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ammoniacal

American  
[am-uh-nahy-uh-kuhl] / ˌæm əˈnaɪ ə kəl /

adjective

  1. consisting of, containing, or using ammonia.

  2. like ammonia.


ammoniacal British  
/ ˌæməˈnaɪəkəl /

adjective

  1. Also: ammoniac.  of, containing, using, or resembling ammonia

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of ammoniacal

First recorded in 1725–35; ammoniac + -al 1

Example Sentences

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Both nitrous and ammoniacal pollutants are continuously and rapidly accumulating in China's environment and contribute to aerosol formation.

From Scientific American • Feb. 27, 2013

The air of the cave is foul with the unpleasant ammoniacal odor of bats, whose excreta comes showering down.

From Time Magazine Archive

Offered by Dr. James M. Prime of Omaha, this procedure is to paint the teeth with ammoniacal silver nitrate which gives "instant warning" by darkening rotting enamel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stimulating applications to the abdomen should be employed, an ammoniacal blister, from its speedy action, being to be preferred.

From The Dog by Dinks

The hexammine salts are formed by the oxidizing action of air on dilute ammoniacal solutions of cobaltous salts, especially in presence of a large excess of ammonium chloride.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various