Desmine
(Des"mine) n. [Gr. de`smh, desmo`s, bundle, fr. dei^n to bind.] (Min.) Same as Stilbite. It
commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals.
Desmobacteria
(||Des`mo*bac*te"ri*a) n. pl. desmo`s bond + E. bacteria.]—> See Microbacteria.
Desmodont
(Des"mo*dont) n. [Gr. desmo`s bond + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos, tooth.] (Zoöl.) A member of a
group of South American blood-sucking bats, of the genera Desmodus and Diphylla. See Vampire.
Desmognathous
(Des*mog"na*thous) a. [Gr. desmo`s bond + gna`qos jaw.] (Zoöl.) Having the maxillo-
palatine bones united; — applied to a group of carinate birds including various wading and swimming
birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and other kinds.
Desmoid
(Des"moid) a. [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling, or having the characteristics
of, a ligament; ligamentous.
Desmology
(Des*mol"o*gy) n. [Gr. desmo`s ligament + -logy.] The science which treats of the ligaments.
[R.]
Desmomyaria
(||Des`mo*my*a"ri*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. bond + muscle.] (Zoöl.) The division of Tunicata
which includes the Salpæ. See Salpa.
Desolate
(||Des"o*late) a. [L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to
make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, a.]
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate
wilderness; a desolate house.
I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an
inhabitant.
Jer. ix. 11.
And the silvery marish flowers that throng
The desolate creeks and pools among.
Tennyson. 2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Have mercy upon, for I am desolate.
Ps. xxv. 16.
Voice of the poor and desolate.
Keble. 4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.]
I were right now of tales desolate.
Chaucer. Syn. — Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.
Desolate
(Des"o*late) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desolating.]
1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the
flood.
2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.
Sparks.
