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Septum :: Septum (n.) A wall separating two cavities; a partition; as, the nasal septum..

Septiferous :: Septiferous (a.) Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.

Diaphragm :: Diaphragm (n.) The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff.

Partitioning :: Partitioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Partitio.

Vessel :: Vessel (n.) A continuous tube formed from superposed large cylindrical or prismatic cells (tracheae), which have lost their intervening partitions, and are usually marked with dots, pits, rings, or spirals by internal deposition of secondary membranes; a duct..

Room :: Room (n.) Especially, space in a building or ship inclosed or set apart by a partition; an apartment or chamber..

Partition :: Partition (v. t.) To divide into parts or shares; to divide and distribute; as, to partition an estate among various heirs..

Valve :: Valve (n.) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves..

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.

Septum :: Septum (n.) A partition that separates the cells of a fruit.

Septate :: Septate (a.) Divided by partition or partitions; having septa; as, a septate pod or shell..

Tympanum :: Tympanum (n.) A drum-shaped wheel with spirally curved partitions by which water is raised to the axis when the wheel revolves with the lower part of the circumference submerged, -- used for raising water, as for irrigation..

Deafen :: Deafen (v. t.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc..

Compartment :: Compartment (n.) One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden..

Wrest :: Wrest (n.) A partition in a water wheel, by which the form of the buckets is determined..

Rope :: Rope (v. t.) To partition, separate, or divide off, by means of a rope, so as to include or exclude something; as, to rope in, or rope off, a plot of ground; to rope out a crowd..

Pocket :: Pocket (n.) A hole or space covered by a movable piece of board, as in a floor, boxing, partitions, or the like..

Partitionment :: Partitionment (n.) The act of partitioning.

Divide :: Divide (v. t.) To make partition of among a number; to apportion, as profits of stock among proprietors; to give in shares; to distribute; to mete out; to share..

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