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Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..

Antiputrescent :: Antiputrescent (a.) Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic..

Septette :: Septette (n.) A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers..

Septic :: Septic (a.) Alt. of Septica.

Iodoform :: Iodoform (n.) A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, CI3H, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores..

Paliform :: Paliform (a.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals..

Septennate :: Septennate (n.) A period of seven years; as, the septennate during which the President of the French Republic holds office..

Septomaxillary :: Septomaxillary (n.) A small bone between the nasal septum and the maxilla in many reptiles and amphibians.

Septfoil :: Septfoil (n.) A European herb, the tormentil. See Tormentil..

Pyrogenic :: Pyrogenic (a.) Producing heat; -- said of substances, as septic poisons, which elevate the temperature of the body and cause fever..

Septennially :: Septennially (adv.) Once in seven years.

Septennial :: Septennial (a.) Happening or returning once in every seven years; as, septennial elections in England..

Dog Days :: Dog days () A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the early part of July and the early part of September; canicular days; -- so called in reference to the rising in ancient times of the Dog Star (Sirius) with the sun. Popularly, the sultry, close part of the summer..

Septuagesimal :: Septuagesimal (a.) Consisting of seventy days, years, etc.; reckoned by seventies..

Synarchy :: Synapticula (n.) One of numerous calcareous processes which extend between, and unite, the adjacent septa of certain corals, especially of the fungian corals..

Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter..

Semitransept :: Semitransept (n.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church..

Septicity :: Septicity (n.) Tendency to putrefaction; septic quality.

Itala :: Itala (n.) An early Latin version of the Scriptures (the Old Testament was translated from the Septuagint, and was also called the Italic version)..

Uniseptate :: Uniseptate (a.) Having but one septum, or partition; -- said of two-celled fruits, such as the silicles of cruciferous plants..

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