Definition of Alcalescent

1. Adjective. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.

Exact synonyms: Alkalescent
Similar to: Alkalic, Alkaline

Definition of Alcalescent

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of alkalescent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcalescent

albutoin
alc
alcade
alcades
alcaftadine
alcahest
alcahests
alcaic
alcaics
alcaid
alcaide
alcaides
alcaids
alcalde
alcaldes
alcalescent (current term)
alcaligenes
alcalimeter
alcalimeters
alcanna
alcapton
alcarraza
alcator
alcator scaling
alcatote
alcatotes
alcatras
alcavala
alcavalas

Literary usage of Alcalescent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley in Verse and Prose, Now First Brought by Robert Browning, W. Tyas Harden, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harry Buxton Forman, William Groser (1880)
"The water here is villanous, and I have suffered tortures; but I now drink nothing but alcalescent water, and am much relieved. I have the greatest trouble ..."

2. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants: With an Easy Introduction to the by William Withering (1801)
"In some parts of Ireland 'they eat them plentifully with milk, alternately biting and supping. The Irish also eat them with fish, and other alcalescent ..."

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