietary Reference Intake
- DRIC โ (i/a) (U.S.) Detroit River International Crossing
- DRL โ (i) Daytime Running Lights โ Dorman Roberts Ltd.
- DRM โ (i) Digital Rights Management
- DRMS โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Revitalization and Marketing Service
- DRPR โ (p) Drawing Practices
- DRT โ (i) Document Related Technologies
DS
edit- Ds โ (s) Darmstadtium
- DS
- (i) Dear son (increasingly prevalent on social mailing lists, blogs, and bulletin boards)
- Defence Scientist
- Direct Support
- (s) Dust Storm (METAR Code)
- DSA
- (i) (U.S.) Defense Support Activities
- Division Support Area
- DSAA
- (i) (U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency
- Driving Schools Association of the Americas
- DECT Standard Authentication Algorithm
- DSAS โ (i) Disney Sing Along Songs
- DSB โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Science Board
- DSC
- DSCS โ (i) U.S. Defense Satellite Communications System
- DSCSOC โ (i) DSCS Operations Center
- DSD โ (i) Defence Studies Department (King's College, London)
- DSDS โ (i) Deutschland sucht den Superstar (German, "Germany Seeks the Superstar"), the German version of the Idol series
- DSE โ (i) Dry Sheep Equivalent
- DSG โ (i) Direct-Shift Gearbox
- DSID โ (i) Dismounted Soldier Identification System
- DSL โ (i) Digital Subscriber Line
- DSLR โ (i) Digital single-lens reflex (camera)
- DSM โ (i) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
- DSN โ (i) Deep Space Network
- DSO โ (i) Distinguished Service Order (British military decoration)
- dsp โ (i) decessit sine prole (Latin, "died without issue") โ genealogy short-hand
- dspl โ (i) decessit sine prole legitima (Latin, "died without legitimate issue")
- dspm โ (i) decessit sine prole mascula [superstite] (Latin, "died without surviving male issue" )
- dspml โ (i) decessit sine prole mascula legitima (Latin, "died without legitimate male issue")
- dspms โ (i) decessit sine prole mascula superstite (Latin, "died without surviving male issue")
- dsps โ (i) Decessit sine prole superstite (Latin, "died without surviving issue")
- DSP
- DSPL โ (i) Design Specialists and Plans Language
- DSR โ (i) Deformed Special Relativity
- DSRV
- DSS
- (i) Digitized Sky Survey
- Discarding-Sabot Shell (ammunition)
- DST โ (i) Daylight saving time
- DSTL โ (i) British Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
- dsvp โ d.s.v.p. decessit sine vitae patria (Latin, "died within fathers lifetime")
- DSWA โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Special Weapons Agency
DT
edit- DTA โ (i) Dental Technologists Association
- DTaP โ (a/p) Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis (vaccine) (pronounced "D-tap")
- DTD โ (i) Digital Terrain Data
- DTE โ (i) Data Terminal Equipment โ Down To Earth
- DTED โ (p) Digital Terrain Elevation Data ("dee-ted")
- DTG โ (i) Date-Time Group
- DTH โ (i) Direct To Home (television)
- DTI โ (i) UK Department of Trade and Industry
- DTIC โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center
- DTL โ (i) diodeโtransistor logic (electronics)
- DTM
- (i) Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German, "German Touring Car Masters" โ a current motor racing series)
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German, "German Touring Car Championship" โ a defunct motor racing series)
- DTMF โ (i) Dual-tone multi-frequency signaling
- DTLOMS โ (i) Doctrine, Training, Leader development, Organization, Materiel, and Soldier (mnemonic)
- DTO โ (i) Disruptive Technology Office (was ARDA)
- DTOMLS โ (i) Doctrine, Training, Organization, Materiel, Leader and Soldier development (mnemonic)
- DTP
- (i) Desktop publishing
- Desktop Tablet Press source
- Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (vaccine)
- DTR โ (i) Determine The Relationship
- DTRA โ (i) Defense Threat Reduction Agency ("deet-ra")
- DTSA โ (i) (U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration (ii) โ Defend Trade Secrets Act
DU
edit- DU
- (i) Depleted Uranium
- (s) Dust (METAR Code)
- DUI
- (i) Data Use Identifier
- Data Use Institute
- Davis Unified Ignition
- Diving Unlimited International
- Documento รnico de Identidad
- Documento Unico de Importaciรณn
- Driving Under the Influence
- Duke University Improv
- DUMBO โ (a) Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass (Brooklyn neighborhood)
- DUSD โ (i) (U.S.) Deputy Under-Secretary of Defense
DV
edit- dv โ (s) Dhivehi language (ISO 639-1 code)
- DV
- (i) Daily Value (FDA food guide)
- Deo volente (Latin, "God willing")
- DVD โ (i) Digital Versatile Disk (was Digital Video Disk)
- DVLC โ (i) UK Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre
- dvm โ (i) decessit vita matris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of the mother")
- DVM โ (i) Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
- DVO โ (i) Direct View Optics
- DVOM โ Digital Volt-Ohm Meter
- DVP โ various meanings (disambiguation page)
- dvp โ (i) decessit vita patris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of the father")
- DVT
- (i) Deep vein thrombosis
- Design verification test
- Driving Van Trailer (rail vehicle)
- dvu โ (i) decessit vita uxoris (Latin, "died in the lifetime of spouse")
DW
edit- DW โ (a) Drum Workshop
- DWG โ (p) Divisional Wargame (military simulation)
- DWI โ (i) Dance With Intensity โ Danish West Indies โ Diffusion-weighted imaging โ Direct water injection โ Disaster Welfare Inquiry โ Drinking Water Inspectorate โ Driving While Intoxicated/Impaired
- DWM โ (a) Doctor Who Magazine
- DWIM โ (a) Do What I Mean
- DWTS โ (a) Dancing with the Stars
- DWW โ (a) Down with Webster
DX
edit- DX
- (s) Dexterity (role-playing games)
- (p) DeXtrorphan
- Distant (radio)
- (i) D-Generation X (professional wrestling stable)
- DXA โ (i) Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry
- DXM โ (p) DeXtroMethorphan
DY
edit- Dy โ (s) Dysprosium
- DY โ (s) Dahomey (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 1977)
DZ
edit- dz โ (s) Dzongkha language (ISO 639-1 code)
- DZ โ (s) Algeria (ISO 3166 digram) โ Drizzle (METAR Code) โ (i) Drop Zone
- DZA โ (s) Algeria (ISO 3166 trigram)
- DZD โ (s) Algerian dinar (ISO 4217 currency code)
- dzo โ (s) Dzongkha language (ISO 639-2 code)
- DZO (Depleted Zinc Oxide โ physics/chemistry jargon)