- Alcahest
- Alcahest \Al"ca*hest\, n. Same as {Alkahest}. [1913 Webster]
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alcahest — alcaest ou alcahest (al ka èst) s. m. 1° Terme d alchimie. Liqueur qui était supposée propre à guérir toute sorte d engorgements. 2° Dissolvant universel, capable de ramener tous les corps de la nature à leur première vie. ÉTYMOLOGIE Ce… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
alcahest — var. of ALKAHEST. * * * alcahest variant of alkahest … Useful english dictionary
Alcahest (video game) — Infobox VG| title = Alcahest developer = HAL Laboratory publisher = Square designer = Atsushi Kakuta (director) Jun Ishikawa (composer) Satoru Iwata (executive producer) engine = released = vgrelease|JP=December 17, 1993 genre = Action role… … Wikipedia
alcahest — /al keuh hest /, n. alkahest. * * * … Universalium
alcahest — noun variant spelling of alkahest … English new terms dictionary
alcahest — /ˈælkəhɛst/ (say alkuhhest) noun → alkahest …
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alkahest — (n.) universal solvent sought by alchemists, 1640s, from Fr. alcahest, from M.L. alcahest, a pseudo Arabic word coined by Paracelsus (see ALCHEMY (Cf. alchemy)) … Etymology dictionary
Alkahest — Al ka*hest, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled universal solvent of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. {Al ka*hes tic}, a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Alkahestic — Alkahest Al ka*hest, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled universal solvent of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. {Al… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
