alkalescent

1. 1.

   tending to become alkaline; slightly alkaline

   Synonymsalcalescent

   Similaralkaline

Questions about alkalescent

What does alkalescent mean?

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

How many syllables are in alkalescent?

alkalescent has 4 syllables and divides as al-ka-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 alkalescent?

Close synonyms include alcalescent. 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.