Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun alcahest

1 sense of alcahest

Sense 1
alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent -- (hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists)
       => solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent -- (a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution")