desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
deficit
- n the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit - n a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory
they have serious linguistic deficits - n (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
- n an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period)
last year there was a serious budgetary deficit
dehumanisation
- n the act of degrading people with respect to their best qualities