Associations to the word «Alkahest»

Wiktionary

ALKAHEST, noun. (now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. [from 17th c.]

Dictionary definition

ALKAHEST, noun. Hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne