English to English Dictionary

Desk accessory

A small object or tool kept on a desk for practical, organizational, or decorative purposes.

Desk lamp

A lamp designed to be used on a desk or table, typically for reading or working.

Desk work

Tasks or activities performed at a desk, typically involving administrative or clerical duties.

Desking

The practice in car dealerships and retail environments where sales representatives take customers to a manager's desk to finalize pricing, financing, and contract terms.

Desktop

The surface of a desk, or a computer designed to be used on a desk.

Desktop-style

Designed or formatted to resemble the layout, functionality, or aesthetic of a traditional desktop computer interface.

Deskwork

Administrative, clerical, or literary work that is done sitting at a desk.

Desman

Either of two rare, semi-aquatic insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae, native to Europe and Asia, with a long flexible snout and webbed feet.

Desmodromic

Relating to a system of valve actuation in which the valves are closed by a mechanism that is distinct from the one that opens them.

Desocialization

The process by which a person's social values, beliefs, and behaviors are stripped away or undone, often experienced in total institutions such as prisons or military training.

Desocialize

To remove or reduce social interactions or connections.

Desolate

-(Of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak and empty loneliness.