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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ammonia \Am*mo"ni*a\, noun [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ammonia
noun
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
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