| alkahest | (แอล' กะเฮสท) ตัวละลายที่ครอบจักวาล (ละลายได้ทุกอย่าง), Syn. alcahest. -alkahestic al adj. universal solvent |
| alkahest |
| alkahest | (n) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists, Syn. universal solvent, alcahest |
| alkahestic | (adj) of or pertaining to the alkahest that alchemists assumed to exist |
| Alkahest | 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. -- |
