alcalescent

1. 1.

   tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline

   Synonymsalkalescent

   Similaralkaline

Questions about alcalescent

What does alcalescent mean?

alcalescent means "tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline".

How many syllables are in alcalescent?

alcalescent has 4 syllables and divides as al-ca-le-scent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for alcalescent?

Close synonyms include alkalescent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.