ammoniate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Etymology
Origin of ammoniate
1835–45; ammoni(a) + -ate 1 ammoniate ( for def. 1 ), -ate 2 ammoniate ( for def. 2 )
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The substances are: Ethereal oil, chlorophyl, hop tannin, phlobaphen, a wax-like substance, the sulphate, ammoniate, phosphate, citrate and malates of potash, arabine, a crystallized white and an amorphous brown resin, and a bitter principle.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
It was in those wavelengths that Dawn investigator Carle Pieters and her colleagues spied the signature of ammoniated phyllosilicates, which are minerals similar to clays on Earth, mixed in with other materials.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2015
Dawn’s discovery of ammoniated clays on the world’s surface—reported November 9 at the Division for Planetary Sciences annual meeting—points to this intriguing scenario.
From National Geographic ● Nov. 10, 2015
Stevenson’s executive director, George W. Ball, warned reporters that Eisenhower’s people were about to merchandise him in TV spots as if he were “soap, ammoniated toothpaste, hair tonic or bubble gum.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 30, 2015
Some freckle removers contain ammoniated mercury, a caustic poison that eats the skin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In America he is called a "druggist," but "chemist" is better, even though it confuses a mere peddler of ammoniated quinine with Sir William Ramsay and Sir William Crookes.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
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