(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.

Producing or generating alkali.

(geology) Relating to, containing or characteristic of alkali basalt

plural of alkalide

(chemistry) A chemical compound in which alkali metals are anions (i.e. they bear a negative charge).

plural of alkalinophile

plural of alkaline-earth

plural of alkaline-earth metal

An alternative to cremation in which a dead body is dissolved in caustic soda solution (potassium hydroxide, KOH)

(geology) Any alkaline feldspar