Words in english starting with A

• alkalescent — Adjective – English ～ tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline
• alkali — Noun – English ～ any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
• alkali — Noun – English ～ a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
• alkalic — Adjective – English ～ relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"
• alkalimetry — Noun – English ～ volumetric analysis using standard solutions of alkali to measure the amount of acid present
• alkaline — Adjective – English ～ relating to or containing an alkali; having a pH greater than 7; "alkaline soils derived from chalk or limestone"
• alkalinity — Noun – English ～ pH values above 7
• alkalinuria — Noun – English ～ a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
• alkaliser — Noun – English ～ an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
• alkalizer — Noun – English ～ an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach)
• alkaloid — Noun – English ～ natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
• alkaloidal — Adjective – English ～ pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids
• alkalosis — Noun – English ～ abnormally high alkalinity (low hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
• alkalotic — Adjective – English ～ marked by alkalosis (or a tendency toward alkalosis)
• alkaluria — Noun – English ～ a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
• alkane — Noun – English ～ a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)
• alkanet — Noun – English ～ perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
• alkapton — Noun – English ～ an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
• alkaptonuria — Noun – English ～ a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and the presence of alkapton in the urine
• alkene — Noun – English ～ any unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon

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