English dictionary: words starting with sept - page 2

noun

A group of seven people playing music or singing together.

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

noun

A group of seven people playing music or singing together.

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

noun

The plant tormentil, potentilla erecta. in later use more widely: any of several plants of (or formerly included in) the genus potentilla.

adjective

Ornamented with or formed of seven foils.

Seven; having seven.

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Septivalent

adjective

Infected with microorganisms, especially harmful bacteria.

Usage examples:

His feet had gone septic

noun

A drainage system incorporating a septic tank.

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We had a boy scout troop offer their meeting place and the building was fantastic, but where you pa…

noun

Blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins.

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Autopsy figures show we die from cancer, heart disease, pneumonia and septicemia and pulmonary embo…

adjective

Septic.

noun

Blood poisoning, especially that caused by bacteria or their toxins.

Usage examples:

Autopsy figures show we die from cancer, heart disease, pneumonia and septicemia and pulmonary embo…

adjective

Designating a type of dehiscence in which a fruit dehisces (splits) along the septa between the carpels. also (of a fruit, specifically a capsule): that dehisces in this manner.

adverb

In a septicidal manner.

adjective

Of seven colours.

noun

Originally: †disease resulting from the (supposed) presence of both putrid matter and pus in the blood (obsolete). in later use: septicaemia (blood-borne infection) resulting in the formation of abscesses in locations distant from the primary site of infection.

noun

A drainage system incorporating a septic tank.

Usage examples:

We had a boy scout troop offer their meeting place and the building was fantastic, but where you pa…

adjective

Infected with microorganisms, especially harmful bacteria.

Usage examples:

His feet had gone septic

adjective

Having a septum or septa; septate.

adjective

Sevenfold; having seven parts, divisions, etc.; seven in number.

adjective

Designating a type of dehiscence in which the valves of a capsule break away from the septa. also (of a fruit, especially a capsule): that dehisces in this manner.

adverb

In a septifragal manner.

adjective

(of a plane figure) having seven sides.

adjective

Designating the aspect of two celestial objects which are one-seventh of a circle (51 degrees 26 minutes) apart in the sky; of or relating to such an aspect.

noun

A septile aspect.

number

A thousand raised to the eighth power (1024).

cardinal number

A thousand raised to the eighth power (10²⁴).

Usage examples:

This is a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe.

number

A thousand raised to the eighth power (1024).

cardinal number

A thousand raised to the eighth power (10²⁴).

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This is a septillion times longer than the current age of the universe.

noun

Each of septillion equal parts into which something may be or is divided; (also hyperbolically) a tiny fraction.

adjective

Designating such a part or fraction.

adjective

Relating to the number seven.

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Here is an example of a septimal clock, placed next to a standard sexagesimal clock for comparison.

adjective

Weekly.

noun

The seventh of the eight parrying positions.

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If someone gets a direct hit against you in septime then i reckon your distance and awareness need …