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Dili (capital, East Timor)
dill (plant, herb)
dime novels (in fiction)
dimension (in physics)
Dimitrovgrad (city, Bulgaria)
Dimona (city, Israel)
Dinajpur (city, Bangladesh)
Dinard (city, France)
Dinaric Alps (mountains, Italy/Europe)
Dindigul (city, India)
diner (in business)
dingo (dog)
Dingwall (city, Scotland)
Dinoflagellata (algea, division)
Dinotherium (mammal)
diode (in electronics)
Diomede Islands (island group, Russia/Alaska)
Diomedes (mythology, ancient Greece)
Dione (in astronomy)
Dionysus (in Greek Mythology)
Diourbel (city, Senegal)
dip (in agriculture)
diphosgene (in chemistry)
diphtheria (disease, bacteria)
Diplodocus (dinosaur)
dipper (bird)
Dire Dawa (city, Ethiopia)
direct current (in electricity)
directing (in theater, film)
direction finder (mechanical device)
Directory (organization, France)
Disappointment, Cape (geographical area, Washington)
Disarmament Conference (historical event)
discount (in finance)
discus throwing (in sports)
diseases of plants (in botany)
disinfectant (material)
disk plow (mechanical device)
Disko (island, Greenland)
dislocation (condition)
Dismal Swamp (geographical area, Virginia/North Carolina)
dispersion (in chemistry)