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Nedersaksisch

Dialect spoken in areas of The Netherlands (aka Holland) that are close to the German boarder, also spoken in areas of Germany that are close to the Dutch boarder.
Nedersaksisch is a dialect that's a combination of the Dutch and German languages.
by Jafje May 19, 2007
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Imposture

Deception: The act of pretending to be somebody else in order to trick people, or an occasion on which this is done.

Imposture is what imposters do.
The act of imposture is against the law.
by Jafje April 10, 2007
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Selfrightious

Selfrightious means to think that you are the only one that is right, everyone else is wrong.
A thing a selfrightious person would say:

'I'm right, you're wrong, I'm smart, you're dumb.'

He's selfrightious, he thinks he's always right.
by Jafje June 29, 2007
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Alveolus

Bubble-like structures in the lungs where gas exchange between the air and blood occurs.
Everyone has alveolus in their body.
by Jafje May 25, 2007
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Bode

Be sign of something: To be a particular indication of something that is about to happen.
This does not bode well for the future of the organization.
by Jafje April 5, 2007
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Eutrophication

Depletion of oxygen in water:

The process by which a body of water becomes rich in dissolved nutrients from fertilizers or sewage, thereby encouraging the growth and decomposition of oxygen-depleting plant life and resulting in harm to other organisms.
If they keep dumping so much sewage water in the river, eutrophication will be so bad that you won't be able to see through the algea.

Eutrophication = bad

Def by Juliette
by Jafje July 30, 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 14, 2007
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