Definitions for alchemies

alchemies al·che·my

Spelling: [al-kuh-mee]
IPA: /ˈæl kə mi/

Alchemies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 519 anagrams from letters in alchemies (aceehilms).

Definitions for alchemies

noun

  1. a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life.
  2. any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value.
  3. any seemingly magical process of transforming or combining elements into something new:

Origin of alchemies

1325-1375; earlier alchimie Old French alquemie Medieval Latin alchymia Arabic al the + kīmiyā' Greek kēmeía transmutation; replacing Middle English alconomye, equivalent to alk(imie) + (astr

Examples for alchemies

Not all the alchemies of wizardry or miracles of science could restore their bright hues.

Word Value for alchemies
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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