desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
derv
- n diesel oil used in cars and lorries with diesel engines; from d(iesel) e(ngine) r(oad) v(ehicle)
dervish
- n an ascetic Muslim monk; a member of an order noted for devotional exercises involving bodily movements
des
- n a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry
- n 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
- n a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies