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uncommon
     1. adj. Rare; not readily found; unusual.
           Bald eagles are an uncommon sighting in this state
     2. adj. Remarkable; exceptional.
           The diamond was of uncommon size
     3. adv. (archaic, UK, dialect) Exceedingly, exceptionally.
any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
bovines
     1. n. plural of bovine
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
bovids
     1. n. plural of bovid
generally
     1. adv. Popularly or widely.
           It is generally known that the Earth is round.
     2. adv. As a rule; usually.
           I generally have a walk in the afternoon.
     3. adv. Without reference to specific details.
           Generally speaking …
     4. adv. (obsolete) Collectively; as a whole; without omissions.
including
     1. prep. Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned.
           All you have to do is to fill in the details, including your name and address and the amount you wish to give.
     2. prep.          (rare, nonstandard) Introducing a finite clause.
     3. v. present participle of include
     include
          1. v. To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
                I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
          2. v. To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
                The vacation package includes car rental.
                Does this volume of Shakespeare include his sonnets?
                I was included in the invitation to the family gathering.
                up to and including page twenty-five
          3. v. (obsolete) To enclose, confine.
          4. v. (obsolete) To conclude; to terminate.
          5. v. (programming) To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
                You have to include the strings library to use this function.
          6. n. (programming) A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
yaks
     1. n. plural of yak
buffalo
     1. n. Any of the Old World mammals of the family Bovidae, such as the Cape buffalo, , or the water buffalo.
     2. n. A related North American animal, the American bison, Bison bison.
     3. n. A buffalo robe.
     4. n. The buffalo fish.
     5. v. To hunt buffalo.
     6. v. (US, slang) To outwit, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.
     7. v. (archaic, transitive) To pistol-whip.
etc
     1. adv. alternative form of etc.
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