#Adams

• Adams — An Anglo-Saxon surname extremely widespread across English-speaking countries, literally meaning 'son of Adam'. The name is closely tied to world history due to massive figures such as American presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams, writer Douglas Adams, or photographer Ansel Adams, also serving as a toponym for various towns and landforms.
• Adamsite — A toxic synthetic chemical substance belonging to the organic arsenical class, historically used as a riot control agent or irritating sneeze gas during World War I. Scientifically known as phenarsazine chloride, this crystalline compound causes severe respiratory tract irritation, violent sneezing, nausea, and headaches upon inhalation, currently classified as a chemical weapon banned by international treaties.
• Adamstown — The sole permanent settlement and official capital of the Pitcairn Islands, an isolated British Overseas Territory located in the southern Pacific Ocean. The locality houses the entire population of the island (a few dozen residents), primarily composed of the direct descendants of the famous mutineers from the British ship HMS Bounty and their Tahitian companions who settled there in 1790.