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The act of dimidiating or halving; the state of being dimidiate.

Epidermal. [R.]

Descended from Fatima, the daughter and only child of Mohammed. -- n.

Formidableness. Walpole.

ed to fear the formodable sight. Dryden. I swell my preface into a volume, and make it formidable, when you see so many pages behind. Drydn.

The quality of being formidable, or adapted to excite dread. Boyle.

In a formidable manner.

Very much afraid. [Obs.] Bailey.

Smoky; vaporous. Sir T. Broune.

The state of being fumid; smokiness.

Any species of Old World geckoes of the genus Hemidactylus. The hemidactyls have dilated toes, with two rows of plates beneath.

The lesser third. Busby.

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.

One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.

A compound of hydrobromic acid with a base; -- distinguished from a bromide, in which only the bromine unites with the base.

A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form; as, succinimi…

Pertaining to, containing, or combined with, the radical NH, which is called the imido group. Imido acid, an organic acid, consisting of one or more acid radicals so united with the imido group that it contains replaceable acid hydrogen, and plays the part of an acid; as, uric acid, succinimide, etc., are imido acids.…

Not formidable; not to be feared or dreaded. [Obs.] "Foe not informidable." Milton.