Septiform
Sep″ti‐form (?), a. [Septum + -form.] Having the form of a septum.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Septifragal
Sep‐tif″ra‐gal (?), a. [Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break.] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away f...
Septilateral
Sep′ti‐lat″er‐al (?), a. [Septi- + lateral.] Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
Septillion
Sep‐til″lion (?), n. [F. septilion, formed fr. L. septem seven, in imitation of million.] According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United Stat...
Septimole
Sep″ti‐mole (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Mus.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.
Septinsular
Sep‐tin″su‐lar (?), a. [Septi- + insular.] Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
Septisyllable
Sep″ti‐syl′la‐ble (?), n. [Septi- + syllable.] A word of seven syllables.
Septoic
Sep‐to″ic (?), a. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See Heptoic.
Septomaxillary
Sep′to‐max″il‐la‐ry (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. — n. A small bone between the nasal septum and th...
Septuagenarian
Sep′tu‐a‐ge‐na″ri‐an (?), n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
Septuagenary
Sep′tu‐ag″e‐na‐ry (?), a. [L. septuagenarius, fr. septuageny seventy each; akin to septuaginta seventy, septem seven. See Seven.] Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old....
Septuagesima
‖Sep′tu‐a‐ges″i‐ma (?), n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; — so called because it is about seventy day...
Septuagesimal
Sep′tu‐a‐ges″i‐mal (?), a. Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies.Our abridged and septuagesimal age. Sir T. Browne.
Septuagint
Sep″tu‐a‐gint (?), n. [From L. septuaginta seventy.] A Greek version of the Old Testament; — so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-tw...
Septuary
Sep″tu‐a‐ry (?), n. [L. septem seven.] Something composed of seven; a week. Ash.
Septulate
Sep″tu‐late (?), a. [Dim. fr. septum.] (Bot.) Having imperfect or spurious septa.
Septulum
‖Sep″tu‐lum (?), n.; pl.Septula (#). [NL., dim. of L. septum septum.] (Anat.) A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.
Septum
‖Sep″tum (?), n.; pl.Septa (#). [L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, hedge, fence, fr. sepire, saepire, to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, ...
Septuor
Sep″tu‐or (?), n.(Mus.) A septet.
Septuple
Sep″tu‐ple (?), a. [LL. septuplus; cf. Gr. �����:cf. F. septuple. Cf. Double, Quadruple.] Seven times as much; multiplied by seven; sevenfold.
Septuple (2)
Sep″tu‐ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Septupled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Septupling (?).] To multiply by seven; to make sevenfold. Sir J. Herschel.
Sepulcher
{ Sep″ul‐cher, Sep″ul‐chre } (?), n. [OE. sepulcre, OF. sepulcre, F. sépulcre, fr. L. sepulcrum, sepulchrum, fr. sepelire to bury.] The place in which the dead body of a human b...
Sepulcher (2)
{ Sep″ul‐cher, Sep″ul‐chre } (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Sepulchered (?) or Sepulchred (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Sepulchering (?) or Sepulchring (�).] To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, ob...
Sepulchral
Se‐pul″chral (?), a. [L. sepulcralis: cf. F. sépulcral.] 1. Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; ...
Sepulture
Sep″ul‐ture (?), n. [F. sépulture, L. sepultura, fr. sepelire, sepultum, to bury.] 1. The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.Where ...
Sequacious
Se‐qua″cious (?), a. [L. sequax, -acis, fr. suquit to follow. See Sue to follow.] 1. Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.Trees uprooted left their place,Sequacious...
Sequaciousness
Se‐qua″cious‐ness, n. Quality of being sequacious.