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PRONUNCIATION OF ALCAHEST

alcahest  [ˈælkəˌhɛst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALCAHEST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alcahest is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALCAHEST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alcahest

Alkahest

Alkahest is a hypothetical universal solvent, having the power to dissolve every other substance, including gold. It was much sought after by alchemists for what they thought would be its invaluable medicinal qualities. Image of Alchimia, the embodiment of Alchemy Woodcut published by Leonhard Thurneysser in 1574. Thurneysser was a student of Paracelsus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALCAHEST


alkahest
ˈælkəˌhɛst
behest
bɪˈhɛst
best
bɛst
breast
brɛst
Budapest
ˌbjuːdəˈpɛst
chest
tʃɛst
contest
ˈkɒntɛst
dressed
drɛst
est
ɛst
fest
fɛst
guest
ɡɛst
hest
hɛst
jest
dʒɛst
processed
ˈprəʊsɛst
quest
kwɛst
request
rɪˈkwɛst
rest
rɛst
suggest
səˈdʒɛst
test
tɛst
west
wɛst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALCAHEST

alcade
Alcaeus
Alcaic
alcaiceria
Alcaics
alcaide
alcalde
Alcan Highway
alcarraza
alcatras
Alcatraz
alcayde
alcazar
Alcazar de San Juan
Alcestis
alchemic
alchemical
alchemically
alchemies
alchemise

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALCAHEST

barghest
chest-on-chest
community chest
farthest
furthest
get something off one´s chest
hope chest
medicine chest
pyx chest
rathest
sea chest
slop chest
steam-chest
tea chest
toolchest
toychest
treasure chest
war chest
wind chest

Synonyms and antonyms of alcahest in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alcahest» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALCAHEST

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Translator English - Chinese

alcahest
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alcahest
570 millions of speakers

English

alcahest
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alcahest
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

alcahest
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

alcahest
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alcahest
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alcahest
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Alcahest
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alcahest
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alcahest
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alcahest
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alcahest
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alcahest
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alcahest
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alcahest
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्काछा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alcahest
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alcahest
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alcahest
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

alcahest
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alcahest
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

alcahest
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

alcahest
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

alcahest
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

alcahest
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alcahest

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCAHEST»

The term «alcahest» is used very little and occupies the 170.241 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCAHEST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alcahest

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCAHEST»

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Alcahest (Video Game)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2011
2
The Golden Chain of Homer: Aurea Catena Homeri
What then shall I say to you, you who shy so much away from those corrosive solvents as I recommend and advise, and instead desire to get the Alcahest, otherwise also called Acetum acerrimum, without any corrosive, so that it should be ...
Hamilton and Wheeler, Editors, 2012
3
A Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts: And Collateral ...
ALCAHEST. Syn. Alkahest. A word of uncertain meaning, frequently applied by the alchemists to liquids which they thought to possess great solvent powers. ALCAHEST OF GLAUBER. Syn. Alcahest Glaubf.iu. Obtained by detonating nitre on ...
Arnold James Cooley, 1845
4
The Astrologer and Oracle of Destiny, a Repository of the ...
SPECULATIONS ON THE "UNIVERSAL SOLVENT" The alchymists of old in some of their extraordinary researches propounded the actual existence of the alcahest or universal Solvent which was to resolve all compound bodies into their  ...
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Encyclopfdia of Superstitions, Folklore, and the Occult ...
ALCAHEST— In the Middle Ages, the philosophers believed that there was in existence, if it only could be found, a universal solvent, something that would dissolve anything that it touched. It was called the alcahest. ALCHEMY— Alchemy is ...
Cora Linn Daniels, C. M. Stevans, 2003
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Demonologia; Or, Natural Knowledge Revealed: Being an Exposé ...
The Alcahest is a subject that has been embraced by many authors; e. g. Pantatem, Philalettes, Tachenius, Ludovicus, 8w. Boerhaave says, a library of them might be collected; and \Verdenfelt, in his treatise de Secretis Adeptorum, has given ...
J. S. Forsyth, 1831
7
The lives of alchemystical philosophers; with a catalogue of ...
Helmont professed the knowledge of the alcahest, and the method of preparing medicines of transcendant efficacy, by its combinations. The universal dissolvent, according to the Pa- racelsians, unites with some things easier than with others, ...
Francis Barrett, 1815
8
The Life & the Doctrines of Paracelsus
Add to this blood twice its quantity of alcahest, close the bottle, and permit it to remain in a moderately warm place for about fourteen days, after which the red fluid is to be separated from the sediment, filtered, and preserved. This is the Primum ...
Franz Hartmann, 1998
9
The Music of Stockhausen: An Introduction
An alcahest* seems to have been poured out over the senses of men. Only momentarily do their wishes, their thoughts seem to solidify. This gives rise to their intuitions, but after a short period, everything is again, as before, swimming before ...
Jonathan Harvey, 1975
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Medical Lexicon: A New Dictionary of Medical Science, ...
Albot, Crucible. Albotim, Terebinthina. Albuginée, Albuginca. Albugo Oculorum, Leucoma—a. Ovi, Albumen OVIAlbula, Leucoma. Album canis, Album grmcum— a. Ceti, Cetaceum. Albumine, Albumen. Albumor, Albumen ovi. Alcahest, Alcucat.
Robley Dunglison, 1839

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALCAHEST»

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1. ▽ Report spam or abuse. Alcahest 1 year ago. Now please HexaDrive (fix) ZOE 1 as well ! Read more Show less. ▽ Report spam or abuse ... «YouTube, Jul 13»
2
How exotic! Alcahest (Super Famicom)
HAL's game came out a week after Romancing SaGa 2, courtesy of Square's publishing arm, and it was called Alcahest, which can be ... «N-Sider.com, Nov 09»

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