English words starting with sept - page 1

Meanings of Septemplicate:

noun

One of seven copies of a document; the seventh copy of a document.

Meanings of Septemvir:

noun

A member of a group consisting of seven men or (in later use) people.

Meanings of Septemviral:

adjective

Of or relating to a septemvir or a septemvirate.

Meanings of Septemvirate:

noun

A group of seven; especially a group or body of seven powerful or important men.

Meanings of Septenar:

noun

A line of seven metrical feet, especially the trochaic or iambic tetrameter catalectic; compare "septenary". also occasionally (with reference to middle english poetry): a line or couplet with seven stresses.

Meanings of Septenarian:

adjective

That has seven metrical feet; that is a septenarius.

Meanings of Septenaries:

noun

A group or set of seven things.

Usage examples:

The work, which resembles an oratorio more than any other work by messiaen, is in two parts (‘septe…

adjective

Relating to or divided into seven.

Meanings of Septenarii:

noun

A verse line of seven feet, especially a trochaic or iambic tetrameter catalectic.

Usage examples:

The epicharmus presented, in trochaic septenarii of the theatrical type, an account of the gods and…

Meanings of Septenarius:

noun

A verse line of seven feet, especially a trochaic or iambic tetrameter catalectic.

Usage examples:

The epicharmus presented, in trochaic septenarii of the theatrical type, an account of the gods and…

Meanings of Septenary:

adjective

Relating to or divided into seven.

noun

A group or set of seven things.

Usage examples:

The work, which resembles an oratorio more than any other work by messiaen, is in two parts (‘septe…

Meanings of Septenate:

adjective

Of a leaf: having seven leaflets growing from a common point.

Meanings of Septendecennial:

adjective

Recurring every seventeen years.

Meanings of Septendecimal:

adjective

Of or relating to a seventeenth.

Meanings of Septennary:

adjective

Lasting seven years; recurring every seven years. also more generally: based on or relating to the number seven.

noun

A period of seven years.

Meanings of Septennate:

noun

A seven-year term of office.

Meanings of Septenniad:

noun

A period of seven years, especially in a human life.

Meanings of Septennial:

adjective

Recurring every seven years.

Usage examples:

The breaks would be largely funded by workers saving part of their salary so they can enjoy the sep…

Meanings of Septennially:

adverb

Every seven years.

Meanings of Septennium:

noun

A specified period of seven years.

Usage examples:

This septennium must designate something peculiar and different from the time following.

Meanings of Septentrion:

noun

The north; a northerly direction; the northern regions of the world; the northern part of the heavens.

Meanings of Septentrional:

adjective

Belonging to the north, northern; relating to northern countries. in early use: north of the ecliptic or north of the equator.

Meanings of Septentrionally:

adverb

In the direction of the north; in the north.

Meanings of Septentrionic:

adjective

Northern.

Meanings of Septet:

noun

A group of seven people playing music or singing together.

Usage examples:

Feldman scored it for an ensemble consisting of doubled woodwind quartet, brass septet, string quar…

Meanings of Septets:

noun

A group of seven people playing music or singing together.

Usage examples:

Feldman scored it for an ensemble consisting of doubled woodwind quartet, brass septet, string quar…