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Dexter, Timothy

(Encyclopedia) Dexter, Timothy, 1747–1806, American merchant and eccentric, b. Malden, Mass. He gained a fortune from the American Revolution by buying up depreciated certificates of indebtedness…

dextrin

(Encyclopedia) dextrin, any one of a number of carbohydrates having the same general formula as starch but a smaller and less complex molecule. They are polysaccharides and are produced as…

dextrose

(Encyclopedia) dextrose: see glucose.

Deyssel, Lodewijk van

(Encyclopedia) Deyssel, Lodewijk vanDeyssel, Lodewijk vanlōˈdəvĭk vän dēˈsəl [key], pseud. of Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk Thijm, 1864–1952, Dutch novelist, critic, and essayist. He was editor of…

Dezful

(Encyclopedia) Dezful Dezful dĕzf&oomacr;lˈ [key], city, Khuzestan prov., SW Iran, on the Dez River, near the site…

Dhahran

(Encyclopedia) Dhahran Dhahran däränˈ, däˌhəränˈ [key], city, NE Saudi Arabia, near…

Al Hillah

(Encyclopedia) Al HillahAl Hillahäl hĭlˈlä [key], city (1987 pop. 268,834), provincial capital, central Iraq, on a branch of the Euphrates River. It was built (c.1100) largely of material taken from…

Dhaka

(Encyclopedia) Dhaka or Dacca Dhaka both: dăkˈə [key], city (2021 est. pop. 10,356,500), capital of Bangladesh, on a…

Dhamar

(Encyclopedia) Dhamar or Damar Dhamar both: dämärˈ [key], town, S central Yemen, in a valley between two volcanic…

Dhanbad

(Encyclopedia) Dhanbad Dhanbad dänˈbäd [key], city, Jharkand state, E central India. On the Damodar River and…