septic
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septic![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Septic \Sep"tic\, a. [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.) Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the seventh degree. [1913 Webster] Septic Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Septic \Sep"tic\, Septical \Sep"tic*al\, a. [L. septicus, Gr. ????, fr. ???? to make putrid: cf. F. septique.] Having power to promote putrefaction. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Septic \Sep"tic\, n. A substance that promotes putrefaction. [1913 Webster] Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
septic
adj 1: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms;
"a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic
sewage" [syn: septic, infected] [ant: antiseptic]
2: of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic
action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 41 Moby Thesaurus words for "septic": bad, bad for, cankered, contaminated, diseased, foul, gangrened, gangrenous, harmful, infected, injurious, insalubrious, insanitary, morbid, morbific, mortified, noisome, noxious, pathogenic, pathological, peccant, pestiferous, poisoned, polluted, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotting, saprobic, saprogenic, saprogenous, saprophilous, saprophytic, sphacelated, tainted, ulcerated, ulcerous, unhealthful, unhealthy, unhygienic, unsanitary, unwholesome Matching Word(s) Sepic Septi- Sceptic Skeptic Septoic Aseptic Peptic Sextic sceptic skeptic aseptic peptic
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