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One of the placoids.

Coming after the sun has passed the meridian; being in, or belonging to, the afternoon. (Abbrev. P. M.)

Of or pertaining to the day before, or yesterday. [R.] Thackeray.

A name given to several kinds of plums; as, red primordian, amber primordian, etc.

Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n.

A prosodist. Rush.

Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever.

Of or pertaining to the rachis; spinal; vertebral. Same as Rhachidian.

An arc of a circle which is equal to the radius, or the angle measured by such an arc.

The quality of being radiant; brilliancy; effulgence; vivid brightness; as, the radiance of the sun. Girt with omnipotence, with radiance crowned. Milton. What radiancy of glory, What light beyond compare ! Neale.

in beams or rays; beaming with brightness; emitting a vivid light or splendor; as, the radiant sun. Mark what radiant state she spreads. Milton.

A semiradial engine. See Radial engine, above.

In a radiant manner; with glittering splendor.

Of or pertaining to the rhachis; as, the rhachidian teeth of a mollusk.

Of or pertaining to Rhodes, an island of the Mediterranean. -- n.

A member of a religious sect founded by Kaspar von Schwenkfeld, a Silesian reformer who disagreed with Luther, especially on the deification of the body of Christ.

Any one of numerous species of lizards of the family Scincidæ or tribe Scincoidea. The tongue is not extensile. The body and tail are covered with overlapping scales, and the toes are margined. See Illust. under Skink.

ns that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian. Hammond.

The state of Solifidians.

Next to the median (on either side); as, the submedian teeth of mollusks.