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al·che·my
 (  l  k  -m  )
KEY
NOUN:
- 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.
- 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).
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English alkamie, from Old French alquemie, from Medieval Latin alchymia, from Arabic al-k miy ' : al-, the + kmiy', chemistry (from Late Greek khmeia, khumeia, perhaps from Greek Khmia, Egypt)
OTHER FORMS:
al·chemi·cal
( l-k  m  -k l)
KEY
or
al·chemic
(Adjective),
al·chemi·cal·ly
(Adverb)
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