alkalify
/alˈkalɪfʌɪ/ /ˈalkəlɪfʌɪ/Chemistry
verb
1 [with object] To make alkaline; (in early use) to convert into an alkali.
2 [no object] To become alkaline, or an alkali. rare.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Nicholson (1753–1815), chemist and inventor. From alkali + -fy.
- nitrogen trioxide
- nitroglauberite
- nitroglucose
- nitroglycerin
- nitroglycerine
- nitroglycol
- nitro group
- nitrohydrochloric acid
- nitroimidazole
- nitrolic acid
- nitrolim
- nitrolime
- nitromagnesite
- nitromannite
- nitromesidine
- nitrometer
- nitromethane
- nitron
- nitronaphthalene
- nitrone
- nitronium
- nitroparaffin
- nitrophenol
- nitrophile
- nitrophilic