name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #9852)
noun: (historical) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.
noun: A Chinese sword with a curved, single-edged blade, primarily used for slashing and chopping
noun: A sword and construction tool of the Naga people of India, which has a wooden hilt and grows wider from the narrow hilt to the wide, flat tip.
noun: Dracontomelon dao; a large tree of the family Anacardiaceae; the argus pheasant tree.
noun: The hard strong wood of the dao used for veneers and cabinetwork.
noun: (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao: the way of nature and/or the ideal way to live one's life. [(Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.]
noun: (chemistry) Initialism of De-asphalted oil, a crude oil refinery process stream.
noun: (computing) Initialism of Disk-at-Once, an optical disk recording mode.
noun: (software) Initialism of Data Access Object, a design pattern used in software engineering.
noun: (firearms) Initialism of Double action only, a trigger mechanism for semi-automatic firearms.
noun: (cryptocurrencies) Acronym of decentralized autonomous organization, an autonomous entity based on smart contracts on a blockchain.
noun: (fandom slang) Initialism of Dragon Age: Origins.
noun: (Chinese philosophy) Alternative form of Tao (“the way of nature, or ideal way to live one's life”) [(Chinese philosophy) In Taoism, The Way, specifically the transcendental basis of nature and, and/or the ideal way to live one's life.]