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Dockagenounlanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repairedverified
Docking FacilitynounMWElanding in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repairedverified
Dockyardnounan establishment on the waterfront where vessels are built or fitted out or repairedverified
Doctor-Patient RelationnounMWEthe responsibility of a physician to act in the best interests of the patientverified
Doctrinenouna belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolverified
Doctrine of AnalogynounMWEthe religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greaterverified
document characteristicnounMWEAn observable, inspectable property or set of properties of a file or message — such as file type, format structure, embedded metadata, keyword patterns, classification markings, or fingerprint signatures — that a security control can evaluate without necessarily reading the full semantic content. It is the document-level analogue of packet-header attributes: just as a firewall can filter on header fields, a boundary protection device or DLP engine can filter on document-level signals to make allow/block/redirect decisions. In practice, NIST SP 800-171r3 places it alongside keyword searches as one of the mechanisms by which boundary protection devices provide a "message-filtering capability based on message content," with organizations also evaluating the trustworthiness of the filtering and inspection mechanisms themselves that are critical to information flow enforcement. The term is compositional in grammar but functions as a recognized technical shorthand in information-flow and content-inspection contexts, where flow control is based on characteristics of the information or the information path.DataRegulatedCUI
documentationnounInstructions, specifications, and other descriptive information relating to the installation and use of hardware, software, systems, or files.Artifact
Dodecanoic AcidnounMWEa crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)verified
Dodgingnounnonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to doverified
Dog CatchernounMWEan employee of a municipal pound who is hired to round up stray dogs and catsverified
Dog FennelnounMWEweedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowersverified
Dog HobblenounMWEfast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowersverified
Dog in the MangernounMWEsomeone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need forverified
Dog LaurelnounMWEfast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowersverified
Dogbanenounany of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter rootverified
Dogbane FamilynounMWEchiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowersverified
Dogsbodynouna worker who has to do all the unpleasant or boring jobs that no one else wants to doverified
Dogtoothnounone of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolarsverified
Dogwood FamilynounMWEa rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingiaverified