alkali -
a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
salt the taste experience when common salt is taken into the mouth
alkali -
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"
cyanuramide,
melamine a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
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Wiktionary
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alkali -
One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
alkali -
Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
Wikipedia
An alkali is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal element. Some authors also define an alkali as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7.
