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Noun Concept
Categories: Alchemical substances, Mythological substances
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alkahest  alcahest  universal solvent  alkahestry
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Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists WordNet 3.0
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Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In Renaissance alchemy, alkahest was the theorized "universal solvent". Wikipedia
A hypothetical solvent able to dissolve every other substance Wikipedia Disambiguation
Purported substance capable of dissolving anything Wikidata
A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. Wiktionary
IS A
solvent
DERIVATION
alkahestic
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent
Wikipedia
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alkahest
Wikidata
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alkahest
Wiktionary
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alkahest
Wikipedia Redirections
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Alcahest, alkahestry
Wikidata Alias
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universal solvent

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