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al·che·my
/ ˈalkəmē/
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n.
the medieval forerunner of chemistry, concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.
∎ fig.
a process by which paradoxical results are achieved or incompatible elements combined with no obvious rational explanation:
his conducting managed by some alchemy to give a sense of fire and ice.
DERIVATIVES:
al·chem·ic
/ alˈkemik/ adj.
al·chem·i·cal
/ alˈkemikəl/ adj.
al·che·mist
/ -mist/ n.
al·che·mize
/ -ˌmīz/ v.
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Alchemy Software Development Merges With Translations.com.(Company overview)
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Alchemy Solutions Celebrates First Anniversary At Microsoft TechEd Conference in Berlin.
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Alchemy software certified on Philips CDD2000 CD Recorder.
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Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Alchemy (Analytical Psychology)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
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Matter, Theories of
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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