desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
descriptivism
- n (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements have a truth value
- n (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting descriptive linguistics
descriptor
- n the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something
- n a piece of stored information that is used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system
descurainia
- n includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems