septic

5 definitions found

septic - 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

  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]

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

septic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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"

septic - 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