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n. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.

n. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting: "He wondered by what alchemy it was changed, so that what sickened him one hour, maddened him with hunger the next” ( Marjorie K. Rawlings).

n. The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry.

n. The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.

n. Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.

n. An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.

n. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.

n. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

n. Medieval chemistry; the doctrines and processes of the early and medieval chemists; in particular, the supposed process, or the search for the process, by which it was hoped to transmute the baser metals into gold.

n. Any magical or mysterious power or process of transmuting or transforming.

n. Formerly, a mixed metal used for utensils, a modification of brass: so called because believed to have been originally formed by the art of alchemy; hence, an imitation, as alchemy was supposed to be of brass: used figuratively by Milton for a trumpet.

n. Formerly also spelled alchymy.

n. a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

n. the way two individuals relate to each other

"Once the alchemy is there, a writer can usually work swiftly and efficiently, avoiding many writing pitfalls and completing the book in less time than (s) he expected it to take."

pseudoscience    social relation   

philosophers’ stone    elixir of life   

alchemistic    alchemistical    alchemical    alchemist    alchemise    alchemize   

astrology    astronomy    necromancy    divination    alchemist    wizardry    sorcery    chemistry    metaphysics    geomancy