ammoniacal
Americanadjective
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consisting of, containing, or using ammonia.
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like ammonia.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ammoniacal
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
Increase of ammoniacal nitrogen has taken place to an extraordinary degree in these eggs, indicating much decomposition of the egg protein.
From Food Poisoning by Jordan, Edwin Oakes
In the preparation of archil liquor the principles which yield the dye are separated from the ligneous tissue of the lichens, agitated with a hot ammoniacal solution, and exposed to the action of air.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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