ammoniacal

American  

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

adjective

1. consisting of, containing, or using ammonia.

2. like ammonia.

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ammoniacal British  

/ ˌæməˈnaɪəkəl /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of ammoniacal

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Water thus saturated with ammoniac has usually been termed volatile alkaline fluor; we shall call it either simply ammoniac, or liquid ammoniac, and ammoniacal gas when it exists in the aëriform state.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

An ammoniacal solution of silver nitrate is reduced by chloral; and nascent hydrogen converts it into aldehyde.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various