| NOUN | substance | elixir | a sweet flavored liquid / liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste |
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| substance | elixir, philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone | hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold | |
| food | elixir | a substance believed to cure all ills |
| Sounds | ihlih'kser | |
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| Rhymes | Acer ... Wurlitzer: 99 rhymes with ser... | |
| Meaning | A sweet flavored liquid / liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste. | |
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| Broader | liquid | fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume |
| Spanish | elixir | |
| Catalan | elixir | |
| Meaning | hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold. | |
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| Synonyms | philosopher's stone, philosophers' stone | |
| Broader | substance | A particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties |
| Spanish | elixir, piedra filosofal | |
| Catalan | elixir, pedra filosofal | |
| Meaning | A substance believed to cure all ills. | |
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| Narrower | elixir of life | A hypothetical substance believed to maintain life indefinitely |
| Broader | panacea, nostrum, catholicon, cure-all | hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases |
| potion | A medicinal or magical or poisonous beverage | |
| Spanish | elíxir, elixir | |
| Catalan | elixir | |
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