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Definition: Alchemist |
AlchemistNoun1. One who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alchemist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1120. (references) |
Etymology: Alchemist \Al"che*mist\, noun. [Compare to Old French alquemiste, French alchimiste.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Alchemist |
| English words defined with "alchemist": Adeptist, Alchymy ♦ Cagliostro, Count Alessandro di Cagliostro ♦ Faust, Faustus ♦ Giuseppe Balsamo. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "alchemist": Dagger Ale ♦ Fingers ♦ Glauber Salts ♦ Half-seas Over ♦ Laboratory ♦ Mammon's Cave, Mercurial Finger ♦ Oracle of Sieve and Shears ♦ Upsee-Dutch. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "alchemist": Chemist. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Alchemist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (alchemist), German (alchemist). |
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Movie/TV Titles | De Alchemist (1971) The Clown and the Alchemist (1900) | |
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 | [An alchemist in his laboratory] / Audran Sculp.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Lugwigsburg porcelain group of the alchemist with his furnace, alembic and receiver].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Robeson, the alchemist.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Alchemist and assistant in laboratory, with surrounding border of birds, flowers, and insects.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Alchemist" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Alchemist" is used about 52 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.15% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.85% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "alchemist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | alchemis. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | alkimist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كيميائي (chemical), المشتغل بالكيمياء القديمة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | алхимик (adept). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 方士. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | alchymista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | alchimist, alchemist, goudmaker. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | alĥemiisto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkemisti, kullantekijä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | alchimiste. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Alchimist. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλχημιστήσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אלכימאי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | aranycsináló, alkimista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ahli kimia emas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | alchimista. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 錬金"師 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | れ"き"じゅつし. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 연금사. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | far-chemmicagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alchemistay alquimista. (various references) alchimist (adept). (various references) алхимик. (various references) alhemičar. (various references) alquimista. (various references) alkemist. (various references) alşimist, simyager. (various references) алхімік (adept, hermetic, philosopher). (various references) nh giả kim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "alchemist": alchemistic, alchemistical, alchemists. (additional references) | |
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"Alchemist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alchomist, alshemist, carchemish. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alchemist" (pronounced a"lkhumust or Ä"lkumust) |
| 5 | -u m u s t | agronomist, anatomist, animist, economist, pessimist. |
| 4 | -m u s t | alarmist, biochemist, dumbest, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, nonconformist, premised, promised, slimmest, warmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
| 5 | -u m u s t | agronomist, anatomist, animist, economist, pessimist. |
| 4 | -m u s t | alarmist, biochemist, dumbest, extremist, firmest, grimaced, grimmest, nonconformist, premised, promised, slimmest, warmest. |
| 3 | -u s t | ablest, abolitionist, abortionist, absolutist, accompanist, activist, agonist, agriculturalist, allergist, amethyst, amorist, analyst, anarchist, anesthesiologist, anesthetist, angriest, antagonist, anthropologist, anticommunist, apologist, apprenticed, aquarist, archaeologist, archivist, arsonist, artist, atheist, August, ballast, balloonist, barest, behaviorist, biased, bicyclist, biggest, biologist, bitterest, blackest, bleakest, bloodiest, bluest, bluntest, boldest, botanist, bravest, breakfast, briefest, brightest, broadest, busiest, buttressed, calloused, canoeist, canvassed, capitalist, cardiologist, caricaturist, cartoonist, catalyst, cellist, chauvinist, cheapest, choicest, clarinetist, classicist, cleanest, closest, coldest, colonialist, colonist, columnist, communist, conservationist, contortionist, conversationalist, coolest, cornettist, craziest, creamiest, criminologist, cruelest, cultist, cyclist, darkest, deadliest, dearest, deepest, deforest, deist, densest, dentist, dermatologist, determinist, direst, dirtiest, dishonest, disinterest, driest, druggist, dullest, earliest, earnest, easiest, ecologist, editorialist, eldest, elitist, embarrassed, empiricist, encompassed, encyclopedist, endocrinologist, entomologist, environmentalist, epidemiologist, ethicist, ethnomusicologist, exhibitionist, exorcist, expressionist, faintest, fairest, fanciest, farthest, fascist, fastest, fattest, federalist, feminist, fetishist, fewest, fiercest, finalist, finest, fittest, flimsiest, florist, focused, focussed, foggiest, fondest, forest, formalist, freest, freshest, friendliest, fullest, fundamentalist, funnest, funniest, furthest, generalist, geneticist, gentlest, geologist, gerontologist, goldest, grandest, gravest, grayest, greatest, greediest, greenest, grooviest, guitarist, gymnast, gynecologist, happiest, hardest, harnessed, harshest, harvest, healthiest, heaviest, heftiest, herbalist, highest, hippest, hobbyist, holiest, honest, hottest, hugest, humblest, humorist, hygienist, idealist, ideologist, illusionist, immunologist, imperialist, impressionist, individualist, industrialist, institutionalist, instrumentalist, interest, internationalist, internist, interventionist, isolationist, jaundiced, journalist, juiciest, junkiest, keenest, kindest, kremlinologist, largest, latest, laziest, leanest, leftist, librettist, lightest, likeliest, linguist, littlest, liveliest, lobbyist, locust, longest, loudest, lowest, loyalist, luckiest, lyricist, machinist, manicurist, mannerist, masochist, materialist, meanest, medalist, mercantilist, merest, meteorologist, methodist, microbiologist, mightiest, mildest, mineralogist, misogynist, modernist, modest, monopolist, motorcyclist, motorist, musicologist, narrowest, nastiest, nationalist, naturalist, nearest, neatest, neediest, neurologist, neuroscientist, neutralist, newest, noblest, noisiest, noncommunist, noninterest, noticed, novelist, nutritionist, oboist, obstructionist, oddest, oldest, oncologist, ophthalmologist, opportunist, organist, orthodontist, orthopedist, pacifist, paleontologist, palest, panelist, pathologist, pharmacist, philanthropist, photojournalist, physiologist, pianist, polemicist, poorest, populist, prefaced, prejudiced, preservationist, prettiest, priciest, propagandist, protagonist, protectionist, proudest, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, psychologist, psychotherapist, purchased, purest, quickest, quietest, quietist, racist, radiologist, rainforest, rainiest, rapist, rarest, receptionist, reddest, refocused, reforest, remotest, repurchased, reservationist, reservist, resurfaced, revolutionist, rheumatologist, richest, rightist, riskiest, ritziest, roughest, rudest, saddest, sadist, safest, satirist, savviest, scariest, scientist, secessionist, secularist, segregationist, seismologist, semifinalist, separatist, serologist, serviced, severest, sexiest, shakiest, sharpest, shortest, showiest, shrewdest, sickest, silliest, simplest, skimpiest, skinniest, sleekest, slickest, slightest, sloppiest, slowest, smallest, smartest, smoggiest, smoothest, socialist, sociologist, softest, soonest, soundest, specialist, spiritualist, stablest, staunchest, steepest, sternest, stickiest, stiffest, stormiest, strangest, strategist, strictest, strongest, stupidest, supremacist, surest, surfaced, survivalist, sweetest, swiftest, tallest, tannest, technologist, televangelist, tempest, terraced, theorist, therapist, thickest, thinnest, thorniest, tightest, tiniest, toniest, toughest, tourist, toxicologist, traditionalist, trendiest, trickiest, truest, ugliest, ultranationalist, unbiased, unfocused, unionist, unkindest, unnoticed, urologist, violinist, violist, virologist, vocalist, weakest, wealthiest, weirdest, wettest, whitest, widest, wildest, wisest, witnessed, worthiest, yellowest, youngest, zaniest, zoologist. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: clematis, climates, ethicals, hematics, mastiche, meticals, misteach, tachisme. | |
-2 letters: achiest, aitches, atheism, calmest, camlets, chalets, chamise, chemist, chimlas, chitals, climate, elastic, ethical, halites, hamlets, heliast, hematic, laciest, latches, latices, malices, matches, metical, satchel, sematic, tachism. | |
-3 letters: almehs, amices, atelic, camels, camise, camlet, castle, chaise, chalet, chaste, cheats, chelas, chiasm, chiels, chiles, chimes, chimla. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: alchemists, malachites. | |
+2 letters: alchemistic, athleticism, catechismal, hemiacetals, schmaltzier, schmalziest, thalassemic. | |
+3 letters: athleticisms, metaphysical, schmaltziest, thalassemics. | |
+4 letters: alchemistical, anthelmintics, histochemical, multichannels, polycythemias, schematically, theatricalism, thermoplastic. | |
+5 letters: accomplishment, catecholamines, cephalometries, cholestyramine, lachrymosities, metaphysically, methodicalness, monotheistical, petrochemicals, stereochemical, theatricalisms, thermoplastics, whimsicalities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 63 68 65 6D 69 73 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. -.-. .... . -- .. ... - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01100011 01101000 01100101 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l c h e m i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 0063 0068 0065 006D 0069 0073 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357869747179758586 |
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