Chapter Amidin to Amorphous of A by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Ammonia
(Am*mo"ni*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.

Ammoniac
(Am*mo"ni*ac Am`mo*ni"a*cal) a. Of or pertaining to ammonia, or possessing its properties; as, an ammoniac salt; ammoniacal gas.

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.

Ammoniac
(Am*mo"ni*ac (or Gum` am*mo"ni*ac) , n. [L. Ammoniacum, Gr. a resinous gum, said to distill from a tree near the temple of Jupiter Ammon; cf. F. ammoniac. See Ammonite.] (Med.) The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

Ammoniated
(Am*mo"ni*a`ted) a. (Chem.) Combined or impregnated with ammonia.

Ammonic
(Am*mo"nic) a. Of or pertaining to ammonia.

Ammonite
(Am"mon*ite) n. [L. cornu Ammonis born of Ammon; L. Ammon, Gr. an appellation of Jupiter, as represented with the horns of a ram. It was originally the name of an. Egyptian god, Amun.] (Paleon.) A fossil cephalopod shell related to the nautilus. There are many genera and species, and all are extinct, the typical forms having existed only in the Mesozoic age, when they were exceedingly numerous. They differ from the nautili in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

Ammonitiferous
(Am`mon*i*tif"er*ous) a. [Ammonite + -ferous.] Containing fossil ammonites.

Ammonitoidea
(||Am*mon`i*toid"e*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

Ammonium
(Am*mo"ni*um) n. [See Ammonia.] (Chem.) A compound radical, NH₄, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

Ammunition
(Am`mu*ni"tion) n. [F. amunition, for munition, prob. caused by taking la munition as l'amunition. See Munition.]

1. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. [Obs.]

2. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.

3. Any stock of missiles, literal or figurative.

Ammunition bread, shoes, etc., such as are contracted for by government, and supplied to the soldiers. [Eng.]

Ammunition
(Am`mu*ni"tion) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ammunitioned ; p pr. & vb. n. Ammunitioning.] To provide with ammunition.