Definition:
- (n.) Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
- (n.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, 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 several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
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alkali vs. alkalifiable
alkali vs. kaligenous
alkali vs. barilla
alkali vs. hepar
alkali vs. humin
alkalescent vs. alkali
alkali vs. alkalimetric
alkali vs. alkalimetry
alkali vs. phonolite
alkali vs. saponification
alkali vs. saponify
alkali vs. metalloid
alkali vs. corrode
alkali vs. leach
alkali vs. alkaloid
alkali vs. caustic
alkali vs. alkaline
alkali vs. potash
alkali vs. lithium
alkali vs. base
acidic vs. alkali
acid vs. alkali