Verb (used without object) : The doctor specializes in gastroenterology. From Dictionary.com.
At the same time, some Yugoslav publishers begun publishing SF books in specialised editions. From Wordnik.com. [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Aleksandar Žiljak] Reference
In other words, the modern farmer is becoming more alive to the business possibilities of what may be termed specialised production. From Wordnik.com. [Australia, The Dairy Country] Reference
Actually, I think that science is getting more and more specialised which is a bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [Snell-Pym » Rebooting Me] Reference
The report also notes that only 25 per cent of them gain the right kind of specialised help. From Wordnik.com. [Archbishop's speech at House of Lords Debate - Good Childhood Inquiry Report] Reference
The activity report also lists other types of audits, such as specialised audits and agreed-upon procedure audits performed in. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I think the comments about "specialised" media are very good and I don't doubt there will still be a market for this sort of content. From Wordnik.com. [The future of newspapers] Reference
We are also losing a sens of practicality, we can't cook, or sew, or build anymore, everything needs to be "specialised" when in real terms practicality is rewarding and good!. From Wordnik.com. [Green or Practical Living?] Reference
The number is even higher in specialised areas. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Ivory Tower: Making Universities Accountable] Reference
But it's a lot like Foobar2000, really freaking good but kind of specialised and esoteric. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Digg] Reference
That state, known as pluripotency, allows the cells to develop into any kind of specialised body cells. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines] Reference
If such is not available SAP offers more general solutions such as specialised ISAPI filters for a Windows environment. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The authority recently hired a 'specialised' public relations agency for a hefty fee to improve the public image of its projects. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
May 2008 lamplighter (noun) essentially a kind of specialised soldier, mostly employed by the Empire, though some states also have them. From Wordnik.com. [Bookspotcentral] Reference
What it does is divide the cleaning between certain applications you may or may not have on your system ... this is the 'specialised' part. From Wordnik.com. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] Reference
He said frankly that he "specialised" in the region of private direction and advice; but I doubt if he ever did quite enough general pastoral work of. From Wordnik.com. [Hugh Memoirs of a Brother] Reference
'Another problem is that when trusts are looking to make cuts, they often target non-clinical services, such as specialised catering for people with malnutrition. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker also said the Police Central e-crime Unit, which will get just £7. 4m in funds, will help tackle credit card and "specialised" frauds online. From Wordnik.com. [ContractorUK.com] Reference
8,000 farms with pigs in the Netherlands, half of which can be described as specialised pig farms. From Wordnik.com. [ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds] Reference
'specialised' TV channel, where over 650 alleged MPs pretend to know what they are doing, Allegro dismissed the whole system as a farce. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs]
But in Christianity we have not specialised so far. From Wordnik.com. [New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments] Reference
This industry is specialised in England, principally in West. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
"Kharkov 8 specialised in a certain kind of product," Zima said. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
Genzyme has carved a niche in highly specialised therapeutic areas. From Wordnik.com. [Genzyme rejects Sanofi-Aventis 'bear hug'] Reference
We specialised on concentrated foods from our parcels -- biscuits, tinned meats, and so on. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of a Princess Pat Being the full account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland] Reference
An individual who for some months past specialised in thefts of clocks was last week given time. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 29, 1914] Reference
At the same time, this aristocracy differs from that of later and more specialised forms of civilisation. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
Mrs. GEORGE WEMYSS has for some time past specialised in spinster-aunts, bachelor-uncles and charming nieces. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920] Reference
The Metropolitan police specialised crime unit specifically targets forced labour, including domestic workers. From Wordnik.com. [Many migrant workers in UK are modern-day slaves, say investigators] Reference
By the "common man" I do not mean the inferior man, but the man who has not specialised himself out of his common humanity. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
But he specialised as a lama, for in that character he would meet with the least interference in the priest-ridden country. From Wordnik.com. [The Jungle Girl] Reference
The skull of these lower fishes is itself a specialised one; it is an individualised modification of a simple type of skull. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
The atmosphere is highly specialised; it is binding; and those who live in it believe it to be co-extensive with the whole of life. From Wordnik.com. [Personality in Literature] Reference
Again, the manufacture of woollen cloths has been an industry successfully specialised in West Yorkshire from the fourteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.)] Reference
He points out first that Cyclostomes are degenerate fish, half specialised and half degraded in adaptation to a parasitic mode of life. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
If I had a cipher to unravel, I should go to a man who had specialised in them, exactly as I should go to a doctor on a medical question. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
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