Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Adjective

The word "septic" can be used as noun, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

antiseptic

Coordinate Terms

drainfield leach drain leach drainfield leach field water closet

Derived Terms

nonseptic septage septic abortion septic fever septically subseptic

Etymologically Related To

septic tank

Context

australia cockney rhyming slang mathematics new zealand rhyming slang uk

Related Terms

Seppo antiseptic asepsis aseptic sepsis septic drain septic drainfield septic field septic shock septic system septic tank septic tank septicemia septicity

Related Terms

american antiseptic asepsis aseptic degree germy putrefaction seppo sepsis septic drain septic drainfield septic field septic shock septic system septic tank septicemia septicity sewage unhealthful yank

Similar Terms

abscessed abscessed contaminative contaminative dirty drainfield germy infectious infective infective leach drain leach drainfield leach field pestiferous pestiferous purulent purulent pussy putrefacient putrefacient putrefactive septicemic septicemic unhealthful water closet

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