| Adamical | { } a. Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adamic earth, a name given to common red clay, from a notion that Adam means red earth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Variants: Adamic |
| Adamite | n. [ From Adam. ] 1. A descendant of Adam; a human being. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| macadamia | n. 1. any tree of the genus Macadamia, especially Macadamia ternifolia.
Syn. -- macadamia tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ] 2. A macadamia nut. [ PJC ] |
| macadamia nut | n. The hard-shelled nut of the Macadamia ternifolia, or the delicious edible nut without its shell; large quantities are produced in Hawaii and sold commercially. [ PJC ] |
| Macadamization | n. The process or act of macadamizing. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Macadamize | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Macadamized p. pr. & vb. n. Macadamizing. ] [ From John Loudon McAdam, who introduced the process into Great Britain in 1816. ] To cover, as a road, or street, parking lot, playground, or other flat area, with macadam, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface.
Syn. -- tarmac. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| macadamized | adj. 1. paved with macadam{ 2 }.
Syn. -- asphalt, tarmac, tarmacadam. [ WordNet 1.5 ] Variants: macadam |
| Preadamic | a. Prior to Adam. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Preadamite | n. [ Cf. F. préadamite. ] 1. An inhabitant of the earth before Adam. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who holds that men existed before Adam. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Preadamitic | a. Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods. [ 1913 Webster ] |
