| special delivery |
a postal service that guarantees, for a fee, the delivery of a piece of mail by messenger. |
| special education |
educational programs that are modified to meet the needs of slow learners, handicapped students, exceptionally gifted students, and the like. |
| special effects |
the technical effects of a film or videotape that create visual or auditory illusions. |
| specialist |
a person who pursues a single interest or area of study. [3 definitions] |
| specialization |
the act of making something specialized or the process of becoming specialized. [3 definitions] |
| specialize |
to devote one's attentions to a specific pursuit or field of study. [4 definitions] |
| special needs |
any additional or alternative educational needs that can accompany disabilities, esp. of young people in a school system. |
| special-needs |
having additional or different educational needs from the majority because of a disability. |
| specialty |
the condition of being special. [6 definitions] |
| speciation |
the evolutionary process through which new species develop. |
| specie |
money in coin form; coin. |
| species |
in biology, the most fundamental classification of living things, comprising individuals that naturally breed with one another but not with those of other species; subdivision of a genus. [3 definitions] |
| specific |
pertaining explicitly to a particular thing or person; particular; definite. [6 definitions] |
| specification |
the act of specifying. [3 definitions] |
| specific gravity |
the ratio of the weight or mass of a given substance to that of a standard, which for solids and liquids is water and for gases is hydrogen or air. |
| specificity |
the condition or quality of being specific. [2 definitions] |
| specify |
to name or otherwise indicate explicitly. [4 definitions] |
| specimen |
a portion or example that is representative of a larger whole. [2 definitions] |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. [2 definitions] |
| speck |
a small spot, blemish, or discoloration. [4 definitions] |
| speckle |
a speck or small mark, esp. on skin, feathers, leaves, or the like. [3 definitions] |