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ammoniacal

UK/aməˈnʌɪəkəl/

ammoniacal adjective: pertaining to or containing ammonia.

Adjective

ammoniacal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to or containing ammonia.
    • A quick scent, sweet and ammoniacal, rose from her pubis.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 231
    • Hawaijar is a naturally fermented soybean food of Meitei people in Manipur or elsewhere. It is alkaline, non salted, sticky and slightly ammoniacal making it slightly pungent.2013 August, Thangjam Anand Singh et al., “Hawaijar – An ethnic vegan fermented soybean food of Manipur, India: A comprehensive review”, in Food Research International, volume 170

ammoniacal meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ammoniacal in Tamil

அமோனியாவுக்குரிய, அம்மோனியா சேர்ந்த

ammoniacal in Bengali

অ্যামোনিয়া সংক্রান্ত, অ্যামোনিয়া যুক্ত

Origin of ammoniacal

From ammoniac + -al.

Questions about ammoniacal

What does ammoniacal mean?
Ammoniacal means pertaining to or containing ammonia.
What is ammoniacal in Tamil?
Ammoniacal in Tamil is அமோனியாவுக்குரிய, அம்மோனியா சேர்ந்த. See Ammoniacal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ammoniacal?
Ammoniacal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ammoniacal?
Ammoniacal is pronounced /aməˈnʌɪəkəl/ (UK).

Words near ammoniacal in the dictionary

  1. ammonia caramels
  2. ammonia process
  3. ammonia water
  4. ammonia-soda process
  5. ammoniac
  6. ammoniacal
  7. ammoniacum
  8. ammoniagenesis
  9. ammonialike
  10. ammonialyase
  11. ammonialyases

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ammoniacal (page history and authors); ammoniacal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ammoniacal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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