Found 2 items, similar to Alkahest.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: alkahest alkahest n : hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists [syn: alcahest, universal solvent]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Alkahest Alkahest \Al"ka*hest\, n. [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.] The fabled “universal solvent” of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a. [1913 Webster]