Usually means: Universal solvent in alchemical lore.
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  1. alkahest: Merriam-Webster
  2. alkahest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alkahest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. alkahest: Collins English Dictionary
  5. alkahest: Vocabulary.com
  6. alkahest: Wordnik
  7. alkahest: Wiktionary
  8. alkahest: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. alkahest: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Alkahest, alkahest: Dictionary.com
  11. alkahest: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Alkahest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Alkahest: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. alkahest: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. alkahest: Rhymezone
  16. Alkahest: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. alkahest: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Alkahest: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. alkahest: FreeDictionary.org
  20. alkahest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. alkahest: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. alkahest: Merriam-Webster

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(Note: See alkahestic as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alkahest)

▸ noun:  (now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists.

Similar:
alcahest, universal solvent, aqua vitae, tincture, kerotakis, alkalizer, alkalinizer, spirit of wine, phlegm, elixation, more...

Opposite:
acid, corrosive, acidic, sour

Types:
aquregia, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, more...
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Similar:
alcahest, universal solvent, aqua vitae, tincture, kerotakis, alkalizer, alkalinizer, spirit of wine, phlegm, elixation, more...

Opposite:
acid, corrosive, acidic, sour

Types:
aquregia, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, more...



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