| Subject | English | Thesaurus |
| abbr., scottish | Accelerated Cooled / Direct Quenched programme | AC/DQ (US Navy) |
| abbr. | CD direct shear test | consolidated drained direct shear test (ABelonogov) |
| USA | Direct Aid Program | DAP |
| ecol. | direct air capture | direct air carbon capture technology (DAC MichaelBurov) |
| abbr., file.ext. | Direct Program Control | DPC |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Repair Program | DRP |
| abbr., scottish | Direct Reporting Program Manager | DRPM (USA) |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager | DRPM |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager, Advanced Amphibious Assault | DRPM, AAA |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager for Advanced Technology | DRPM AT |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning | DRPM ERP |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager for Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles | DRPM EFV |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager for Navy/ Marine Corps Intranet | DRPM NMCI |
| mil., abbr. | Direct Reporting Program Manager for Strategic Systems Programs | DRPM SSP |
| sport., abbr. | Direct Sponsorship Program | DSP |
| abbr., scottish | Joint Direct Attack Munition programme | JDAM (USA) |
| abbr., file.ext. | Light Intensity Modulation Direct Overwrite | LIMDO |
