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What is the noun for special?

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specialty
  1. That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent.
  2. (obsolete) particularity
  3. A particular or peculiar case.
  4. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.
  5. (law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “He's academically good in general, but maths is his specialty.”
      “Though French cuisine is his specialty, Martel says he plans to add Asian touches to his food.”
      “This specialty of medicine studies the etiology, pathogeny, and natural history of human disease caused by the hereditary nature of life.”
special
  1. A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.
  2. (broadcasting) Unusual or exceptional episode of a series
  3. (Britain, colloquial) A special constable.
  4. Anything that is not according to normal practice, plan, or schedule, as an unscheduled run of transportation that is normally scheduled.
  5. (video game) Special move.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “There is a special for electronic goods this Christmas, but the offer will not last.”
      “They had many celebrity guests grace their presence on the 40th Anniversary special of the show.”
specialist
  1. Someone who is an expert in, or devoted to, some specific branch of study or research.
  2. (medicine) A physician whose practice is limited to a particular branch of medicine or surgery.
  3. (US, military) Any of several non-commissioned ranks corresponding to that of corporal.
  4. An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “As I have noted elsewhere, as a literature specialist, I find a distinct difference in quality between the canonical and apocryphal books.”
specialization
  1. The act or process of specializing.
  2. The act or process of becoming specialized.
  3. (biology) The adaptation of an organism to a specific environment, or adaptation of an organ to a particular function.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The committee voted to recommend the appointment of a lecturer in Vocational Education with specialization in the field of guidance.”
      “Western European Homo sapiens showed extreme biological specialization to the cold glacial environment.”
      “Training, skill, and specialization became the keystones of professional baseball.”
specialism
  1. (countable) Speciality, specialty.
  2. (uncountable) The concentration of one's efforts upon a particular field of study.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “It is not a specialism which can readily be detached for the purposes of litigation.”
      “In short he is a bacteriologist and microbiologist first who happens to have found his way to a specialism in food contamination.”
      “However, the influence of his early chiefs led him to train in the developing specialism of radiotherapy.”
specialisation
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of specialization.
  2. Examples:
    1. “According to Martin, daily technical trainer contract rates vary depending on individual areas of specialisation.”
      “The growing specialisation has fragmented the literature, and the fragments are enclosed in self-referential writing.”
      “Once this finds an outlet through trade and specialisation, all things being equal, material progress follows.”
speciality
  1. British spelling standard spelling of specialty.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He liked a game of rugby union and was handy at a clay pigeon shoot, but after picking up the habit at Eton, his speciality was water polo.”
      “A speciality of the Kabyle Berbers of Algeria is ahethut, made from barley, bran, and ground acorn meal.”
      “The island's speciality is dried seafood, and trays of whiffy prawns and cuttlefish stained the evening air.”
especialness
  1. (rare) The state or condition of being especial.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The actress exuded a unique especialness on stage, captivating the audience with her mesmerizing performance.”
specializer
  1. One who, or that which, specializes.
specialiser
  1. Alternative form of specializer
specialness
  1. The state or quality of being special.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They've not only squandered their inheritance but blown their sense of chosenness, of specialness.”
      “The picture of salmon swimming against strong current or leaping waterfalls confirms the specialness of this animal.”
      “Painting, for me, had become the way to demonstrate my worthiness, lovableness, specialness.”
specializations
  1. plural of specialization
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These advances culminated in the modern bony fish, or teleosts, which show a tremendous diversity of mouth parts and feeding specializations.”
      “Any comparative neuroanatomist would be hard pressed to list the neural specializations for feeding in ray-finned fishes or flight in birds.”
      “In the Middle and Late Silurian odd specializations, like lacunose septa and complex septal formations in the body chamber, develop.”
specialisations
specialisers
  1. plural of specialiser
specializers
  1. plural of specializer
specialnesses
specialists
  1. plural of specialist
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Teresa went into action, amassing all the information she could, while Terence telephoned specialists all over the world for advice.”
      “The collections were accessioned by the NMB, and distributed to specialists for identification and preparation of systematic monographs.”
      “They are also interested in reducing the support costs associated with responding to queries from production management specialists.”
specialisms
  1. plural of specialism
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Prison healthcare services are undoubtedly served by highly committed professionals from different specialisms, professions, and agencies.”
      “These specialisms may reflect the skills or interests of the local people or may be a spin-off from other business activities.”
      “Commissioned history has breathed new life into some older academic specialisms, such as urban history.”
specialities
  1. plural of speciality
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Good restaurants have their own specialities, comfortable environment, heartfelt service and well-made dishes.”
      “The centre has such unique specialities as rain leaking down flex to electric light points.”
      “Local specialities like marinated eel with shallots co-exist with transalpine dishes involving foie gras or oysters.”
specialties
  1. plural of specialty
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I'd cook rabbit stuffed with black pudding, which is one of our house specialties in the Lindsey House.”
      “Top-level vacancies in specialties ranging from white-collar crime to counterterrorism go begging for applicants.”
      “A green papaya salad from Thailand and a lamb-and-prune tagine from Morocco are among Wayne's specialties.”
specials
  1. plural of special
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Many are extending their show specials, relying heavily on telephones and stepping up the one-on-one visits of their sales representatives.”
      “The shop has a range of delicate snowmen, deer, bears, angels and various Christmas specials made of wax and resin.”
      “All the daily specials include a salad of your choice from their attractive salad bar.”
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