specific

specific is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Of or pertaining to a species; characterizing or constituting a species; possessing the peculiar property or properties of a thing which constitute its species, and distinguish it from other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice.
2. adjective. Specifying; definite, or making definite; limited; precise; discriminating; as, a specific statement.
3. adjective. Exerting a peculiar influence over any part of the body; preventing or curing disease by a peculiar adaption, and not on general principles; as, quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria.
4. noun. A specific remedy. See Specific, a., 3.
5. adjective. Anything having peculiar adaption to the purpose to which it is applied.
6. noun. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease

   "quinine is a specific for malaria"

7. noun. a fact about some part (as opposed to general)

   "he always reasons from the particular to the general"

   Synonyms: particular

8. adjective. stated explicitly or in detail

   "needed a specific amount"

9. adjective. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique

   "rules with specific application"

   "demands specific to the job"

10. adjective. being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides

    "quinine is highly specific for malaria"

    "a specific remedy"

11. adjective. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species

    "specific characters"

Synonyms

particular

Common word forms

specifics, specifical, specificly, specificity, specificize, specificness

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