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Speculation
n.
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The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
Speculation
n.
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Any business venture in involving unusual risks, with a chance for large profits.
Speculation
n.
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A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture.
Speculation
n.
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Power of sight.
Speculation
n.
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A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Speculatist
n.
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One who speculates, or forms theories; a speculator; a theorist.
Speculative
a.
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Given to speculation; contemplative.
Speculative
a.
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Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration.
Speculative
a.
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Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious.
Speculative
a.
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Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.
Speculator
n.
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One who speculates. Specifically: (a) An observer; a contemplator; hence, a spy; a watcher.
Speculator
n.
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One who forms theories; a theorist.
Speculator
n.
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One who engages in speculation; one who buys and sells goods, land, etc., with the expectation of deriving profit from fluctuations in price.
Speculatorial
a.
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Speculatory; speculative.
Speculatory
a.
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Intended or adapted for viewing or espying; having oversight.
Speculatory
a.
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Exercising speculation; speculative.
Speculist
n.
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One who observes or considers; an observer.
Specula
pl.
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of Speculum
Speculum
pl.
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of Speculum
Speculum
n.
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A mirror, or looking-glass; especially, a metal mirror, as in Greek and Roman archaeology.
Speculum
n.
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A reflector of polished metal, especially one used in reflecting telescopes. See Speculum metal, below.
Speculum
n.
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An instrument for dilating certain passages of the body, and throwing light within them, thus facilitating examination or surgical operations.
Speculum
n.
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A bright and lustrous patch of color found on the wings of ducks and some other birds. It is usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and is much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female.
Sped
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imp. & p. p. of Speed.
Speece
n.
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Species; sort.
Speech
n.
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The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.
Speech
n.
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he act of speaking; that which is spoken; words, as expressing ideas; language; conversation.
Speech
n.
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A particular language, as distinct from others; a tongue; a dialect.
Speech
n.
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Talk; mention; common saying.
Speech
n.
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formal discourse in public; oration; harangue.