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A dweller in Flam (or Susiana), an ancient kingdom of Southwestern Asia, afterwards a province of Persia.

A gothamist.

One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [U. S.]

A fossil cephalopod of the genus Hamites, related to the ammonites, but having the last whorl bent into a hooklike form.

Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. Hamitic languages, the group of languages spoken mainly in the Sahara, Egypt, Galla, and Somâli Land, and supposed to be allied to the Semitic. Keith Johnson.

The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera.

A Mohammedan.

Of or pertaining to Islam; Mohammedan.

A mineral occurring in small, green, transparent, monoclinic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of iron.

The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.

An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.

Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.

A species of silk stuff, or taffeta, generally interwoven with gold. Tennyson. In silken samite she was light arrayed. Spenser.

A variety of epidote, of a reddish color, found in Scotland.

Tungstate of iron and manganese, generally of a brownish or grayish black color, submetallic luster, and high specific gravity. It occurs in cleavable masses, and also crystallized. Called also wolfram.

A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.

stile opposition to; unfavorable; unpropitious; contrary to one's wishes; unfortunate; calamitous; afflictive; hurtful; as, adverse fates, adverse circumstances, things adverse. Happy were it for us all if we bore prosperity as well and wisely as we endure an adverse fortune. Southey. Adverse possession (Law), a posses…

insic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

o be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

ave transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.