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The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.

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  1. n. The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
  2. n. hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
  3. The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
  4. The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruumcapable of dissolving all bodies.-- Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
  5. n. hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists