| Operation Desert Storm | the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted hours () |
desert tortoise
Gopherus agassizii | burrowing tortoise of the arid western United States and northern Mexico, may be reclassified as a member of genus Xerobates |
desert iguana
Dipsosaurus dorsalis | small long-tailed lizard of arid areas of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico |
caracal
desert lynx
Lynx caracal | of deserts of northern Africa and southern Asia |
kangaroo rat desert rat
Dipodomys phillipsii | any of various leaping rodents of desert regions of North America and Mexico, largest members of the family Heteromyidae |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
deserts
comeuppance
comeupance | an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved |
poetic justice
just deserts | an outcome in which virtue triumphs over vice (often ironically) |
| desert | arid land with little or no vegetation |
Arabian Desert
Great Arabian Desert | a desert on the Arabian Peninsula in southwestern Asia |
| Arabian Desert Eastern Desert | a desert in Egypt between the Nile River and the Red Sea |
| Atacama Desert | a desert in northern Chile rich in nitrate and copper deposits |
Australian Desert
Great Australian Desert | general name given to all desert areas in Australia |
| Black Rock Desert | a desert in northwestern Nevada |
| Chihuahuan Desert | a desert in western Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico |
| Colorado Desert | an arid region of southeastern California |
Dasht-e-Kavir
Kavir Desert
Great Salt Desert | a salt desert in north central Iran |
Dasht-e-Lut
Lut Desert | a desert in eastern Iran |
| Gibson Desert | a desert area in western Australia |
| Gila Desert | a desert area in southern Arizona |
Gobi
Gobi Desert | a desert in central China |
| Great Sandy Desert | a desert region in northwestern Australia to the north of the Gibson Desert |
| Great Victoria Desert | a desert region in south central Australia to the north of the Nullarbor Plain |
Kalahari
Kalahari Desert | a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana |
Kara Kum
Qara Qum
Turkestan Desert | a desert in Turkmenistan to the south of the Aral Sea |
| Libyan Desert | the northeastern part of the Sahara Desert in Libya and Egypt and Sudan |
Mojave
Mojave Desert
Mohave
Mohave Desert | a desert area in southern California and western Arizona |
| Namib Desert | a desert in Namibia extending along the coast between the high plateau and the Atlantic Ocean |
Negev
Negev Desert | a desert in southern Israel |
| Nubian Desert | an arid sandstone plateau in northeastern Sudan between the Nile and the Red Sea |
| Painted Desert | a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona |
| Patagonian Desert | a semiarid region in southern South America |
Rub al-Khali
Ar Rimsal
Dahna
Great Sandy Desert | a desert in southern Saudi Arabia |
Sahara
Sahara Desert | the world's largest desert (,, square miles) in northern Africa |
| Simpson Desert | a desert region of central Australia |
| Sinai Sinai Desert | a desert on the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt |
| Sonoran Desert | a desert in southwestern Arizona |
| Syrian Desert | a desert of northern Arabia occupying western Iraq, southern Syria, eastern Jordan, and northern Saudi Arabia |
Taklimakan Desert
Taklamakan Desert | a desert in western China |
Thar Desert
Great Indian Desert | a desert to the east of the Indus River in northwestern India and southeastern Pakistan |
Rommel
Erwin Rommel
Desert Fox | German field marshal noted for brilliant generalship in North Africa during World War II (-) |
impala lily
mock azalia
desert rose
kudu lily
Adenium obesum
Adenium multiflorum | South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall, popular as an ornamental in tropics |
desert holly
Atriplex hymenelytra | handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration |
desert sand verbena
Abronia villosa | soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers, found in sandy desert soil, after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico |
desert four o'clock
Colorado four o'clock
maravilla Mirabilis multiflora | wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers, found in sandy and desert areas from southern California to southern Colorado and into Mexico |
desert plume
prince's-plume
Stanleya pinnata
Cleome pinnata | perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers, sometimes placed in genus Cleome |
desert sunflower
Gerea canescens | slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads, sandy desert areas of southeastern California to southwestern Utah and western Arizona and northwestern Mexico |
tanglebush
desert olive
Forestiera neomexicana | spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits |
desert mariposa tulip
Calochortus kennedyi | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems, southern California to Arizona and Mexico |
desert pea
Sturt pea
Sturt's desert pea
Clianthus formosus
Clianthus speciosus | sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers, widely distributed in dry parts of Australia |