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Amenity

1. Gesture and words of courtesy or pleasantness, protocol.

2. An attractive extra: the features that, when taken together, make a place such as a hotel or resort attractive to guests or customers.

3. A Luxery when in a poor or undeveloped country.
1. The secretary of state and the foreign minister engaged in the usual diplomatic amenities before signing the treaty.

2. Usual amenities such as hair dryers and a microwave in every room.

3. Having a pool in your back yard is considered an amenity when you live in Africa.
by Jafje April 26, 2007
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Synonym

1. A word that means the same, or almost the same, as another word in the same language, either in all of its uses or in a specific context.

2. a word or expression that is used as another name for something in some styles of speaking or writing or to emphasize a specific aspect or association.

3. A duplicate taxonomic name that has been rejected or replaced.
1. Examples of synonyms in this sense are "environment" and "surroundings" and the verbs "tear" and "rip."

2. Examples include "Gotham" and "New York."
by Jafje September 24, 2007
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Hyalin

A clear glassy material found in hyaline cartilage or formed as a product of some skin diseases.
They put hyalin in the walls of the house.
by Jafje May 3, 2007
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Austere

1) Suggesting physical hardship: imposing or suggesting physical hardship.

2) Unsmiling: grimly unsmiling, humorless, or suggesting strict self-denial.

3) Plain and without luxury: plain and simple, without luxury or self-indulgence.

4) Plain in style or design: severely plain in design or lines, without distractions or decoration.
The monks lived an austere life in the monastary.
by Jafje June 29, 2007
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Sacreligious

Respectless towards any religion, possibly all.
That guy's sacreligious, he respects no-one who believes in a god.
by Jafje June 29, 2007
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Dutch

The language we speak in The Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, South Africa, and the Netherlands Antilles. The Netherlands is also known as Holland.

"Dutch" In Dutch: Nederlands.

Anyone who says that Dutch is German for German is wrong and wouldn't even recognise Dutch.

So unlike a lot of US, UK or other native English-speaking people think, Dutch is NOT German! Dutch may be a little simmular to German, but it's more closely related to English.

Dutch is a Germanian language, just like German and English. (french, italian, and spanish are romanian languages).

Dutch is more closely related to English on the grammar, but the vocab is more Germanish. Dutch is in between English and German, but still is a whole language on its own - it's NOT English and NOT German.
Dutch is a lanuage, spoken by about 20 milion spread over The Netherlands, Belgium and the Netherlands antilles.
by Jafje May 19, 2007
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Limburg

Dutch province, located in the South of The Netherlands.
In the province of Limburg, the Limburger cheese was invented.

I don't live in Limburg.
by Jafje May 19, 2007
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