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Two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.

Example: 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.

Example: 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)

Example: a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans

A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.

Example: A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.

A special place (for hiding or viewing)

A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.

A reduction in consumer cost (usually for a limited time) for items or services rendered.

Example: We're running a special on turkey for Thanksgiving.

One of a rotation of meals systematically offered for a lower price at a restaurant.

Example: Today's special is our tuna melt on rye.

Unusual or exceptional episode of a series.

Example: Did you see the Christmas special?

A special constable.

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.

An organism that is specialized for a particular environment.

Example: The tree Lepidothamnus laxifolius is a high alpine specialist found in high-altitude bog communities and in scrub.

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.

A proof, axiom, problem, or definition whose cases are completely covered by another, broader concept.

Example: A triangle is a specialization of a polygon to one with exactly three sides.

An explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service.

An act of specifying.

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.

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.

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.

An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.