Definitions for alkahests

alkahests al·ka·hest

Spelling: [al-kuh-hest]
IPA: /ˈæl kəˌhɛst/

Alkahests is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 371 anagrams from letters in alkahests (aaehklsst).

Definitions for alkahests

noun

  1. the universal solvent sought by the alchemists.

Origin of alkahests

First recorded in 1635-45, alkahest is from the late Medieval Latin word alchahest; probably coinage of Paracelsus

Examples for alkahests

The idea of the alkahest had swept like a conflagration through the building.

It was the only moment for sixteen long years when Balthazar forgot the alkahest.

She must bring down the spirit of the sun and blend it with her own—for wheat partakes of the alkahest.

These preparations now prevented Claes from thinking, for the time being, of the alkahest.

alkahest, Alcahest, al′ka-hest, n. the universal solvent of the alchemists.

Paracelsus, a bold empiric and wild Caballist, asserted that he had discovered it, and called it his 'alkahest'.

Word Value for alkahests
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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