Word not found... didn't you mean a compound formed from ammonia?

[amedia]

Got this from cimmerianwillow, who got it from cortese. You go to
http://www.m-w.com (Merriam-Webster dictionary online) and type in your username, and see what it suggests.

Suggestions for amedia:
1. Ahmed III
2. acedia
3. amide
4. amidase
5. amides
6. amid
7. Amami
8. Emden
9. amido
10. Amati
11. aramid


3, 4, 5, 9, and 11 are all related words referring to compounds derived from ammonia, which may be organic or inorganic depending on what atom or molecule you replace with what.

My favorite, though, is Ahmed III, who turned out to be a 17th-century Ottoman sultan.

And I am highly, highly tickled by #10, because Jack and Stephen are always burbling about various makes of violin, and I'm pretty sure I've run across mentions of Amati at least once so far in the Aubrey/Maturin books, so it's actually sorta relevant.

Comments

[cimmerianwillow.livejournal.com]

lol Ammonia aside, you got some pretty neat answers! And I agree, the Ahmed III one is just *too* funny. Although I thought 2 was pretty neat, and 10, as you mentioned.

Memoriter is a word? In English?

[meritahut.livejournal.com]

M-W accuses me of various forms of Mariolatry, apparently partaken of while smoking marihuana no doubt to meliorate the confusion merited when one is actually a stuffy Anglican. Not nearly as exciting as your list :-P