ALKALIS

  

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ALKALIS

Definition: ALKALIS

ALKALIS

Plural

1. Of Alkali

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "ALKALIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)

Crosswords: ALKALIS

English words defined with "ALKALIS": acid-base balance, acid-base equilibriumhypothesisozonepossibilitytheory. (references)
Specialty definitions using "ALKALIS": arsenious acid, arsenious oxide, As2O3Crizzlingde-gummed silk, discharged silkhumic acidIonic Theorymercerised cellulose, mercerized cellulose, mine waterrat poison. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: ALKALIS

SubjectTopicQuote

Civil Liberties

Nigeria

The Constitution prohibits state and local governments from adopting an official religion; however, some Christians have alleged that Islam has been adopted as the de facto state religion of several northern states, given the reintroduction of Shari'a criminal law, and the continued use of state resources to fund the construction of mosques, the teaching of Alkalis (Muslim judges), and pilgrimages to Mecca (Hajj). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: ALKALIS

"ALKALIS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ALKALIS" is used about 47 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)100%4749,740

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: ALKALIS

Language Translations for "ALKALIS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

(Alkali, Alkalies). (various references)

   

German

  

Alkalien (lyes), Laugen (leach, lye, lyes). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καυστικά αλκάλια (lyes), βάσεις (fundamentals, lyes). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

알칼리 (Alkali, Alkalies). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alkalisay

   

Spanish

  

pl. de alkali (alkalies). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: ALKALIS

Derivations

Words beginning with "ALKALIS": alkalise, alkalised, alkalises, alkalising. (additional references)


Misspellings

"ALKALIS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alkai, alkal, alkalai, Alliali, Alrakis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: ALKALIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-i-k-l-l-s"

-1 letter: alkali.

-2 letters: alias, kails, kills, salal, skill.

-3 letters: aals, ails, alas, alls, ilka, ilks, ills, kaas, kail, kill, sail, saki, sall, sial, silk, sill.

-4 letters: aal, aas, ail, ais, ala, all, als, ask, ilk, ill, kas, las, lis, sal, ska, ski.

-5 letters: aa, ai, al, as, is, ka, la, li, si.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-i-k-l-l-s"
 

+1 letter: alkalies, alkalise.

 

+2 letters: alkalised, alkalises, alkalizes, alkaloids, alkalosis.

 

+3 letters: alkalifies, alkalising, balalaikas, blackmails, blacktails, kilopascal.

 

+4 letters: alkalinizes, alkylations, kilopascals.

 

+5 letters: alkalimeters, alkalinities, blackmailers, galligaskins, leukoplakias.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ALKALIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 4C 4B 41 4C 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    .-..    -.-    .-    .-..    ..    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01001100 01001011 01000001 01001100 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#76 &#75 &#65 &#76 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 004C 004B 0041 004C 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

35464535464353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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