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91sep|tem|vi|rate — «sehp TEHM vuh rayt», noun. 1. the office of a septemvir. 2. government by septemviri. 3. a group of seven men in office or authority. 4. any group of seven …
92sep|tem|vir — «sehp TEHM vuhr», noun, plural vi|ri « vuh ry», virs. one of seven men who hold some office or authority. ╂[< Latin septemviri, plural < septem seven + viri, plural of vir man] …
93sep|te|nar|y — «SEHP tuh NEHR ee», adjective, noun, plural nar|ies. –adj. 1. of or having to do with the number seven. 2. forming a group of seven. 3. = septennial. (Cf. ↑septennial) –n. 1. the number seven. 2. a group or set of seven things …
94sep|ten|de|cil|lion — «SEHP tehn duh SIHL yuhn», noun. 1. (in the U.S., Canada, and France) 1 followed by 54 zeros. 2. (in Great Britain and Germany) 1 followed by 102 zeros. ╂[< Latin septendecim seventeen (< septem seven + decem ten) + English illion, as in… …
95sep|ten|nate — «sehp TEHN ayt», noun. a period of seven years. ╂[< French septennat < Latin septennis] …
96sep|ten|ni|um — «sehp TEHN ee uhm», noun, plural ten|ni|ums, ten|ni|a « TEHN ee uh». a period of seven years. ╂[< Latin septennium; see etym. under septennial (Cf. ↑ …
97sep|ten|tri|o|nal — «sehp TEHN tree uh nuhl», adjective. 1. = northern. (Cf. ↑northern) 2. of or from the north: »For Paris, this has been the longest, coldest stretch of septentrional weather known since…1940 (New Yorker) …
98Sep|ten|tri|ons — «sehp TEHN tree uhnz», noun (plural). Archaic. the constellation of the Great Bear. ╂[< Latin septentriōnēs (literally) the seven oxen that circle the polestar, singular of septentriō, ōnis the north] …
99sep|ten|tri|on — «sehp TEHN tree uhn», noun, adjective. –n. Archaic. 1. the north: »Thou art as opposite to every good…as the south to the septentrion (Shakespeare). 2. a northerner. –adj. = septentrional. (Cf. ↑septentrional) ╂[< Latin septentriō, ōnis] …
100sep|tic|i|ty — «sehp TIHS uh tee», noun. septic character or quality: »septicity in sewage (New Scientist) …
