alkali
Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Synonyms
- base
A kind of
- compound
Related words
- alkalaemia
- alkalamide
- alkalemia
- alkalescent
- alkalibiont
- alkalibiontic
- alkalic
- alkaliferous
- alkalify
- alkaligenous
- alkalimeter
- alkalimetric
Word history
From Arabic "قلي" (اَلْقِلْي).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “alkali” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.