DaikokutenThe Japanese name for Mahākāla, a Buddhist god of wealth, commerce and trade. In Japanese folk tradition, he is one of the seven gods of luck. In Shinto, he is syncretized with the deity Ōkuninushi. Daikokuten is often depicted paired with Ebisu in statuary or in the form of masks on the walls of small retail shops.
daikonAn East Asian cultivar or subspecies of garden radish (Raphanus raphanistrum subsp. sativus, syn. Raphanus sativus) bearing a large, white, carrot-shaped taproot consumed throughout East and South Asia but grown in North America primarily as a fallow crop for its fast-growing leaves (used as animal fodder) and as a soil ripper.
dairynessHaving angularity in the body, which promotes longevity in milk production.
dairywomanA woman who works in a dairy, or who delivers dairy products.
daisA raised platform in a room for a high table, a seat of honour, a throne, or other dignified occupancy, such as ancestral statues; a similar platform supporting a lectern, pulpit, etc., which may be used to speak from.
dakhmaSynonym of tower of silence (“a low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary”).
DakotanOf, or pertaining to, North Dakota or South Dakota or their culture
DakotasSouth Dakota and North Dakota, collectively.
DakotaverseThe fictional universe of the city of Dakota, the home of the superheroes Static Shock, Icon, etc., in comics published by Milestone Media/DC Comics.
daktylaA rustic leavened bread from Greece, with a segmented shape resembling fingers. It is traditionally made from a mix of wheat flours and fine cornmeal, which gives it a light yellow colour, and is topped with sesame and nigella seeds.
dakutenA diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
dalAny of many dried husked pulses (legume), including peas, beans and lentils.
dalaThe currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.
DalabonAn alternative name for Ngalkbun (a Gunwinyguan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in Gunbalanya in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory).
DaladA banner in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.