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  • 81solvent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. financially sound, moneyed; responsible, reliable; soluble, separative, dissolvent, diluent. n. dissolvent, dissolver, liquefier. See liquefaction, money.Ant., insolvent, unsound, broke. II (Roget s …

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  • 82Liquefaction — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Liquefaction >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 liquefaction liquefaction Sgm: N 1 liquescence liquescence liquescency Sgm: N 1 melting melting &c.(heat) 384 Sgm: N 1 colliquation| colliquation| colliquefaction| Sgm …

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  • 83alcahest — noun variant spelling of alkahest …

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  • 84alcahest — /ˈælkəhɛst/ (say alkuhhest) noun → alkahest …

  • 85alcahest —   n. see alkahest …

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  • 86alchemist — noun one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher s stone • Derivationally related forms: ↑alchemistic, ↑alchemy, ↑alchemistical • Hypernyms: ↑intellectual,… …

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  • 87dissolver — noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution • Syn: ↑solvent, ↑dissolvent, ↑dissolving agent, ↑resolvent • Derivationally related forms: ↑resolve ( …

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  • 88dissolving agent — noun a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances (Freq. 1) the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution • Syn: ↑solvent, ↑dissolvent, ↑dissolver, ↑resolvent • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 89al|ka|hest — «AL kuh hehst», noun. the universal solvent sought by the alchemists. Also, alcahest. ╂[< Medieval Latin alkahest (supposedly coined by Paracelsus)] …

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  • 90alchahest — obs. form of alkahest …

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