de·sert·i·fi·ca·tion 
(dĭ-zûr′tə-fĭ-kāshən)
(dĭ-zûr′tə-fĭ-kāshən)n.
The transformation of arable or habitable land to desert, as by a change in climate or destructive land use.
- tergiversator
- tergum
- teriyaki
- term
- termagant
- termer
- terminability
- terminable
- terminableness
- terminably
- terminal
- terminally
- terminate
- termination
- terminational
- termination codon
- termination shock
- terminative
- terminatively
- terminator
- terminological
- terminologically
- terminologist
- terminology
- term insurance