Defn: Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.
ALKALIZATE
Al"ka*li**zate, v. t.
Defn: To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.
ALKALIZATION
Al`ka*li*za"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. alcalisation.]
Defn: The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
ALKALIZE
Al"ka*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Alkalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. alcaliser.]
Defn: To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
ALKALOID
Al"ka*loid, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
Note: Alcaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen, and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.