BASIC CHEMISTRY DEFINITIONS
www.warrenhills.org › cms › libBASIC CHEMISTRY DEFINITIONS. BASIC CHEMISTRY DEFINITIONS. Bases tend to taste bitter. Basic solutions are called alkaline. Bases feel slippery. They can react with the oils in the skin to form soap. Soap can be made by reacting fat with a base. Early soap-making with lye and animal fat. It is called saponification.