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adjectivebased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
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Definition that contains hypothetic
- academic hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result
- elixir hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- panacea hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
- nostrum hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
- ape-man hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
- universal solvent hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
- philosophers' stone hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
- missing link hypothetical organism formerly thought to be intermediate between apes and human beings
- alcahest hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
- catholicon hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists