special K
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~ street names for ketamine
special pleading
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~ (law) a pleading that alleges new facts in avoidance of the opposing allegations
special effect
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~ an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film)
special assessment
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~ an additional tax levied on private property for public improvements that enhance the value of the property
Special Forces
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~ a division of the United States Army that is specially trained for guerilla fighting
special session
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~ a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions
Special Olympics
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~ an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons
special drawing rights
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~ reserve assets in the International Monetary Fund; designed to supplement reserves of gold and convertible currencies used to maintain stability in the foreign exchange market
special court-martial
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~ a court-martial to try soldiers for offenses less serious that than those committed in action; consists of at least three officers
special pleading
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~ an argument that ignores all unfavorable evidence
special act
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~ a legislative act that applies only to a particular person or particular district
special delivery
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~ mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge)
special interest group
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~ an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
Special Air Service
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~ a specialist regiment of the British army that is trained in commando techniques of warfare and used in clandestine operations (especially against terrorist groups)
special relativity
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~ a physical theory of relativity based on the assumption that the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant and the assumption that the laws of physics are invariant in all inertial systems
special education
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~ education of physically or mentally handicapped children whose needs cannot be met in an ordinary classroom
specialisation
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~ the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose
specialisation
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~ the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"
specialisation
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~ (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"
specialiser
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~ an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning