desk officer
- n a military officer who is not assigned to active duty
desert
- n arid land with little or no vegetation
- v leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
The mother deserted her children - v desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot - v leave behind
the students deserted the campus after the end of exam period
desert four o'clock
- n wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers; found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico