| SPECIALEST | • specialest adj. (Colloquial, childish) superlative form of special: most special. • SPECIAL adj. particular. |
| SPECIALISE | • specialise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of specialize. • SPECIALISE v. to make special or specific, also SPECIALIZE. |
| SPECIALISM | • specialism n. (Countable) Speciality. • specialism n. (Uncountable) The concentration of one’s efforts upon a particular field of study. • SPECIALISM n. devotion to some particular study or pursuit. |
| SPECIALIST | • specialist adj. (Britain) Specialised, involving detailed knowledge of a restricted topic. • specialist n. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research. • specialist n. (Medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery. |
| SPECIALITY | • speciality n. Britain standard form of specialty. • SPECIALITY n. the particular characteristic skill, use, etc. of a person or thing, also SPECIALTY. |
| SPECIALIZE | • specialize v. To make distinct or separate from what is what is common, particularly… • specialize v. (Intransitive) To become distinct or separate from what is common, particularly… • SPECIALIZE v. to make special or specific, also SPECIALISE. |
| SPECIALLED | • specialled v. Simple past tense and past participle of special. • SPECIAL v. to sell at item at a reduced price. |
| SPECIATING | • speciating v. Present participle of speciate. • SPECIATE v. to undergo a type of evolutionary process. |
| SPECIATION | • speciation n. (Taxonomy) The process by which new distinct species evolve. • speciation n. (Chemistry) The formation of different (inorganic) species (especially of ions) as the environment changes. • speciation n. (Medicine, pathology) The determination of which species is/are present in a fluid or tissue specimen… |
| SPECIESISM | • speciesism n. (Philosophy, ethics) An ethical stance that assigns different worth or rights to beings on the basis… • species-ism n. Alternative form of speciesism. • SPECIESISM n. prejudice in favour of one's own species. |
| SPECIESIST | • speciesist n. A proponent of speciesism. • speciesist adj. Of or relating to speciesism. • SPECIESIST n. one who is prejudiced on behalf on his own species. |
| SPECIFICAL | • specifical adj. Synonym of specific. • SPECIFICAL adj. for a particular purpose, also SPECIFIC. |
| SPECIFIERS | • specifiers n. Plural of specifier. • SPECIFIER n. one who specifies. |
| SPECIFYING | • specifying n. The act or process of stating or describing something clearly and exactly. • specifying v. Present participle of specify. • SPECIFY v. to state in detail. |
| SPECIOCIDE | • speciocide n. The destruction of a species. • SPECIOCIDE n. the destruction of an entire species. |
| SPECIOSITY | • speciosity n. (Uncountable) The state or quality of being specious. • speciosity n. (Countable, rare, chiefly in the plural) A specious action, promise, ideology, etc. • SPECIOSITY n. the state of being specious. |
| SPECIOUSLY | • speciously adv. In a specious manner; fallaciously and erroneously, but seeming superficially to be correct. • SPECIOUS adv. plausible, but inaccurate. |