Definitions for Ammonites

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Ammonites am·mo·nite

Spelling: [am-uh-nahyt]

IPA: /ˈæm əˌnaɪt/

Ammonites is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 614 anagrams from letters in Ammonites (aeimmnost).

Definitions for Ammonites

noun

1. the coiled, chambered fossil shell of an ammonoid.
2. a nitrogenous mixture consisting chiefly of dried animal fats, usually obtained from livestock carcasses, and used as a fertilizer.
3. an inhabitant of Ammon.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ammonites.

Origin of Ammonites

1700-10; New Latin Ammonites Medieval Latin (cornū) Ammōn(is) (literally, horn of Ammon) + -ītes -ite¹; fossil so called from its

Examples for Ammonites

The ammonites on the east were ever eager to push their borders to the Jordan.

It was in the Jurassic that the ammonites reached their height.

Of this kind is the war of Jephthah against the ammonites, in defence of their borders.

He, after this, overthrew the ammonites, and appointed that they should pay tribute.

When was it ever known that the ammonites proved wanting to their own interests?

Now that the Syrians had been defeated, there could be no difficulty with the ammonites.

On the one hand they were attacked by the ammonites, and on the other, by the Philistines.

The ammonites did not wait for a formal declaration of war by David.

And when he had done this, he came to the king of the ammonites.

The ammonites also paid tribute to Uzziah, for he became very strong.