| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| special | adjective | Of or pertaining to a species; constituting a species or sort., Particular; peculiar; different from others; extraordinary; uncommon., Appropriate; designed for a particular purpose, occasion, or person; as, a special act of Parliament or of Congress; a special sermon., Limited in range; confined to a definite field of action, investigation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study., Chief in excellence., A particular., One appointed for a special service or occasion. |
| species | noun | Visible or sensible presentation; appearance; a sensible percept received by the imagination; an image., A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes, and extending to fewer individuals. Thus, man is a species, under animal as a genus; and man, in its turn, may be regarded as a genus with respect to European, American, or the like, as species., In science, a more or less permanent group of existing things or beings, associated according to attributes, or properties determined by scientific observation., A sort; a kind; a variety; as, a species of low cunning; a species of generosity; a species of cloth., Coin, or coined silver, gold, ot other metal, used as a circulating medium; specie., A public spectacle or exhibition., A component part of compound medicine; a simple., An officinal mixture or compound powder of any kind; esp., one used for making an aromatic tea or tisane; a tea mixture., The form or shape given to materials; fashion or shape; form; figure. |
| specify | verb t. | To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to specify articles purchased. |
| specked | imp. & past participle | of Speck |
| speckle | noun | A little or spot in or anything, of a different substance or color from that of the thing itself., To mark with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface; to variegate with spots of a different color from the ground or surface. |
| specter | noun | Alt. of Spectre |
| spectre | noun | Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom., The tarsius., A stick insect., See Specter. |
| spectra | plural | of Spectrum |
| specula | plural | of Speculum |