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Alkalescent

Definition: Alkalescent

Alkalescent

Adjective

1. Tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Alkalescent \Al`ka*les"cent\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression alcalescent.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Alkalescent

Synonym: alcalescent (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Alkalescent

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

Albanian

  

pak i finjës. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قلوي الى حدما. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

леко алкален. (various references)

   

French

  

alkalescente. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lúgos jellegû. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

alkalescentay

   

Portuguese

  

alcalescente. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

слабощелочной. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

alkalni, bazni (alkali). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

alcalescente. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

alkalisi fazla. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Alkalescent"

Words rhyming with "alkalescent" (pronounced 'Al`ka*les"cent'): Acaulescent, Accrescent, Acquiescent, Adducent, Adipescent, Adnascent, Albescent, Arborescent, Candescent, Canescent, Caulescent, Cerulescent, Cinerescent, Circumjacent, Coalescent, Complacent, Conducent, Connascent, Contabescent, Decent, Dehiscent, Deliquescent, Delitescent, Depascent, Docent, Effervescent, Efflorescent, Enascent, Equicrescent, Erubescent, -escent, Evanescent, Excandescent, Excrescent, Exercent, Fervescent, Flavescent, Florescent, fluorescent, Fremescent, Frutescent, Gangrenescent, Glaucescent, Herbescent, ignescent, Inacquiescent, Incalescent, incandescent, Incanescent, Increscent. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Alkalescent

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-k-l-l-n-s-t"

-2 letters: castellan, lancelets.

-3 letters: alkanets, analects, callants, canellas, cleanest, escalate, kanteles, lacteals, lancelet, nacelles, skeletal, teacakes.

-4 letters: acetals, alkanes, alkanet, alkenes, anklets, anlaces, askance, callans, callant, callets, canella, cantles, caseate, catenae, catenas, celesta, centals, cetanes, cleanse, enlaces, kantele, lactase, lacteal, lactean, lancets, lankest, lateens, leanest, nacelle, scalene, sealant, slacken, tackles, teacake, tenaces.

-5 letters: acetal, ackees.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Alkalescent


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

41 6C 6B 61 6C 65 73 63 65 6E 74

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 01101100 01101011 01100001 01101100 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#108 &#107 &#97 &#108 &#101 &#115 &#99 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 006C 006B 0061 006C 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0074

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

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

3578776778718569718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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