Word Meanings - ALKALINITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.

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• ALKALI WASTE
  Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.
• ALKALINITY
  The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.
• QUALITY
  1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort; rank. We lived most joyful, obtaining acquaintance with many of the city not of the meanest
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• ALKALIZATE
  Alkaline. Boyle.
• THOMSONIANISM
  An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; -- from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts.
• ALKALIMETRY
  The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• ALKALIZATION
  The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
• ALKALIFY
  To become changed into an alkali.
• ALKALIZE
  To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
• THOMSON PROCESS
  A process of electric welding in which heat is developed by a large current passing through the metal.
• ALKALI
  One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammoma, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown
• PROPERTY
  All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites. I will draw a bill of properties. Shak. 6. Propriety; correctness. Camden. Literary property. See under Literary. -- Property man, one who has charge
• ALKALIMETRIC; ALKALIMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
• ALKALIFIABLE
  Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
• ALKALI FLAT
  A sterile plain, containing an excess of alkali, at the bottom of an undrained basin in an arid region; a playa.
• ALKALINE
  Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali. Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium,
• ALKALI SOIL
  Any one of various soils found in arid and semiarid regions, containing an unusual amount of soluble mineral salts which effloresce in the form of a powder or crust in dry weather following rains or irrigation. The basis of these salts is mainly
• ALKALIMETER
  An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• IMPROPERTY
  Impropriety.
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• ANTALKALI; ANTALKALINE
  Anything that neutralizes, or that counteracts an alkaline tendency in the system. Hoopplw.
• COEQUALITY
  The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
• ANTALKALINE
  Of power to counteract alkalies.