SPECS
/spɛks/
9
Scrabble
11
WWF
S(1) P(3) E(1) C(3) S(1)
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Definition
/spɛks/
noun
- Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.“I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.”
- Two people in a relationship, partnership or friendship.“Spouses should make a great pair.”
- Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)“a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans”
noun
- A special place (for hiding or viewing)
- A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.
noun
- A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.“We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.”
- One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.“Today's special is our tuna melt on rye.”
- Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.“Did you see the Christmas special?”
noun
- Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
- A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
- Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
noun
- The act or process of specializing.
- The area in which someone specializes.
- The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
noun
- An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.
- An act of specifying.
noun
- A person or thing that specifies.
- A component of a phrase that is non-recursive and not found as a sister of the head of the phrase, but rather as a daughter of the maximal projection of the phrase.
noun
- A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.
noun
- The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.
- The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
- A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
Source: Wiktionary
