HyperDic: alcahest

English > 1 sense of the word alcahest:
NOUNsubstancealcahest, alkahest, universal solventhypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
English > alcahest: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
Meaninghypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.
Synonymsalkahest, universal solvent
Broadersolvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolventA liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
Spanishalcahest, alkahest
Catalanalcahest, alkahest

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