alkahestic

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alkahestic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

alkahestic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alkahestic
      adj 1: of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed
             to exist