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Ammonia
n.
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A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
Ammoniac
a.
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Alt. of Ammoniacal
Ammoniacal
a.
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Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
Ammoniac
n.
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Alt. of Gum ammoniac
Gum ammoniac
n.
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The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.
Ammoniated
a.
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Combined or impregnated with ammonia.
Ammonic
a.
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Of or pertaining to ammonia.
Ammonite
n.
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A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.
Ammonitiferous
a.
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Containing fossil ammonites.
Ammonitoidea
n. pl.
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An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.
Ammonium
n.
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A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.
Ammunition
n.
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Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Ammunition
n.
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Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
Ammunition
n.
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Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.
Ammunitioned
imp. & p. p.
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of Ammunition
Ammunitioning
p pr. & vb. n.
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of Ammunition
Ammunition
v. t.
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To provide with ammunition.
Amnesia
n.
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Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.
Amnesic
a.
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Of or pertaining to amnesia.
Amnestic
a.
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Causing loss of memory.
Amnesty
v.
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Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
Amnesty
v.
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An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Amnestied
imp. p. p.
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of Amnesty
Amnestying
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Amnesty
Amnesty
v. t.
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To grant amnesty to.
Amnicolist
n.
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One who lives near a river.
Amnigenous
a.
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Born or bred in, of, or near a river.
Amnion
n.
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A thin membrane surrounding the embryos of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Amnios
n.
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Same as Amnion.
Amniota
n. pl.
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That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.