Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ammoniacal"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ammoniac \Am*mo"ni*ac\, Ammoniacal \Am`mo*ni"a*cal\, a.
Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties;
as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

{Ammoniacal engine}, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
is used as the motive force.

{Sal ammoniac} [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
{chloride of ammonium}, and formerly {muriate of ammonia}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ammoniacal
adj : pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia [syn: {ammoniac}]


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