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Alkahest   /ˈælkəhˌɛst/   Listen
noun
Alkahest  n.  The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Alkahest" Quotes from Famous Books



... liquescence[obs3], liquescency[obs3]; melting &c. (heat) 384; colliquation|, colliquefaction|; thaw; liquation|, deliquation|, deliquescence; lixiviation[obs3], dissolution. solution, apozem[obs3], lixivium[obs3], infusion, flux. solvent, menstruum, alkahest[obs3]. V. render liquid &c. 333; liquefy, run; deliquesce; melt &c. (heat) 384; solve; dissolve, resolve; liquate|; hold in solution; condense, precipitate, rain. Adj. liquefied &c. v., liquescent, liquefiable; deliquescent, ...
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