alchemy

alchemy
al·che·my 'al-kə-mē n, pl -mies the medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy whose aims were the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for diseases, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
al·che·mist -məst n
al·che·mis·tic .al-kə-'mis-tik or al·che·mis·ti·cal -ti-kəl adj

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