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Pertaining to, or derived from, vegetable mold; as, humic acid. See Humin.

The act or practice of lying on the ground. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.

Containing sensible moisture; damp; moist; as, a humidair or atmosphere; somewhat wet or watery; as, humid earth; consisting of water or vapor. Evening cloud, or humid bow. Milton.

Moisture; dampness; a moderate degree of wetness, which is perceptible to the eye or touch; -- used especially of the atmosphere, or of anything which has absorbed moisture from the atmosphere, as clothing.

Humidity.

Spread over the surface of the ground; procumbent. Gray.

Humiliating; humbling. "Humiliant thoughts." [R.] Mrs. Browning.

To reduce to a lower position in one's own eyes, or in the eyes of others; to humble; to mortify. We stand humiliated rather than encouraged. M. Arnold.

The act of humiliating or humbling; abasement of pride; mortification. Bp. Hopkins.

The state or quality of being humble; freedom from pride and arrogance; lowliness of mind; a modest estimate of one's own worth; a sense of one's own unworthiness through imperfection and sinfulness; self-abasement; humbleness. Serving the Lord with all humility of mind. Acts xx. 19.

also produced by the action of acids on certain sugars and carbohydrates; -- called also humic acid, ulmin, gein, ulmic or geic acid, etc.

A fragrant balsam obtained from Brazilian trees of the genus Humirium.

A mineral of a transparent vitreous brown color, found in the ejected masses of Vesuvius. It is a silicate of iron and magnesia, containing fluorine.

Having no awns or no horns; as, hummelcorn; a hummel cow. [Scot.]

One who, or a machine which, hummels.

One who, or that which, hums; one who applauds by humming. Ainsworth.

A sound like that made by bees; a low, murmuring sound; a hum. Hummingale, lively or strong ale. Dryden. -- Humming bird (Zoöl.), any bird of the family Trochilidæ, of which over one hundred genera are known, including about four hundred species. They are found only in America and are most abundant in the tropics. The…

A rounded knoll or hillock; a rise of ground of no great extent, above a level surface.

The process of forming hummocks in the collision of Arctic ice. Kane.

Abounding in hummocks.