Clues for the word "ALKALI"
We've had 73 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 205 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on May 15, 2026.
Definition of alkali
- n. - Soda ash; caustic soda, caustic potash, etc.
- n. - One of a class of caustic bases, such as 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.
Referring Clues
- Acid neutralizer
- Poor soil ingredient
- Soluble mineral salt
- Potassium hydroxide is one
- Acid-neutralizing compound
- It's basic
- Lye, e.g.
- Basic stuff
- Calcium hydroxide, for one
- Its pH is higher than 7
- It turns litmus paper blue
- Sodium, e.g.
- Chemical base
- Basic
- Chemist's base
- It turns litmus blue
- Base
- Basic solution
- High-pH hydroxide
- Soluble salts
- Chemical compound
- Soluble salt mixture
- Acid's opposite
- High-pH chemical
- High-pH substance
- Lye, for one
- Basic subject in chemistry?
- Acid opposer
- It has a pH above 7.0
- Its pH is more than 7
- High-pH compound
- Caustic solution
- Strong base
- Soluble salt
- Acid-neutralizing base
- Basic thing
- Base, frequently
- ___ metals (periodic table group)
- Mineral salt found in arid soil
- Potassium hydroxide, e.g.
- Basic material
- Any element in the first column of the periodic table, except hydrogen
- Caustic potash, e.g.
- Acid's counterpart
- It has basic properties
- Acid neutralizing base
- High-pH solution
- Blue litmus indicator
- Substance with a pH higher than 7
- Acid neutraliser
- Substance with pH of over 7
- A large and violent goddess that reacts with 6
- Brit not quite overcome by a task all too tricky for Li Na?
- In pH terms, not acid
- Base material
- Substance turning litmus blue
- Chemical that's partly chalk - a little soft
- One left with the destroyer makes for blue paper
- Soluble compound that turns litmus paper blue
- 36-Across neutralizer
- Jolson's link with Hindu goddess is something basic
- Piece of chalk for a pupil, a destroyer
- A neutralizer
- U-turn from acid
- Compound such as chalk a litmus test reveals
- Acid opposite
- Base compound
- Corrosive substance
- Basic substance
- Basic stuff?
- Base that dissolves in water
- Basic compound
- Lab word
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - May 15, 2026
- Daily Quick - April 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - April 16, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 24, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2026
- LA Times - February 01, 2026
- Mirror Mini - December 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 17, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 17, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 11, 2025
- Daily American - August 16, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 08, 2025
- New York Times - June 30, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 05, 2025
- Family Time - February 02, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 24, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 13, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 01, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 20, 2024
- Daily Quick - July 13, 2024
- LA Times - June 12, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 14, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 06, 2024
- Daily Quick - April 23, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 08, 2024
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