"Specula" is a word in ENGLISH

An alloy of copper and tin, to which small proportions of other metals, especially zinc, are sometimes added. It is …

A concave tool used in grinding lenses or the speculums of telescopes.

A speculum for examining a natural passage, as the urethra.

A looking-glass or a speculum; any glass or polished substance that forms images by the reflection of rays of light.

See Speculum.

Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.

The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a …

Of or pertaining to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum; as, a specular examination.

Having the qualities of a speculum, or mirror; having a smooth, reflecting surface; as, a specular metal; a specular surface.

An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.

A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually …

A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.

A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.

of Speculum

Lat Mirror or looking-giass. The title of several of the most ancient law-books or compilations, one of the ancient Icelandic …

Any one of several species of small fresh-water ducks of the genus Anas and the subgenera Querquedula and Nettion. The …

An elementary substance found as an oxide in the mineral cassiterite, and reduced as a soft white crystalline metal, malleable …