Usually means: Dissolves most substances it contacts.
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  1. universal solvent: Merriam-Webster
  2. universal solvent: Vocabulary.com
  3. universal solvent: Dictionary.com
  4. The Universal Solvent (comics), Universal solvent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. universal solvent: Rhymezone
  6. universal solvent: FreeDictionary.org
  7. universal solvent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. universal solvent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. universal solvent: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (universal solvent)

noun:  (alchemy) The alkahest, a theorized substance that would be able to dissolve any other substance.
noun:  (informal) Water, which is capable of dissolving many substances.

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