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Alkalize

To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Alkali 74% connected

Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.

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Alkali 74% connected

Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.

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Base 74% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Base 74% connected

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Alkalify 92% connected

To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.

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Basify 92% connected

To convert into a salifiable base.

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Acid noun · 78% connection

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetab…

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Albuminate noun · 78% connection

A substance produced by the action of an alkali upon albumin, and resembling casein in its properties; also, a compound formed by the…

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Alkalescency noun · 78% connection

A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant.

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Alkalescent adjective · 78% connection

Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.

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Alkalies pl. · 78% connection

of Alkali

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Alkalifiable adjective · 78% connection

Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.

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Alkalimeter noun · 78% connection

An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.

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Alkaline adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.

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Alkalinity noun · 78% connection

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.

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Alkalis pl. · 78% connection

of Alkali

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Alkalization noun · 78% connection

The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.

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Alkaloidal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.

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Alum noun · 78% connection

A double sulphate formed of aluminium and some other element (esp. an alkali metal) or of aluminium. It has twenty-four molecules of w…

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Ammonia noun · 78% connection

A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hart…

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Ammonium noun · 78% connection

A compound radical, NH4, having the chemical relations of a strongly basic element like the alkali metals.

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Antacid noun · 78% connection

A remedy for acidity of the stomach, as an alkali or absorbent.

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Atomic number 11 noun · 78% connection

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); bur…

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Atomic number 19 noun · 78% connection

a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently with water; is abun…

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