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Date "DR" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Aerospace | = dead reckoning.Abbreviation. (references) |
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List of people by name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z Da - Db - Dc - Dd - De - Df - Dg - Dh - Di - Dj - Dk - Dl - Dm - Dn - Do - Dp - Dq - Dr - Ds - Dt - Du - Dv - Dw - Dx - Dy - Dz
- Drabble, Margaret, (born 1939), English novelist
- Drabenstott, Mark, Center for the Study of Rural America director
- Dragutin, (1276-1282), Serbian monarch
- Dragutin, Stefan, (1276-1282), Serbian monarch
- Drake, Charlie, (born 1925), British comedian
- Drake, Frank, astronomer, astrophysicist
- Drake, Sir Francis, (c. 1540-1596), English explorer
- Draper, Henry, (USA, 1837-1882), astronomer
- Dravecky, Dave, (USA, born 1956), author, baseball player
- Drayton, Michael, (1563-1631), poet
- Dr. Dre, (born 1965), rapper
- Drees, Willem, (1886-1988), prime minister
- Dreifuss, Ruth, (born 1940), Swiss president
- Dreiser, Theodore, realist, writer, Sister Carrie
- Drekonja, Ciril, (1896-1944), poet
- Drenova, Aleksander Stavre, (1872-1947), Albanian poet
- Dressler, Marie, (1868-1934), actor
- Drew, Charles R, (1904-1950), physician, pioneer of blood transfusion
- Drexler, Anton, founder of German Workers Party
- Drexler, K. Eric, (born 1955), US nanotechnology researcher
- Dreyfus, Alfred, (1859-1935), French jewish officer of Dreyfus Affair
- Dreyfuss, Richard, actor
- Drinkwater, John, (1882-1937), poet
- Drnovsek, Janez, (born 1950), Slovenian leader
- Drolc, Stefka, (born 1923), actress and pedagogue.
- Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, (1797-1848), German poet
- Drost, Willem, (c.1630-c.1680), painter and printmaker
- Drouot, Antoine, (1774-1847)
- Droz, Numa, (1844-1899), Swiss president
- Druey, Daniel-Henri, (1799-1855)
- Drummond, William, (1585-1649), poet
- Drummond, William Henry, (1854-1907), poet, The habitant
- Dryden, John, (1631-1700), poet and playwright
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "List of people by name: Dr."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DR | Danish | De europæiske højrepartiers tekniske gruppe | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
Dr | Dutch | Douanerecht | Finance, Law |
DR | English | Drive | N/A |
DR | French | Groupe technique des droites européennes | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
DR | German | Technische Fraktion der Europäischen Rechten | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
DR | Italian | Gruppo tecnico delle destre europee | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
DR | Portuguese | Grupo Técnico das Direitas Europeias | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
DR | Spanish | Grupo Técnico de Derechas Europeas | European Union, Politics & International Affaires |
| Dr ap | English | Apothecaries dram | N/A |
| Dr.Med. | German | Doktor der Medizin | Military & Defense, Medicine |
| Dr.med. | Latin | Medicinae Doctor | Military & Defense, Medicine |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Scholar | Pedant, doctrinaire; pedagogue, Dr. Pangloss; pantologist, criminologist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DR |
| English words defined with "DR": Bioplasm, Bookkeeping by double entry, Boswellian, Brownian ♦ Dephlogisticated air ♦ Fixed air ♦ Goolde, Grub Street ♦ Huttonian ♦ James's powder, Johnsonese, Johnsonian, Johnsonianism ♦ Perkinism ♦ referral ♦ Tellurism, Thomsonianism ♦ Wallerian degeneration, Warburg's tincture. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DR": Devil and Dr. Faustus, Dr. Diafoirus, Dr. Dove, Dr. Fell, Dr. James H. Clark. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "DR": Witherite. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DR" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (Technical Group of the European Right). |
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Screenplays | Dr. Arroway will be spending her precious telescope time listening for uh listening for (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) My name is Craig Schwartz and I have an interview with Dr. Lester (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman) And the treacherous Dr Goodhead; your desire to become America's first woman in space will shortly be fulfilled (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Must I go on calling you Dr. Peal (The Avengers; writing credit: Don MacPherson. Based on the television series by Sydney Newman.) I must've drunk 17 Dr. Peppers (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth) | |
Lyrics | Yeah, whattup, this is Dr. Dre (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) Like the Dr. Jekyl man and this is my Hyde side (Boom! Shake The Room; performing artist: Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince) I'm ever ready, Dr. Love (Lovin' Every Minute Of It; performing artist: Loverboy) Dr. Alphonse Mephisto and Dr (Mephisto and Kevin; performing artist: Primus) | |
Clever | 1968: The Grateful Dead. 1998: Dr. Kevorkian. (references; author: unknown) Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice. (references; author: unknown) Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit on the abdomen, and I agree. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dr. Max (1974) God Bless Dr. Shagetz (1974) San Dr Misica (1973) Dr. Death: Seeker of Souls (1973) Naughty Dr. Jekyll (1973) | |
Song Titles | Three Stars Will Shine Tonight (Theme From Dr. Kildare) (performing artist: Richard Chamberlain) | |
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Several views of the plaque of the Pierluigi Nervi International Award for Cancer Research. Dr. Vincent Devita received this award on May 15, 1985. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | Photo shows interior hallway of NCI new building in 1939. Dr. Leonard A. Scheele stands at end of hallway door. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ||
Child with sequelae of polio. Quote from Dr. Harry Hull. Credit: CDC. | ![]() | Summary of need to develop prevention strategies for emerging infectious diseases (quote, Dr. Joshua Lederberg). Credit: CDC. | |
![]() | President Nixon and Dr. Paine Wait to Meet Apollo 11 Astronauts. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and Dr. Paine Sign a Satellite Agreement. Credit: NASA. |
Dr. Riccardo Giacconi, former Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), has ... Credit: NASA. | An agreement has been reached in principle to appoint Dr. Steven V. W. Beckwith director of ... Credit: NASA. | ||
![]() | Dr. Dill expounding on his views of the geology of the South Australia Bight OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Dredging operations on the EXPLORER Seattle to Norfolk trip 1960 marked renaissance of oceanography in C&GS Under direction of Dr. Harris B. Stewart. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Dr. Mallard Quack" by Erika Thorpe Commentary: "My personal psychiatrist." | "Quinta das Torres" by Luis Alves Commentary: "This estate was given to D. Maria da Silva and D. Pedro D'Eça as a wedding present. As there were no direct heirs, the property passed to another family branch, the Corte-Real family, then to the Saldanha family, and then to the Melo family, Lords of Murc" |
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| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. |
| We are not makers of history. We are made by history. | |
| All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. | |
| There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love. | |
| The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important. | |
| Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. | |
| One who condones evils is just as guilty as the one who perpetrates it. | |
| The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. | |
Dr. Samuel Johnson | Strange how much you've got to know before you know how little you know. |
| Patron: a wretch who supports with insolence and is paid with flattery. | |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | This is our hope. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1943) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | AD is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German doctor. (references) | |
Dr. Frederick Koster, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine. (references) | ||
Dr. Hassold explained that cells destined to become sperm or eggs undergo a process known as meiosis. (references) | ||
Business | In the mobile world, UMS is being offered by Comverse, Nokia, 2Communications and Dr. Materna. (references) | |
MOCIE is considering the possibility of implementing Dr. Gorlov's tidal power generation system in the Ultolmok. (references) | ||
Dr. Gorlov's zero-head hydro energy generation system uses helical turbines to turn seawater into electricity and hydrogen energy. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Burma | On November 29, Dr. Salai Tun Than, a 74 year-old was arrested for staging a political protest in Rangoon. (references) |
China | In May the Government prevented Dr. Gao Yaojie, who had exposed the cause of an AIDS epidemic in several villages, from traveling abroad to receive an award. (references) | |
Turkey | In June Dr. Fikret Baskaya, an economist, was imprisoned for writing an article about the history of Kurdish uprisings, following the arrest of Abdullah Ocalan. (references) | |
Economic History | Cyprus | He defeated the incumbent "Prime Minister," Dr. Dervis Eroglu. (references) |
Dominican Rep | Corn in the DR is used primarily for poultry and swine feed formulations. (references) | |
St. Kitts and Nevis | Labor won seven of the 11 seats, with Dr. Denzil Douglas becoming prime minister. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | In November press reports accused Dr. Julio Arango Escobar, the Ombudsman, of using official funds to start a political party. (references) |
India | In addition, Dr. Hubbi, a member of the All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) also was detained along with two other APHC leaders. (references) | |
Yemen | Dr. Fare'e has identified women's rights, the rights of children and persons with disabilities, and prison reform as her priorities. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Brazil | No progress was made in the case of mass sterilizations promoted among women of the Pataxo tribe of Bahia by Federal Deputy Dr. Roland Lavigne in exchange for votes during his 1994 electoral campaign. (references) |
Minorities | Argentina | On May 20, the Secretary for Security for the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Enrique Mathov, was the target of anti-Semitic remarks and shouts while attending the funeral of a member of the Federal Police. (references) |
Political Economy | Malaysia | The current Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, has been in that position since 1981. (references) |
Political Rights | Zambia | Former ambassador Gwendoline Konie and Dr. Inonge Lewanika were the first women to run for president. (references) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The opposition ULP won 12 out of the Parliament's 15 seats, and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves became Prime Minister, ending 16 years of NDP rule. (references) | |
Seychelles | President Rene was reelected with 54 percent of the vote; SNP candidate Wavel Ramkalawan received 45 percent, and independent candidate Dr. Philip Boulle received 1 percent. (references) | |
Travel | Korea | In addressing Koreans, foreigners should observe the use of surnames (e.g. Mr. Kim; Ms. Lee), using formal titles if possible (e.g. Dr. Yoo; Director Song). (references) |
Women | Pakistan | In February 2000, Dr. Sher Shah Syed, of the Pakistan National Forum on Women's Health in Karachi, reported that the maternal mortality rate is 600 per 100,000 pregnancies; this figure contradicts the Government's figure of 300 per 100,000 pregnancies. (references) |
Guatemala | In January Dr. Lily Caravantes, Presidential Secretary for Women, presented to the President an extremely ambitious National Policy for the Promotion and Development of Guatemalan Women and Plan for Equal Opportunity 2001-2006. Based on the recognition that 70 percent of women live in poverty, the strategic plan identified and prioritized areas of critical importance for women, ranging from access to health care and education, to protection from domestic violence. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kenya | In 2000 Dr. Gitu, the Ministry of Labor's Permanent Secretary, admitted that the Government should not have agreed to pay the 1997 salary package for teachers. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | LEVIATHAN, n. An enormous aquatic animal mentioned by Job. Some suppose it to have been the whale, but that distinguished ichthyologer, Dr. Jordan, of Stanford University, maintains with considerable heat that it was a species of gigantic Tadpole (Thaddeus Polandensis) or Polliwig -- Maria pseudo-hirsuta. For an exhaustive description and history of the Tadpole consult the famous monograph of Jane Potter, Thaddeus of Warsaw. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Sharpton | Well, first of all, I don't think that any of us are limited to any one area. Secondly, you know, many years ago someone far greater than me, Dr. King, was challenged to just stay in civil rights when he opposed the Vietnam War. |
Billy Martin | Until we find Chandra or until we find out what happened to Chandra, I know that Dr. and Mrs. Levy will never feel that the police or anybody has done enough. They want their daughter back, so they're not pleased. |
Dominick Dunne | Listen, I'm not going to forget Chandra Levy. I mean, you know, I feel so sorry for Dr. and Mrs. Levy, with whom I've spoken on several occasions, a wonderful couple. And yeah, I'm not going to let go of this. I mean, I don't think we should forget this. |
Robert Novak | But Dr. Lindsey, let's be candid. There are people on both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill, in Congress, who have taken this war as an opportunity to really open the floodgates on spending, raising appropriations far above your proposal. |
Robert Wagner | Dr. Evil, while you were in space, I created a way for us to make huge sums of legitimate money and still maintain the ethics and the business practices of an evil organization. I have turned us into a talent agency, the Hollywood Talent Agency. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "DR" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.70% of the time. "DR" is used about 11,197 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.7% | 11,163 | 832 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.22% | 25 | 69,787 |
| Noun (common) | 0.06% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11,197 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | DR. ING. H.C.F. Porsche AG | India | Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "DR": Dr Pepper. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DR": dr-dos, Dr-i, Dr-ing, dr-negative, dr-shift. | |
Ending with "DR": Hla-dr. | |
Containing "DR": HLA-DR Antigens, Hla-dr-positive. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
dr bizzaro | 7,493 | dr atkins diet plan | 343 |
dr phil | 7,144 | dr demento | 335 |
dr dre | 4,433 | dr foster smith | 323 |
dr healing nutrition s wright | 3,234 | dr horton | 323 |
dr seuss | 3,023 | dr horton home | 313 |
dr atkins diet | 2,939 | dr martins | 300 |
dr atkins | 2,231 | dr koop | 284 |
dr scholls | 1,298 | dr ruth | 277 |
dr martens | 1,285 | dr scholls shoes | 271 |
dr laura | 1,233 | dr perricone | 268 |
dr | 1,003 | dr evil | 262 |
dr pepper | 854 | dr phil mcgraw | 258 |
barnard breaking diet dr food loss neal nutrition seduction weight | 715 | dr dre lyrics | 243 |
dr phil.com | 699 | dr laura nude | 227 |
dr weil | 686 | dr andrew weil | 225 |
divx dr | 684 | dr martens shoes | 217 |
dr jays | 491 | dr scholls sandal | 214 |
dr who | 446 | dr strangelove | 208 |
dr hook | 374 | dr scholl | 208 |
dr joel wallach | 350 | dr phil show | 205 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "DR"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | dr-dos (dr-dos). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | dray.(various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | doktor (doc, doctor, md, physician). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DR": drab, drabbed, drabber, drabbest, drabbet, drabbets, drabbing, drabble, drabbled, drabbles, drabbling, drably, drabness, drabnesses, drabs, dracaena, dracaenas, drachm, drachma, drachmae, drachmai, drachmas, drachms, draconian, draconic, draff, draffier, draffiest, draffish, draffs, draffy, draft, draftable, drafted, draftee, draftees, drafter, drafters, draftier, draftiest, draftily, draftiness, draftinesses, drafting, draftings, drafts, draftsman, draftsmanship, draftsmanships, draftsmen, draftsperson. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DR": achlorhydria, achlorhydrias, achlorhydric, achondrite, achondrites, achondritic, achondroplasia, achondroplasias, achondroplastic, address, addressabilities, addressability, addressable, addressed, addressee, addressees, addresser, addressers, addresses, addressing, addrest, adrenal, adrenalectomies, adrenalectomized, adrenalectomy, adrenaline, adrenalines, adrenalized, adrenals, adrenergic, adrenergically, adrenochrome, adrenochromes, adrenocortical, adrenocorticosteroid, adrenocorticosteroids, adrenocorticotrophic, adrenocorticotrophin, adrenocorticotrophins, adrenocorticotropic, adrenocorticotropin, adrenocorticotropins, adrift, adroit, adroiter, adroitest, adroitly, adroitness, adroitnesses, aerodrome, aerodromes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "d-r" | |
+1 letter: dor, dry, rad, red, rid, rod, urd. | |
+2 letters: arid, bard, bird, brad, bred, burd, card, cord, crud, curd, darb, dare, dark, darn, dart, dear, deer, dere, derm, dire, dirk, dirl, dirt, doer, door, dore, dork, dorm, dorp, dorr, dors, dory, dour, drab, drag, dram, drat, draw, dray, dree, dreg, drek, drew, drib, drip, drop, drub, drug, drum, drys, dura, dure, durn, duro, durr, dyer, fard, ford, gird, grad, grid, hard, herd, ired, irid, lard, lord, nard, nerd, nurd, odor, orad, ordo, pard, prod, rads, raid, rand, read, redd, rede, redo, reds, reed, rend, ride, rids, rind, road, rode, rods, rood, rudd, rude, rued, rynd, sard, sord, surd, trad, trod, turd, urds, ward, word, yard, yird. | |
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