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alkaline
adjective as in being basic, not acid (chemically)
Example Sentences
Darkness clings to the sky as thousands of bikers zoom across a dusty alkaline flat in search of a sunrise set, hoping to outpace the gash of periwinkle light bleeding over the horizon.
White bones of fallen equines rest in the alkaline meadows.
The process uses hot water mixed with an alkaline lye solution, so it’s more environmentally friendly than standard cremation, and usually more expensive.
He said that the DMK alkaline washes have been so effective that his scars have softened in his arm and nearly faded on his chest.
The alkaline water with rich mineral composition is the only natural hot spring that flows directly into a building left uncapped in central Los Angeles.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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