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ammonia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ammonia has 2 senses
- ammonia(n = noun.substance) ammonia water, ammonium hydroxide - a water solution of ammonia; Array is a kind of liquid
- ammonia(n = noun.substance) Array - a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3); Array is a kind of binary compound
Derived form verb ammoniate1
has particulars: ammonium, ammonium ion
Derived form verb ammoniate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ammonia, n. [From sal ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See Ammoniac.].
A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3 , with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali , and spirits of hartshorn . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ammonia, n.
1 a colourless strongly alkaline gas with a characteristic pungent smell.
1 a colourless strongly alkaline gas with a characteristic pungent smell.
Usage
Chem. formula: NH3 2 (in full ammonia water) (in general use) a solution of ammonia gas in water.
Etymology
mod.L f. SAL AMMONIAC
THESAURUS
ammonia
Dry Ice, Freon, acetylene, argon, asphyxiating gas, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, castor-bean meal, chlorine, coal gas, commercial fertilizer, compost, coolant, dressing, dung, enrichener, ethane, ether, ethyl chloride, ethylene, fertilizer, fluorine, formaldehyde, freezing mixture, guano, helium, hydrogen, ice, ice cubes, illuminating gas, krypton, lewisite, liquid air, liquid helium, liquid oxygen, manure, marsh gas, methane, muck, mustard gas, natural gas, neon, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen, organic fertilizer, oxygen, ozone, phosphate, poison gas, propane, radon, refrigerant, sewer gas, superphosphate, xenonROGET THESAURUS
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Gaseity
N gaseity, vaporousness, flatulence, flatulency, volatility, aeration, aerification, elastic fluid, gas, air, vapor, ether, steam, essence, fume, reek, effluvium, flatus, cloud, ammonia, ammoniacal gas, volatile alkali, vacuum, partial vacuum, pneumatics, pneumatostatics, aerostatics, aerodynamics, gasmeter, gasometer, air bladder, swimming bladder, sound, (of a fish), gaseous, aeriform, ethereal, aerial, airy, vaporous, volatile, evaporable, flatulent.
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