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▸ adjective:  Distinguished by a unique or unusual quality.
▸ adjective:  Of particular value or interest; dear; beloved.
▸ adjective:  (euphemistic) Of or related to disabilities, especially learning or intellectual disabilities.
▸ adjective:  (by extension, derogatory, often offensive) Stupid, lacking intelligence.
▸ adjective:  Constituting or relating to a species.
▸ adjective:  (military) Of or related to unconventional warfare.
▸ adjective:  (law) Appointed specifically to examine a single event or issue.
▸ adjective:  (euphemistic) Containing drugs, especially marijuana.
▸ noun:  A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered; the thing thus sold.
▸ noun:  A meal offered only at a certain time by a restaurant, not as a standing fixture of the menu; often, one of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price; also often a dish at a nondiscounted price that is seasonal or otherwise exciting or unusual.
▸ noun:  (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.
▸ noun:  (British, colloquial) A special constable.
▸ noun:  Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
▸ noun:  Any unlicensed medicine produced or obtained for a specific individual patient.
▸ noun:  (journalism) A journalist sent to the scene of an event to report back.
▸ noun:  (journalism) A dispatch sent back by a special correspondent.
▸ noun:  (theater) A light that illuminates a specific person or thing on the stage.
▸ noun:  One of certain mixed-breed dogs.
▸ verb:  (nursing) To supervise a patient one-on-one.

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