Ammonia

3 definitions found

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

  ammonia \am*mo"ni*a\ ([a^]m*m[=o]"n[i^]*[.a]), n. [From sal
     ammoniac, which was first obtaining near the temple of
     Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See {Ammoniac}.]
     (Chem.)
     A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, {NH3}, with a
     pungent smell and taste: -- often called {volatile alkali},


     and {spirits of hartshorn}. It is very soluble in water,
     forming a moderately alkaline solution, and is used in
     aqueous solution as a household cleaning agent, such as for
     cleaning grease from glass.
     [1913 Webster + PJC] Ammoniac

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ammonia
       n 1: a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3)
       2: a water solution of ammonia [syn: {ammonia water}, {ammonium
          hydroxide}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "ammonia":
     Dry Ice, Freon, acetylene, argon, asphyxiating gas, butane,
     carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, castor-bean meal, chlorine,
     coal gas, commercial fertilizer, compost, coolant, dressing, dung,
     enrichener, ethane, ether, ethyl chloride, ethylene, fertilizer,
     fluorine, formaldehyde, freezing mixture, guano, helium, hydrogen,
     ice, ice cubes, illuminating gas, krypton, lewisite, liquid air,
     liquid helium, liquid oxygen, manure, marsh gas, methane, muck,
     mustard gas, natural gas, neon, night soil, nitrate, nitrogen,
     organic fertilizer, oxygen, ozone, phosphate, poison gas, propane,
     radon, refrigerant, sewer gas, superphosphate, xenon