Al"ka*li*zate (&?;), a. Alkaline. [Obs.] Boyle.
Al"ka*li**zate (&?;), v. t. To alkalizate. [R.] Johnson.
Al`ka*li*za"tion (&?;), n. [Cf. F. alcalisation.] The act rendering alkaline by impregnating with an alkali; a conferring of alkaline qualities.
Al"ka*lize (l"k*lz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alkalized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Alkalizing (&?;).] [Cf. F. alcaliser.] To render alkaline; to communicate the properties of an alkali to.
{ Al"ka*loid (l"k*loid), Al`ka*loid"al (l`k*loid"al), } a. [Alkali + -oid: cf. F. alcaloïde.] Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Al"ka*loid (l"k*loid), n. (Chem.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
Alkaloids 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.
Al"ka*net (&?;), n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alheña, in which al is the Ar. article. See Henna, and cf. Orchanet.] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon.
Al*kar"gen (&?;), n. [Alkarsin + oxygen.] (Chem.) Same as Cacodylic acid.
Al*kar"sin (&?;), n. [Alkali + arsenic + -in.] (Chem.) A spontaneously inflammable liquid, having a repulsive odor, and consisting of cacodyl and its oxidation products; -- called also Cadel's fuming liquid.
Al*ka"zar (&?;). See Alcazar.
Al`ke*ken"gi (&?;), n. [Cf. F. alkékenge, Sp. alquequenje, ultimately fr. Ar. al- kkanj a kind of resin from Herat.] (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.
Al*ker"mes (&?;), n. [Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See Kermes.] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient.
Al"ko*ran (?; 277), n. The Mohammedan Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran.
Al`ko*ran"ic (&?;), a. Same as Alcoranic.
Al`ko*ran"ist, n. Same as Alcoranist.
All (&?;), a. [OE. al, pl. alle, AS. eal, pl. ealle, Northumbrian alle, akin to D. & OHG. al, Ger. all, Icel. allr. Dan. al, Sw. all, Goth. alls; and perh. to Ir. and Gael. uile, W. oll.] 1. The whole quantity, extent, duration, amount, quality, or degree of; the whole; the whole number of; any whatever; every; as, all the wheat; all the land; all the year; all the strength; all happiness; all abundance; loss of all power; beyond all doubt; you will see us all (or all of us).
Prove all things: hold fast that which is good.
1 Thess. v. 21.