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Having seven leaves.

Having the form of a septum.

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.

Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

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 Numeration.

A group of seven notes to be played in the time of four or six.

Consisting of seven islands; as, the septinsular republic of the Ionian Isles.

A word of seven syllables.

See Heptoic. [R.]

Of or pertaining to the nasal septum and the maxilla; situated in the region of these parts. -- n.

A person who is seventy years of age; a septuagenary.

A septuagenarian.

The third Sunday before Lent; -- so called because it is about seventy days before Easter.

Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies. Our abridged and septuagesimal age. Sir T. Browne.

A Greek version of the Old Testament; -- so called because it was believed to be the work of seventy (or rather of seventy-two) translators.

Something composed of seven; a week. [R.] Ash.

Having imperfect or spurious septa.

A little septum; a division between small cavities or parts.

A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum.

A septet.