Northumberland was the proudest man alive.
Clarendon.
Used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive!
Alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.
||A`li*za"ri (&?;), n. [Perh. fr. Ar. 'açrah juice extracted from a plant, fr. 'açara to press.] (Com.) The madder of the Levant. Brande & C.
A*liz"a*rin (&?;), n. [F. alizarine, fr. alizari.] (Chem.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds.
Al"ka*hest (&?;), n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic (&?;), a.
Al`kal*am"ide (&?;), n. [Alkali + amide.] (Chem.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
{ Al`ka*les`cence (&?;), Al`ka*les"cen*cy (&?;), } n. A tendency to become alkaline; or the state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominant. Ure.
Al`ka*les"cent (&?;), a. [Cf. F. alcalescent.] Tending to the properties of an alkali; slightly alkaline.
Al"ka*li (?; 277), n.; pl. Alkalis or Alkalies (&?;). [F. alcali, ultimately fr. Ar. alqal ashes of the plant saltwort, fr. qalay to roast in a pan, fry.] 1. Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
2. (Chem.) 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.
Fixed alkalies, potash and soda. -- Vegetable alkalies. Same as Alkaloids. -- Volatile alkali, ammonia, so called in distinction from the fixed alkalies.
Al"ka*li*fi`a*ble (&?;), a. [Cf. F. alcalifiable.] Capable of being alkalified, or converted into an alkali.
Al"ka*li*fy (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalified (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalifying.] [Alkali + -fly: cf. F. alcalifier.] To convert into an alkali; to give alkaline properties to.
Al"ka*li*fy, v. i. To become changed into an alkali.
Al`ka*lim"e*ter (&?;), n. [Alkali + -meter. cf. F. alcalimètre.] An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.
{ Al`ka*li*met"ric (&?;), Al`ka*li*met"ric*al (&?;), } a. Of or pertaining to alkalimetry.
Al`ka*lim"e*try (&?;), n. [Cf. F. alcalimètrie.] (Chem.) The art or process of ascertaining the strength of alkalies, or the quantity present in alkaline mixtures.
Al"ka*line (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. alcalin.] Of or pertaining to an alkali or to alkalies; having the properties of an alkali.
Alkaline earths, certain substances, as lime, baryta, strontia, and magnesia, possessing some of the qualities of alkalies. -- Alkaline metals, potassium, sodium, cæsium, lithium, rubidium. -- Alkaline reaction, a reaction indicating alkalinity, as by the action on limits, turmeric, etc.
Al`ka*lin"i*ty (&?;), n. The quality which constitutes an alkali; alkaline property. Thomson.