Part 312

<h1>Alkalimeter</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`ka*lim"e*ter</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Alkali</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>. cf. F. <ets>alcalim\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.</def>

<h1>Alkalimetric, Alkalimetrical</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw><hw>Al`ka*li*met"ric</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al`ka*li*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.</def>

<h1>Alkalimetry</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`ka*lim"e*try</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alcalim\'8atrie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.</def>

<h1>Alkaline</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"ka*line</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alcalin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.</def>

<cs><col>Alkaline earths</col>, <cd>certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies.</cd> -- <col>Alkaline metals</col>, <cd>potassium, sodium, c\'91sium, lithium, rubidium.</cd> -- <col>Alkaline reaction</col>, <cd>a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Alkalinity</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`ka*lin"i*ty</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property.</def>

<i>Thomson.</i>

<h1>Alkalious</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al*ka"li*ous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Alkaline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Alkalizate</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"ka*li*zate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Alkaline.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Alkalizate</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"ka*li**zate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To alkalizate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Alkalization</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al`ka*li*za"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alcalisation</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.</def>

<h1>Alkalize</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"ka*lize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Alkalized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Alkalizing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>alcaliser</ets>.]</ety> <def>To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.</def>

<h1>Alkaloid, Alkaloidal</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw><hw>Al"ka*loid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>Al`ka*loid"al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Alkali</ets> + <ets>-oid</ets>: cf. F. <ets>alcalo\'8bde</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.</def>

<h1>Alkaloid</h1> <Xpage=39>

<hw>Al"ka*loid</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.</def>