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Look up: Special

  1. Special
    Special is Australian slang for a convict given special treatment on account of his education, social class, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Special
    A lantern performing a particular function, such as a fire 'special' or a window 'special'.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. special
    See featured special.
    Found on http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_s

  4. special
    [adj] - adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose 2. [adj] - for a special service or occasion 3. [n] - a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant 4. [n] - a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising 5. [n] - a ...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Special
    A lantern used for one specific object or effect.
    Found on http://www.queens-theatre.co.uk/technica

  6. Special
    Spe'cial adjective [ Latin specialis , from species a particular sort, kind, or quality: confer French spécial . See Species , and confer Especial .] 1. Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  7. Special
    Spe'cial noun 1. A particular. [ Obsolete] Hammond. 2. One appointed for a special service or occasion. In special , specially; in particular. Chaucer.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/157

  8. special
    adjective for a special service or occasion; `a special correspondent`; `a special adviser to the committee`; `had to get special permission for the event`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. special
    adjective adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose; `a special kind of paint`; `a special medication for arthritis`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  10. special
    noun a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising; `they are having a special on pork chops`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  11. special
    noun a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  12. Special
    • (a.) Chief in excellence. • (n.) One appointed for a special service or occasion. • (a.) Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon. • (a.) Limited in range; confined to a definite field ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. SPECIAL
    (language, specification) A specification language developed at SRI around 1976. ['SPECIAL - A Specification and Assertion Language', L. Robinson et al, TR CSL-46, SRI, Jan 1977]. [Also known as 'HDM'? What's HDM?] (2004-12-03)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/SPECIAL

  14. Special
    Special is Australian slang for a convict given special treatment on account of his education, social class, etc.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  15. Special
    Lighting term: a lantern (qv) - usually a spotlight (qv) - not used for general illumination but for a special effect, such a lighting a single actor in one place.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207

  16. special
    • a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
    • a television production that features a particular person or work or topic

    Found on

  17. Special
    (adj) An Act, proceedings, hearing, rule, order or entities like person, administrator, Prosecutor, judge, jury etc constituted otherwise than in routine process with an intention to serve specific or identified purpose is referred as special.
    Found on http://www.legal-explanations.com/defini

  18. special
    adj. referring to a particular purpose, person or happening. In law these include hearings, proceedings, administrator, master, orders and so forth.
    Found on http://dictionary.law.com/Default.xhtml?

  19. Special
    Smaller white pieces or chunks of crab meat removed from the walking leg body chambers and usually excludes backfin. Sometimes contains more shell pieces since it's harder to pick. The least expensive type of white meat. Also called regular, deluxe, flake or white.
    Found on http://www.bluecrab.info/glossary.html

  20. Special
    a commercial beer
    Found on http://www.cs.stir.ac.uk/~kjt/general/sc

  21. SPECIAL
    (role-playing system) `SPECIAL` is a character creation and statistics system developed specifically for the Fallout franchise of computer role-playing games. SPECIAL is an acronym, representing the seven attributes used to define Fallout characters: `S`trength, `P`erception, `E...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPECIAL

  22. Special
    (Garbage song) "`Special`" is an alternative rock song written, performed and produced by Garbage, and was the third international single to be released from the band`s platinum second album Version 2.0. "Special" gained much attention in the music press upon the 19...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special

  23. Special
    (Lost) "`Special`" is the 14th episode of the first season of Lost. The episode was directed by Greg Yaitanes and written by David Fury. It first aired on January 19, 2005 on ABC. The characters of Michael Dawson (Harold Perrineau) and his son Walt Lloyd (Malcolm David Kelley...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special

  24. Special
    (lighting) In stage lighting, a `special` refers to a lighting instrument that is used for a very specific purpose, rather than being a part of a system of light such as an area light or color wash. It is typically, although not always, used alone, or at a higher level than the other instrume...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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