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AMMONIACAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ammoniacal mean?
• AMMONIACAL (adjective)
The adjective AMMONIACAL has 1 sense:
1. pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia
Familiarity information: AMMONIACAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
ammoniac; ammoniacal
Pertainym:
ammonia (a pungent gas compounded of nitrogen and hydrogen (NH3))
Derivation:
ammoniac (the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant)
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