alchemy
noun
1 alchemy
The way two individuals relate to each other:
— A mysterious alchemy brought them together.
synonyms: chemistry, interpersonal chemistry.
Roget 144:
conversion,
reduction,
transmutation,
resolution,
assimilation;
evolution,
sea change;
change of state;
assumption;
naturalization;
transportation;
development [Biol.],
developing.
[photography]
[conversion of currency]
conversion of currency,
exchange of currency;
exchange rate;
bureau de change.
chemistry,
alchemy;
progress,
growth,
lapse,
flux.
passage;
transit,
transition;
transmigration,
shifting
etc.
v.;
phase;
conjugation;
convertibility.
crucible,
alembic,
caldron,
retort.
convert,
pervert,
renegade,
apostate.
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2 alchemy
A pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times.
Dutch: scheikunde, alchemie, alchimie
Polish: alchemia
Moby thesaurus: about-face, assimilation, assumption, becoming, bewitchery, change, change-over, charm, conversion, divination, enchantment, fetishism, flip-flop, glamour, gramarye, growth, hoodoo, juju, jujuism, lapse, magic, natural magic, naturalization, necromancy, obeah, passage, progress, re-formation, reconversion, reduction, resolution, reversal, rune, shamanism, shift, sorcery, sortilege, spell, spellbinding, spellcasting, switch, switch-over, sympathetic magic, thaumaturgia, thaumaturgics, thaumaturgism, thaumaturgy, theurgy, transformation, transit, transition, turning into, vampirism, volte-face, voodoo, voodooism, wanga, white magic, witchcraft, witchery, witchwork, wizardry ... show more.
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