universal solvent

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universal solvent - hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists

alcahest, alkahest

dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent - a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; "the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution"

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The Judge's face, indeed, rigid and singularly white, refuses to melt into this universal solvent.

House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

He gave a history of the long dynasty of the alchemists, who spent so many ages in quest of the universal solvent by which the golden principle might be elicited from all things vile and base.

Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context

It was a pursuit like unto that of the Universal Solvent of the mediaeval alchemists.

The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context

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