Definition of desert

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Desert (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and vegetation..

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Simoon :: Simoon (n.) A hot, dry, suffocating, dust-laden wind, that blows occasionally in Arabia, Syria, and neighboring countries, generated by the extreme heat of the parched deserts or sandy plains..
Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..
Manna :: Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food..
Deserving :: Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
Bushman :: Bushman (n.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people..
Lifeless :: Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story..
Desert :: Desert (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place..
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Ratter :: Ratter (n.) One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party..
Merit :: Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Underpraise :: Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.
Oasis :: Oasis (n.) A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert..
Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..
Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa..
Reclaim :: Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc..
Wild :: Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa..
Deserted :: Deserted (imp. & p. p.) of Deser.
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
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