Specialty

Definition: Specialty

Specialty

Noun

1. An asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte".

2. A distinguishing trait.

3. The special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "specialty" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Etymology: Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, noun; plural Specialties. [French sp['e]cialit['e]. Compare to Speciality.]. (Websters 1913)

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Specialty

Security

Promissory note; bill, bill of exchange; I.O.U.; personal security, covenant, specialty; parole; (promise).

Crosswords: Specialty

My specialty is wisdom. (Seven Faces of Dr. Lao; writing credit: Charles G. Finney; Charles Beaumont)

What's your specialty, Manley. (Arachnophobia; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Al Williams)

The Sisters Hengler Specialty Dancers (1896)

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References

• Ciba Specialty Chemicals Holding Inc.(CIBA): International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Asia Pacific Specialty Chemicals Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• School Specialty, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Specialty Chemicals in Singapore: A Strategic Entry Report, 1998 (reference)

• International Specialty Products Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• From Kitchen to Market: Selling Your Gourmet Food Specialty (reference)

• How to Choose a Medical Specialty (reference)

• Specialty Food Store Design (reference)

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Periodicals

• Wooden Artifacts Specialty Group (reference)

• Specialty Coffee Retailer (reference)

• Specialty Toys & Gifts (reference)

• Toy Scouts Super Hero Specialty Catalog - Video Cassette (reference)

• Specialty Lender Mergers & Acquisitions Yearbook (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Bob Mann's Automatic Golf: The Specialty Shots (reference)

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High Tech

• Voice Xpress for Medicine Medical Specialty Suite (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Sog Specialty Knives BGH93 X-42 Field Knife (reference)

• Cuisinart 3-Piece Specialty Disc Set, fits 7 and 11-Cup Processors (reference)

• Chicago Specialty 73C 1-1/2" Shower Flange (reference)

• SOG Specialty Knives PE14 Pentagon Elite Folding Knife (reference)

• Chicago Specialty 7521C Toilet Flapper (reference)

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District Conservationist Edward Romero from Espanola, New Mexico explains irrigation water management using spray misters for specialty crops of herbs. Credit: Jeff Vanuga.

General Electric, Electronic Park, Syracuse, New York. Specialty building. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hopkins' Transoceanic Star Specialty Co. Credit: Library of Congress.

Harry Braham in his original specialty, Silly Bill and father. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

His specialty was Greece, Poland, Hungary, the Danubian Provinces, and Italy.

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Health

You may be able to buy a wig or hairpiece at a specialty shop just for cancer patients. (references)

It includes the specialty of andrology which addresses both male genital diseases and male infertility. (references)

These groups, usually called academies or societies, may have lists of eye care professionals with specific information on specialty and experience. (references)

Business

This segment is serviced through specialty shops. (references)

CANAINTEX publishes a Spanish bi-monthly specialty magazine. (references)

This has created interesting synergies in German specialty stores. (references)

Economic History

Uae

These segments are serviced through specialty shops. (references)

Slovak Rep

U.S. specialty chemicals have found good customers in Slovakia. (references)

Barbados

Higher mark-ups exist for specialty items where there is little or no competition. (references)

Political Economy

GUATEMALA

Dramatic declines in world prices for coffee have adversely affected the economy during 2000 and 2001. Nontraditional agricultural exports, e.g., specialty vegetables and fruits, berries, shrimp, and ornamental plants and flowers, account for an increasing share of export revenues. (references)

Trade

Poland

Tariffs range from 0 (zero) to nearly 400% (strong specialty sprits). (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

The quality of health care is variable, ranging from excellent to poor depending on the region, hospital, and specialty. (references)

Worker Rights

India

In July 2000, authorities cooperated with U.S. investigators seeking evidence in the prosecution of Lakreddy Bali Reddy, a U.S. citizen of Indian birth, who was indicted for trafficking minor girls for sexual exploitation from a rural area of Andhra Pradesh to the U.S. Reddy allegedly paid the airfares and expenses of 350 to 400 young men and women aged approximately 13 to 18 years, mostly from low castes, and obtained their passports and visas--ostensibly to work as specialty cooks or laborers in his restaurants or apartment business. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "specialty": medical specialty ♦ Specialty Boards ♦ Specialty Chemicals and Products ♦ specialty goods ♦ specialty of the house ♦ specialty store. Additional references.

Ending with "specialty": single-specialty.

Albanian

specialiteti (speciality), specialitet (province, speciality). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تخصص (expertise, master, specialization). (various references)

Bulgarian 

специалност (line, speciality), специален обект на внимание (speciality), специален обект на занимание (speciality), официален пакт, официален договор. (various references)

Catalan

l'especialitat (the specialty). (various references)

Chinese 

特�"� (special local product), 拿手菜 , 專長 , �"业 (Specialties). (various references)

Croatian

specijalitet. (various references)

Czech

specialita (one off, speciality). (various references)

Danish

sygeplejerske specialiseret i pleje af cancerpatienter (nurse with specialty in cancer care), sygeplejerske specialiseret i obstetrik (nurse with obstetrics as specialty), narkosesygeplejerske (nurse with anaesthetics as specialty), dialysesygeplejerske (nurse with specialty in renal dialysis). (various references)

Dutch

nierdialist (nurse with specialty in renal dialysis), krankerverpleegkundige (nurse with specialty in cancer care), kraamverpleegkundige (nurse with obstetrics as specialty), anesthesieverpleegkundige (nurse with anaesthetics as specialty). (various references)

Farsi 

کیفیت ویژه , ویژه گری , تخصص (Proficiency), اسپسیالیته , اختصاص , رشته اختصاصی , داروی ویژه یااختصاصی . (various references)

Flemish

specialiteit. (various references)

French

semi-moyenne, contrat scellé. (various references)

Galician

especialidade. (various references)

German

Besonderheit (anomaly, distinctiveness, idiosyncrasy, particularity, peculiarity, separability, special feature). (various references)

Greek 

σπεσιαλιτέ (speciality), ειδικότησ (adeptness, speciality), ειδικότητα (adeptness, speciality). (various references)

Hebrew 

מומחיות (competence, expertise, expertness, mastery, skill, speciality, specialization). (various references)

Hungarian

szakterület (speciality), írásbeli szerződés. (various references)

Italian

specialit� (speciality, specialties). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

特�"�物 (special product), 特�"� (special product), 専業 (monopoly, principal occupation, special occupation). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せ�"ぎょう (low or mean occupation, monopoly, principal occupation, special occupation), とくさ�"ぶつ (special product), とくさ�" (special product). (various references)

Korean 

특기 (skill, Specialties). (various references)

Luxembourgish

spezialitéit. (various references)

Manx

conaant fo heal. (various references)

Pig Latin

ecialtyspay

Portuguese

especialidade (branch, compartment, expertise, pigeonhole, section, specialism, speciality). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

especialidade. (various references)

Romanian

specialitatea (the specialty). (various references)

Russian 

специальность (branch, speciality). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

specijalnost (field), specijalitet, naročita osobina (speciality). (various references)

Spanish

especialidad (department, line, special field, specialism, speciality). (various references)

Swedish

specialitet (speciality, specials), förseglat kontrakt. (various references)

Turkish

spesiyalite (special, speciality), mühürlü sözleşme, özgü şey (speciality), özellik (attribute, attribution, cachet, character, characteristic, feature, hall mark, hallmark, idiosyncrasy, particular, particularity, peculiarity, plate-mark, point, property, quality, quiddity, singularity, special feature, speciality, stamp, strain, trait), özel şey, özel anlaşma, özel ürün (speciality). (various references)

Ukrainian

спеціальність (speciality), спеціалізація (differentiation, specialism, speciality, specialization), фах (calling, feat, occupation, profession, speciality), особливість (aroma, characteristic, distinction, feature, flavour, individuality, particularity, peculiarity, speciality, tincture, trait). (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "specialty": subspecialty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Specialty" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: specaily, specialy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: clayiest, septical, tieclasp.

-2 letters: acetyls, aplites, aseptic, caplets, cypsela, ectypal, elastic, laciest, latices, paisley, paliest, placets, plaices, plastic, platies, plicate, special, spicate, talipes, typical.

-3 letters: acetyl, apices, aplite, aspect, atelic, atypic, caplet, castle, claspt, cleats, clypei, easily, eclats, epacts, epical, espial, lipase, lysate, palest, palets, pastel, pastie, pastil, petals, petsai, pietas, places, placet.

+1 letter: speciality.

+2 letters: aseptically, skeptically, specularity, typicalness.

+3 letters: amylopectins, despotically, discrepantly, hyperplastic, metaphysical, phylacteries, plebiscitary, subspecialty, typicalities.

+4 letters: atypicalities, chalcopyrites, dyspeptically, epistemically, lycanthropies, perissodactyl, physicalities, pietistically, polycythemias, polydactylies, speculatively, splenetically, stereotypical, typicalnesses.

+5 letters: antiseptically, aposematically, compensability, euphuistically, hypercatalexis, hyperrealistic, isentropically, metaphysically, peptidoglycans, perissodactyls, pertinaciously, pleonastically, polytheistical, processability, prosthetically, respectability, superficiality, telescopically, theosophically.