Elixir

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A sweetened aromatic solution of alcohol and water, serving as a vehicle for medicine.
  • n. See philosophers' stone.
  • n. A substance believed to maintain life indefinitely. Also called elixir of life.
  • n. A substance or medicine believed to have the power to cure all ills.
  • n. An underlying principle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A liquid which converts lead to gold.
  • n. A liquid which is believed to cure all ills and gives eternal life.
  • n. A sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
  • n. An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely.
  • n. The refined spirit; the quintessence.
  • n. Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In alchemy, a soluble solid substance which was believed to have the property of transmuting baser metals into silver or gold and of prolonging life.
  • n. In medicine, formerly, a tincture with more than one base; in modern pharmacy, an aromatic, sweetened, spirituous preparation containing small quantities of active medicinal substances.
  • n. The inmost principle; absolute embodiment or exemplification.
  • To give the character of an elixir to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
  • n. a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
  • n. a substance believed to cure all ills
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    substance    liquid   
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    drug   
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    fixer    mixer    sixer   
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    potion    salve    balm    liqueur    nectar    concoction    unguent    laudanum    panacea    tonic