Banshee


A mythological, female, magical creature that flies all night looking for prey. They feed on people's sadness. They kill by screaming in such a high pitch that it breaks glass and the arteries of its victem's body so that they drown in their own blood.
by Jafje May 10, 2007
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Rampart


NOUN:
A defensive fortification made of an earthen embankment, often topped by a low protective wall.

VERB:
To protect or fortify somebody or something with ramparts or something similar.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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Euthanasia

Euthanasia, (from Greek: åõèáíáóßá -åõ, eu, "good", èÜíáôïò, thanatos, death),is the practice of terminating the life of a person or animal in a painless or minimally painful way in order to stop suffering or other undesired conditions in life.

So in fact it's just ending someone's misery.
The man could have lived for another month, but the cancer had gone too far. They performed euthanasia to end his life withoug further pain.
by Jafje March 05, 2007
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Rearmament


Building up a new store of weapons, or replacing old weapons with better ones.

When you're preparing for war, you need to go through a rearmament.
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Benign


1. Having a kind and gentle disposition or appearance.

2. Not a threat to life or long-term health, especially by being noncancerous.

3. Neutral or harmless in its effect or influence.

4. Mild or favorable in effect.

1. The lady next door is a relavively benign presence.
2. The cancer's benign.
3. The storm was benign.
by Jafje September 12, 2007
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Suriname


A nation in South America. It's a former Dutch colony. People still speak a form of Dutch there called papjamento. Suriname was taken over from the British, who got New Amsterdam (now known as New York) in return. Suriname won independance in 1975.

The Dutch that came there established massive sugar-producing slave plantations. The population of Suriname is mainly from The Netherlands, India, Indonesia, and Africa.

The Netherlands is the country the Dutch come from. The other 3 were the main places the Dutch broughy slaves from.
Suriname is located in South America.

Many people with roots in Africa live in Suriname.
by Jafje May 06, 2007
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Spectrum


Noun;

1. A continuous distribution of colored light produced when a beam of white light is dispersed into its components, e.g. by a prism.

2. A range of radiation frequencies that have a particular property.

3. A visual record of the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted (see Emit) by a substance, used as a means of analyzing its physical properties such as energy and mass.

4. A range of values, especially one with opposite values at its limits.

5. The range of organisms that an antibiotic can kill.

1. A buautiful spectrum.
2. There's several spectrums in the air.
3. On the spectrum you can see the wavelengths of the radiation or particles emitted by the strange object.
4. A spectrum of opinions between the policital parties.
5. This antibiotic has a large spectrum.
by Jafje September 05, 2007
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