specific
Explicit or definite.
Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
Special, distinctive or unique.
intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).

specifick
Obsolete form of specific.

specificks
plural of specifick

specifics
plural of specific

specklike
Resembling or characteristic of a speck; almost too small to see.

spermatophylaxes
plural of spermatophylax

spinellose
Armed with small spines or hairs.

spinulescent
Having small spines; somewhat thorny.

spinuliferous
Bearing small spines.

spinulose
Covered with small spines.

spinulous
Covered with small spines.

spiss
thick, compact, dense, or crowded

spizine
Relative to the Spizinae, an obsolete suborder of birds within the order Passeriformes (songbirds) that bear features characteristic of finches and similar small birds with a short conical bill, in use until the turn of the XIXᵗʰ century.

spongiolithic
Sponge-rich deposits in which buildups are rare and small.

spongiose
Somewhat spongy; spongelike; full of small cavities.

spongious
Characteristic of a sponge; spongy

spriggy
Full of sprigs, or small branches.

squamellate
Having small scales; squamulose.

squamulate
Having small scales; squamulose.

squamuliform
Resembling a squamula or little scale.

squamulose
Having small scales.

squarrose
Rough or scaly.
Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; said of a calyx or stem.
Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf.
Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.

squary
neat and compact

squeezier
comparative form of squeezy: more squeezy

squeeziest
superlative form of squeezy: most squeezy

squeezy
flexible and easy to squeeze
squeezing; causing compression
small or tight (of a space)

stellular
Having the shape or appearance of little stars; stellate; stellated; radiated.
Marked with star-like spots of colour; star-spangled.

stellulate
minutely stellate; having the shape of tiny stars

stenotopic
Able to tolerate or adapt to only a small range of environmental conditions

stepwise
One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal

stereoregular
Having small regularly oriented units in a single sequential arrangement

stiffer
comparative form of stiff: more stiff, more rigid, more inflexible, more unbending.

stiffers
plural of stiffer

stiffest
superlative form of stiff: most stiff Most rigid, most inflexible, most unbending.

stingier
comparative form of stingy: more stingy

stingiest
superlative form of stingy: most stingy

stingy
Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.
Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

stockier
comparative form of stocky: more stocky

stockiest
superlative form of stocky: most stocky

stocky
Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.

stoicheiometric
Alternative spelling of stoichiometric.

stoichiometric
Of, or relating to stoichiometry.
Existing in a ratio of small integers.

stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
Dully or heavily stupid.

stolider
comparative form of stolid: more stolid

stolidest
superlative form of stolid: most stolid

stramineous
Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.
Straw-coloured.

striatopunctate
Having a pattern of small punctate lesions within the striatum.

strumulose
Somewhat strumose, or having a small struma.

subanorectic
Too small to have an anorectic effect

subchromosomal
Describing any structure that is a small part of a chromosome

subcompact
Something that is smaller than the compact version, especially a very small car.

subcompacts
plural of subcompact

subfunctional
Relating to a subfunction
Having little or no apparent function

sublebrities
plural of sublebrity

sublebrity
Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).

submicroscopic
Smaller than microscopic; too small to be seen even with a microscope

subminiature
Compact or smaller than miniature.
of photography equipment and techniques using a smaller frame than 35mm

subnodulous
Slightly nodular; having small or indistinct nodules.
Marked by the presence of small, poorly developed nodules within tissue.

subnude
Almost nude; having very little covering, such as leaves or hairs.

subtil
Obsolete spelling of subtle.

subtile
Archaic spelling of subtle.

subtill
Obsolete spelling of subtle.

subtler
comparative form of subtle: more subtle

subtlest
superlative form of subtle: most subtle

succenturiate
Describing a small lobe that is sometimes attached to a placenta

succinct
Brief and to the point.
Compressed into a tiny area.
Wrapped by, or as if by a girdle; closely fitting, wound or wrapped or drawn up tightly.

succincter
comparative form of succinct: more succinct

succinctest
superlative form of succinct: most succinct

sudden
Occurring quickly with little or no warning or expectation; instantly.
Hastily prepared or employed; quick; rapid.
Hasty; violent; rash; precipitate.

suddener
comparative form of sudden: more sudden

suddenest
superlative form of sudden: most sudden

suddens
plural of sudden

superfine
Extremely subtle or refined; extremely sensitive to slight impressions or perceptions.
Extremely refined or sophisticated; very elegant.
Having an especially fine size or texture; made of very small particles or threads.
Of a very high or pure grade or quality.
Very good, excellent.

supergrade
Of plutonium: containing a very small portion of isotopes other than plutonium-239 (especially plutonium-240) (less than perhaps 3%), making the plutonium especially suitable for nuclear weapons

supersmall
Very small; tiny.

supersudden
Very sudden; with little or no warning.

supertiny
Extremely tiny.

supramax
Of a freight ship: which has a small cargo capacity (50,000 - 60,000 DWT). Larger than handymax. Member of the handysize class.

suttle
The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.

synamphoteron
A composite.

synamphoterons
plural of synamphoteron

teenier
comparative form of teeny: more teeny

teeniest
superlative form of teeny: most teeny

teensier
comparative form of teensy: more teensy

teensiest
superlative form of teensy: most teensy

teensy
tiny

teentier
comparative form of teenty: more teenty

teentiest
superlative form of teenty: most teenty

teenty
Very small; teensy.

teeny
Very small; tiny.

teethridge
Synonym of alveolar ridge

teethridges
plural of teethridge

tegulated
Composed of small plates, as of horn or metal, overlapping like tiles; said of a kind of ancient armor.

tepid
Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.