Word: alkalized
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: al
ka
lized
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of alkalize; turn basic and less acidic
Morphemes:
Affix: alkali
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: alcali
Language: fr
Decoded: alcali
PoS: Noun
Meaning: alkali
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -d
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.