Septic

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Septic \Sep"tic\, a. [Septi- + -ic.] (Math.)
     Of the seventh degree or order. -- n. (Alg.) A quantic of the
     seventh degree.
     [1913 Webster] Septic

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Septic \Sep"tic\, n.
     A substance that promotes putrefaction.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  septic
       adj 1: containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a
              septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic
              sewage" [ant: {antiseptic}]
       2: of or relating to or caused by putrefaction; "the septic
          action occurs at the bottom of the septic tank"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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