Desmodus
— Noun
– English
～ type genus of the Desmodontidae: vampire bats
Desmograthus
— Noun
– English
～ an amphibian genus of Plethodontidae
desolate
— Verb
– English
～ reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
desolate
— Verb
– English
～ leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
desolate
— Verb
– English
～ cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
desolate
— Adjective
– English
～ providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
desolate
— Adjective
– English
～ crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
desolately
— Adverb
– English
～ in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
desolation
— Noun
– English
～ the state of being decayed or destroyed
desolation
— Noun
– English
～ a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
desolation
— Noun
– English
～ sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
desolation
— Noun
– English
～ an event that results in total destruction
desorb
— Verb
– English
～ go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed
desorb
— Verb
– English
～ remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed; "the substance was desorbed"
desorption
— Noun
– English
～ changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
desoxyribonucleic acid
— Noun
– English
～ (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules"
despair
— Verb
– English
～ abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"