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Sepaled (?), a. (Bot.) Having one or more sepals.
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Sepaline (?), a. (Bot.) Relating to, or having the nature of, sepals.
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Sepalody (?), n. [Sepal + Gr. e'i^dos form.] (Bot.) The metamorphosis of other floral organs into sepals or sepaloid bodies.
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Sepaloid (?), a. [Sepal + -oid.] (Bot.) Like a sepal, or a division of a calyx.
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Sepalous (?), a. (Bot.) Having, or relating to, sepals; -- used mostly in composition. See under .
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Separability (?), n. Quality of being separable or divisible; divisibility; separableness.
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Separable (?), a. [L. separabilis: cf. F. séparable.] Capable of being separated, disjoined, disunited, or divided; as, the separable parts of plants; qualities not separable from the substance in which they exist. -- Separableness, n. -- Separably, adv.
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Trials permit me not to doubt of the separableness of a yellow tincture from gold. Boyle.
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Separate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Separated (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Separating.] [L. separatus, p. p. of separare to separate; pfref. se- aside + parare to make ready, prepare. See , and cf. .] 1. To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.
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From the fine gold I separate the alloy. Dryden.
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Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me. Gen. xiii. 9.
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Rom. viii. 35.
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2. To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa.
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3. To set apart; to select from among others, as for a special use or service.
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Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called thaem. Acts xiii. 2.
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Coloq. Separated flowers (Bot.), flowers which have stamens and pistils in separate flowers; diclinous flowers. Gray.
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Separate, v. i. To part; to become disunited; to be disconnected; to withdraw from one another; as, the family separated.
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Separate (?), p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ] 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected.
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Him that was separate from his brethren. Gen. xlix. 26.
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2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected.
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. Heb. vii. 26.
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3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls.
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Coloq. Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman independent of her husband. -- Coloq. Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by her husband under deed of separation.
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-- Separately, adv. -- Separateness, n.
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Separatical (?), a. Of or pertaining to separatism in religion; schismatical. [R.] Dr. T. Dwight.
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Separating (?), a. Designed or employed to separate.
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Coloq. Separating funnel (Chem.), a funnel, often globe-shaped, provided with a stopcock for the separate drawing off of immiscible liquids of different specific gravities.
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Separation (?), n. [L. separatio: cf. F. séparation.] The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate. Specifically: (a) Chemical analysis. (b) Divorce. (c) (Steam Boilers) The operation of removing water from steam.
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Coloq. Judicial separation (Law), a form of divorce; a separation of man and wife which has the effect of making each a single person for all legal purposes but without ability to contract a new marriage. Mozley & W.
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Separatism (?), n. [CF. F. séparatisme.] The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.
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Separatist (?), n. [Cf. F. séparatiste.] One who withdraws or separates himself; especially, one who withdraws from a church to which he has belonged; a seceder from an established church; a dissenter; a nonconformist; a schismatic; a sectary.
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Heavy fines on divines who should preach in any meeting of separatist . Macaulay.
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Separatistic (?), a. Of or pertaining to separatists; characterizing separatists; schismatical.
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Separative (?), a. [L. separativus.] Causing, or being to cause, separation. “Separative virtue of extreme cold.” Boyle.
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Separator (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, separates. Specifically: (a) (Steam Boilers) A device for depriving steam of particles of water mixed with it. (b) (Mining) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue. (c) (Weaving) An instrument used for spreading apart the threads of the warp in the loom, etc.
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Separatory (?), a. Separative. Cheyne.
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Separatory, n. [Cf. F. séparatoire.] 1. (Chem.) An apparatus used in separating, as a separating funnel.
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2. (Surg.) A surgical instrument for separating the pericranium from the cranium. [Obs.]
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Separatrix (?), n.; pl. L. -trices (#), E. -trixes (#). [L., she that separates.] (Arith.) The decimal point; the dot placed at the left of a decimal fraction, to separate it from the whole number which it follows. The term is sometimes also applied to other marks of separation.
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Sepawn (?), n. See . [Local, U.S.]
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Sepelible (?), a. [L. sepelibilis, fr. sepelire to bury.] Admitting of burial. [Obs.] Bailey.
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Sepelition (?), n. Burial. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
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Sephardic (?), a. [From Sephardim, a name applied to the Spanish Jews, fr. Sephard, name of a place where Jews were held in captivity (Ob. 20).] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Jews (the Sephardim, also called Spanish or Portuguese Jews) descended from Jewish families driven from Spain by the Inquisition.
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Sephardim (?), n. pl. [NHeb.; orig. uncert.] Jews who are descendants of the former Jews of Spain and Portugal. They are as a rule darker than the northern Jews, and have more delicate features.
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Sephen (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large sting ray of the genus Trygon, especially Trygon sephen of the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea. The skin is an article of commerce.
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Sepia (?), n.; pl. E. Sepias (#), L. Sepiæ (#). [L., fr. Gr. �� the cuttlefish, or squid.] 1. (Zoöl.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under .
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2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under .
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Coloq. Sepia drawing or Coloq. Sepia picture , a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.
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Sepia, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
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Sepic (?), a. Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.
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Sepidaceous (?), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.
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Sepiment (?), n. [L. sepimentum, saepimentum, from sepire, saepire, to hedge in.] Something that separates; a hedge; a fence. [R.] Bailey.
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Sepiolite (?), n. [Septa + -lite.] (Min.) Meerschaum. See .
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Sepiostare (?), n. [Sepia + Gr. �� a bone.] (Zoöl.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under .
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Sepon (#), n. See . [Local, U.S.]
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Sepose (?), v. t. [L. pref se- aside + E. pose.] To set apart. [Obs.] Donne.
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Seposit (?), v. t. [L. sepositus, p. p. of seponere to set aside.] To set aside; to give up. [Obs.]
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Seposition (�), n. [L. sepositio.] The act of setting aside, or of giving up. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
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Sepoy (?), n. [Per. sipāhī, fr. sipāh an army. Cf. .] A native of India employed as a soldier in the service of a European power, esp. of Great Britain; an Oriental soldier disciplined in the European manner.
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Seppuku (?), n. Same as .
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Seppuku, or hara-kiri, also came into vogue. W. E. Griffis.
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Sepsin (?), n. [Gr. �� putrefaction.] (Physiol. Chem.) A soluble poison (ptomaine) present in putrid blood. It is also formed in the putrefaction of proteid matter in general.
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Sepsis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �� putrefaction.] (Med.) The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.
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Sept (?), n. [A corruption of sect, n.] A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.
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The chief, struck by the illustration, asked at once to be baptized, and all his sept followed his example. S. Lover.
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Septæmia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �� putrid + �� blood.] (Med.) Septicæmia.
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Septal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a septum or septa, as of a coral or a shell.
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Septane (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See . [R.]
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Septangle (?), n. [Septi- + angle.] (Geom.) A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [R.]
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Septangular (?), a. Heptagonal.
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Septarium (?), n.;pl. Septaria (#). [NL., fr. L. septum, saeptum, an inclosure, a partition, fr. sepire, saepire, to inclose.] (Geol.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals.
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Septate (?), a. [L. septum, saeptum, partition.] Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell.
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September (?), n. [L., fr. septem seven, as being the seventh month of the Roman year, which began with March: cf. F. septembre. See .] The ninth month of the year, containing thurty days.
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Septemberer (?), n. A Setembrist. Carlyle.
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Septembrist (?), n. [F. septembriste.] An agent in the massacres in Paris, committed in patriotic frenzy, on the 22d of September, 1792.
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Septemfluous (?), a.[L. septemfluus; septem seven + fluere to flow.] Flowing sevenfold; divided into seven streams or currents. [R.] Fuller.
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Septempartite (?), a. [L. septem seven + E. partite.] Divided nearly to the base into seven parts; as, a septempartite leaf.
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Septemtrioun (?), n. Septentrion. [Obs.]
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Septemvir (?), n.; pl. E. Septemvirs (#), L. Septemviri (#). [L. septemviri, pl.; septem seven + viri, pl. of vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a board of seven men associated in some office.
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Septemvirate (?), n.[L. septemviratus.] The office of septemvir; a government by septimvirs.
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Septenary (?), a. [L. septenairus, from septeni seven each, septem seven: cf. F. septénaire. See . ] 1. Consisting of, or relating to, seven; as, a septenary number. I. Watts.
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2. Lasting seven years; continuing seven years. “Septenary penance.” Fuller.
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Septenary, n. The number seven. [R.] Holinshed.
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Septenate (?), a. [L. septeni seven each.] (Bot.) Having parts in sevens; heptamerous.
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Septennate (?), n. [F. septennat.] A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office.
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Septennial (?), a. [L. septennium a period of seven years; septem seven + annus year. See , and .] 1. Lasting or continuing seven years; as, septennial parliaments.
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2. Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England.
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Septennially, adv. Once in seven years.
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Septentrial (?), a. Septentrional. Drayton.
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Septentrio (?), n. [L. See .] (Astron.) The constellation Ursa Major.
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Septentrion (?), n. [L. septentrio the northern regions, the north, fr. septentriones the seven stars near the north pole, called Charles's Wain, or the Great Bear, also those called the Little Bear; properly, the seven plow oxen; septem seven + trio, orig., a plow ox: cf. F. septentrion.] The north or northern regions. Shak.
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Both East West, South and Septentrioun. Chaucer.
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{ Septentrion (?), Septentrional (?), } a. [L. septentrionalis: cf. F. septentrional.] Of or pertaining to the north; northern. “From cold septentrion blasts.” Milton.
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Septentrionality (?), n. Northerliness.
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Septentrionally (?), adv. Northerly.
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Septentrionate (?), v. i. To tend or point toward the north; to north. Sir T. Browne.
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{ Septet, Septette } (?), n. [From L. septem seven, like duet, from L. duo.] 1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers.
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2. (Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor.
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Septfoil (?), n. [F. sept seven (L. septem) + E. foil leaf: cf. L. septifolium.] 1. (Bot.) A European herb, the tormentil. See .
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2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having seven lobes. Cf. , , and .
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3. (Eccl.Art.) A typical figure, consisting of seven equal segments of a circle, used to denote the gifts of the Holy Chost, the seven sacraments as recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, etc. [R.]
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Septi- (?), [L. septem seven.] A combining form meaning seven; as, septifolious, seven-leaved; septi-lateral, seven-sided.
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Septic (?), a. [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.) Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the seventh degree.
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{ Septic (?), Septical (?), } a. [L. septicus, Gr. ��, fr. �� to make putrid: cf. F. septique.] Having power to promote putrefaction.
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Septic, n. A substance that promotes putrefaction.
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Septicæmia (?), n. [NL., from Gr. �� putrefactive + �� blood.] (Med.) A poisoned condition of the blood produced by the absorption into it of septic or putrescent material; blood poisoning. It is marked by chills, fever, prostration, and inflammation of the different serous membranes and of the lungs, kidneys, and other organs.
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Septically (?), adv. In a septic manner; in a manner tending to promote putrefaction.
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Septicidal (?), a. [Septum + L. caedere to cut: cf. F. septicide.] (Bot.) Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.
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Septicity (?), n. [See .] Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.
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Septifarious (?), a. [L. septifariam sevenfold. Cf. .] (Bot.) Turned in seven different ways.
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Septiferous (?), a. [Septum + -ferous: cf. F. septifère.] (Bot.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
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Septiferous, a. [Gr. �� putrefied + -ferous.] Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
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Septifluous (?), a. [CF. .] Flowing in seven streams; septemfluous.
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Septifolious (?), a. [Septi- + L. folium leaf.] (Bot.) Having seven leaves.
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Septiform (?), a. [Septum + -form.] Having the form of a septum.
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Septifragal (?), 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 from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.
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Septilateral (?), a. [Septi- + lateral.] Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.
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Septillion (?), 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 States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See .
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Septimole (?), n. [L. septem seven.] (Mus.) A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.
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Septinsular (?), a. [Septi- + insular.] Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.
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Septisyllable (?), n. [Septi- + syllable.] A word of seven syllables.
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Septoic (?), a. [L. septem seven.] (Chem.) See . [R.]
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Septomaxillary (?), 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 the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.
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Septuagenarian (?), n. A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.
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Septuagenary (?), a. [L. septuagenarius, fr. septuageny seventy each; akin to septuaginta seventy, septem seven. See .] Consisting of seventy; also, seventy years old. -- n. A septuagenarian.
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Septuagesima (?), n. [NL., fr. L. septuagesimus the seventieth, fr. septuaginta seventy.] (Eccl.) The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.
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