septiferous
septiferous adjective: bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
Adjective (1)
septiferous (not comparable)
Adjective (2)
septiferous (not comparable)
- Conveying putrid poison.
- "What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in."
"Oh, no," replied Ellerslie, "he does a much more dangerous thing whenever he operates on a septiferous subject, whenever he enters a fever-stricken house. […]"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
- "What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in."
Origin of septiferous
From septum + -i- + -ferous.
Words that rhyme with septiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about septiferous
- What does septiferous mean?
- Septiferous means bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
- What part of speech is septiferous?
- Septiferous is an adjective.
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