Ammoniacal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  ammoniac \am*mo"ni*ac\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]*[a^]k), Ammoniacal
  \Am`mo*ni"a*cal\ ([a^]m`m[-o]*n[imac]"[.a]*kal), a.
     Of, pertaining, or containing ammonia, or possessing its
     properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {Ammoniacal engine}, an engine in which the vapor of ammonia
        is used as the motive force.
  
     {Sal ammoniac} [L. sal ammoniacus], the salt usually called
        {chloride of ammonium}, and formerly {muriate of ammonia}.
        [1913 Webster] Gum ammoniac

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ammoniacal
       adj : pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia [syn: {ammoniac}]