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Definition: DoD |
DoDNoun1. The federal department responsible for safeguarding national security; created in 1947. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "DoD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | DoD 1. Department of Defense. 2. Dial on Demand. (2000-03-25). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Census | Designation for the (Department of Defense). (references) |
Health | United States Department of Defense. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
DOD | English | Domestic Operations Division | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: DoDSynonyms: Defense (n), Defense Department (n), Department of Defense (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: DoD |
| English words defined with "DoD": Dodd. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "DoD": Ada, Asset Source for Software Engineering Technology ♦ C/ATLAS, CALS, COmmon Business Oriented Language, Content Data Model, Cyc ♦ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DOD-STD-2167A, DoD-STD-2168 ♦ Federal Networking Council ♦ Ironman ♦ OPERATIONAL FACILITY INSTRUMENT, operational testing, Orange Book ♦ Pebbleman, Project Guardian, Public Key Infrastructure ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, RLF ♦ Stoneman ♦ TCOL.Ada, TCPIP ♦ VHDL ♦ Woodenman. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "DoD" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Scottish (a tantrum), Welsh (become, come). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Två levende og en dod (1936) Dashteryata na poslanika Dod (1985) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | [Classroom instruction in parasitology] / DOD p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Eric Larson (USUHS/AV).. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Contractors must ask the DOD Defense Security Service to verify clearances to the ODC in Denmark before scheduling any visits to Materiel Commands or military installations in Denmark. (references) | |
KAL 's participation would certainly provide enhanced viability to the KAI business plan. KAL, unlike the KAI members, has sufficient commercial aerospace activities (manufacturing, maintenance, overhaul) and military production (Sikorsky Black Hawk co-production program, repair work for DOD) to be very attractive to KAI. KAL considered the offer to join KAI but declined. (references) | ||
Economic History | Egypt | DOD periodically reviews Egyptian compliance with this MOU. (references) |
Russia | DoD is providing design assistance, construction support and equipment, and facility equipment. (references) | |
Russia | DOE took over the program from DOD and is seeking to enhance the security of weapons-grade fissile materials at more than 40 sites in Russia. (references) | |
Travel | Latvia | For information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact the DOD at (618) 229-4801. (references) |
Egypt | For international information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact the Pentagon at telephone (703) 697-7288. (references) | |
Ecuador | In addition, DOD does not permit its personnel to use air carriers from Category 2 countries for official business except for flights originating from or terminating in the U.S. For information regarding the DOD policy on specific carriers, travelers may contact DOD at telephone (618) 229-4801. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DoD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 95.35% of the time. "DoD" is used about 43 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) | 95.35% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 2.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "DoD": DoD-1, DOD-STD-2167A, DoD-STD-2168. | |
Ending with "DoD": water-dod. | |
| 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 |
dod | 1,342 | dod script | 26 |
b death dod fx86 metal | 245 | diem dod per | 26 |
dod form | 148 | dod zzounds.com | 26 |
dod map | 139 | dod server | 26 |
dod job | 102 | censorship censorship coup coup covering d d dod etat etat evidence fbi nsa up | 25 |
dod emall | 70 | clans dod | 24 |
dod sbir | 57 | dod 5000 | 23 |
dod skin | 57 | dod per diem rate | 23 |
dod school | 51 | dod financial management regulation | 22 |
directive dod | 51 | dod security clearance | 21 |
bots dod | 48 | dod update | 21 |
dod police | 42 | dod instructions | 20 |
dod mod | 41 | dod merderet | 20 |
dod publication | 40 | dod job search | 18 |
dod download | 38 | 1348.33 dod m | 18 |
dod regulation | 34 | dod contract | 17 |
1.0 dod | 33 | bot dod | 17 |
dod half life | 32 | dod patch | 16 |
dod v10.exe | 27 | dod site | 15 |
cert dod | 27 | dod dog eat | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "DoD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | Nemzetvédelmi Minisztérium (department of defense, ministry of defense, mod). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | odday | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DoD": dodder, doddered, dodderer, dodderers, doddering, dodders, doddery, dodecagon, dodecagons, dodecahedra, dodecahedral, dodecahedron, dodecahedrons, dodecaphonic, dodecaphonically, dodecaphonies, dodecaphonist, dodecaphonists, dodecaphony, dodge, dodgeball, dodgeballs, dodged, dodgem, dodgems, dodger, dodgeries, dodgers, dodgery, dodges, dodgier, dodgiest, dodginess, dodginesses, dodging, dodgy, dodo, dodoes, dodoism, dodoisms, dodos. (additional references) | |
Words containing "DoD": cladode, cladodes, cladodial, endoderm, endodermal, endodermis, endodermises, endoderms, endodontic, endodontically, endodontics, endodontist, endodontists, outdodge, outdodged, outdodges, outdodging, rhododendron, rhododendrons. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: odd. | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-o" | |
-1 letter: do, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-o" | |
+1 letter: dado, dido, dodo, eddo, odds. | |
+2 letters: boded, coded, dados, didos, dildo, diode, dodge, dodgy, dodos, doled, domed, doped, dosed, doted, dowdy, dowed, dozed, droid, hodad, iodid, kiddo, noddy, odder, oddly, soddy, toddy. | |
+3 letters: aboded, adored, aoudad, bodied, bonded, cloddy, codded, codder, coddle, corded, dadoed, dadoes, decode, demode, demoed, deodar, devoid, didoes, dildoe, dildos, diodes, dioxid, dipody, doated, docked, dodder, dodged, dodgem, dodger, dodges, dodoes, doffed, dogdom, dogged, doiled, doited, dolled, donned, doodad, doodle, doomed, dorado, dorsad, dossed, dotard, dotted, doused, downed, dowsed, droids, droned, droved, drownd, dynode, eddoes, eroded, fodder, folded, fonded, forded, fordid, gadoid, goaded, goddam, godded, hodads, hodden, hoddin, hooded, horded, iodide, iodids, ixodid, kiddos, loaded, lodged, lorded, molded, nodded, nodder, noddle, oddest, oddish, oddity, odored, ogdoad, outadd, outdid, podded, ponded, rodded, shoddy, sodded, sodden, sordid, toddle, voided, woaded, wooded, worded, yodled. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. --- -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388138 |
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