des : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: des	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
DES n a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry Synonym(s): diethylstilbestrol, diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol, DES synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen; formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated during pregnancy Synonym(s): diethylstilbesterol, DES, stilbesterol
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
DES {Data Encryption Standard}