Hyphenation of speciﬁc

Are you trying to hyphenate speciﬁc? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

speciﬁc

Definitions of speciﬁc:

1.	A fact about some part (as opposed to general) He always reasons from the particular to the general
2.	A medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease Quinine is a specific for malaria
3.	(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 A specific and detailed account of the accident
4.	Stated explicitly or in detail Needed a specific amount
5.	Relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species Specific characters
6.	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 A specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements

Synonyms of speciﬁc:

adj	specific, ad hoc, circumstantial, limited, special, particular, peculiar, special, particular, particularized, particularised, proper, unique, precise, specialized, specialised
adj	specified
adj	taxonomic group, taxonomic category, taxon
adj	specific
noun	particular, fact
noun	medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug

Last hyphenations of this language

nabcheat gigantological Pinnidae slipup nonfatally Antinous unroll bepray zilla revesting epistasy Witten inkslinging Science tarsitis incult linages tol-lol-ish othematoma

Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.