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alkahest

/'ælkə,hɛst/

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noun
hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
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alcahest universal solvent

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dissolvent dissolver dissolving agent resolvent solvent

Definition that contains alkahest

alchemist one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
alkahestic of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist