AMMIRAL
Am"mi*ral, n.
Defn: An obsolete form of admiral. "The mast of some great ammiral."
Milton.
AMMITE
Am"mite, n. Etym: [Gr. (Geol.)
Defn: Oölite or roestone; — written also hammite. [Obs.]
AMMODYTE Am"mo*dyte, n. Etym: [L. ammodytes, Gr. (Zoöl.) (a) One of a genus of fishes; the sand eel. (b) A kind of viper in southern Europe. [Obs.]
AMMONAL
Am"mo*nal`, n. [Ammonium + aluminium.]
Defn: An explosive consisting of a mixture of powdered aluminium and nitrate of ammonium.
AMMONIA
Am*mo"ni*a, n. Etym: [From sal ammoniac, which was first obtaining
near the temple of Jupiter Ammon, by burning camel's dung. See
Ammoniac.] (Chem.)
Defn: A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: — often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.
AMMONIAC; AMMONIACAL
Am*mo"ni*ac, Am`mo*ni"a*cal, a.