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1. albificāciǒun n.

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Alch. Whitening. …

2. albificāten v.

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Alch. To whiten, as by the addition of arsenic or antimony. …

3. albificātīve adj.

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Alch. Having the power to whiten. …

4. alteraciǒun n.

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Phil., physiol., med., alch.: (a) Change, transformation, transmutation; (b) change for the worse, deterioration; evel alteracioun; ill effect or result; (c) change for the better, amelioration……

5. alteren v.

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Phil., physiol., med., alch., astrol. (a) To change, modify, transform; alteren to (sth.); (b) to change for the worse; affect adversely; deteriorate; (c) to change for the better; affect……

6. altificāciǒun n.

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Alch. Vaporization, distillation. …

7. antimōnie n.

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Med. & alch. Antimony. …

8. azoc, azogo n.

Additional spellings: azogo
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Alch. Mercury, quicksilver. …

9. baptēme, -esme, -isme, -īme n.

Additional spellings: baptesme, baptisme, baptime
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The act, ceremony, or sacrament of baptism; the fact of being baptized; also fig.; bapteme water, water of bapteme, water used in baptism; ben hight in bapteme, be given a Christian name; name of……

10. calcināciǒun n.

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Alch. The process of reducing a substance to powder, or the like, by heating it; naturel calcinacioun, treu calcinacioun, changing the nature of a substance by heating. …

11. calcināt ppl.

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Alch. Reduced by calcination, calcined. …

12. calcīnen v.

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Alch. & med. (a) To reduce (sth.) to powder by heating; (b) to change the nature of (sth.) by heating in a certain way. …

13. cibāciōn n.

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Alch. 'Feeding' the 'matter' with fresh material [the seventh process]. …

14. citrināciǒun n.

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Alch. Of metal: the process of turning yellow (the final stage in transmutation). …

15. cocatrīce n.

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(a) The basilisk [see the *Trev.Barth. quots. for the folklore of this 'serpent']; -- also in fig. context; (b) confused with the crocodile; (c) alch. see quot. …

16. descensōrie n.

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Alch. A retort for distillation by condensation (descent). …

17. dīetārīe n.

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(a) A prescribed course of diet; also, a treatise prescribing a course of diet; (b) alch. a prescribed method for regulating the growth of the dry matter. …

18. dīē̆ten v.

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(a) To regulate the diet of (oneself, another) for purposes of health; dieten with, feed (sb.) with (a certain food); (b) alch. to regulate the growth of (the 'body' of dry matter) by adding or……

19. eclipsāciǒun n.

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Alch. Obscuration, ?darkening attending the loss of identity of separate ingredients in the process of producing the Philosopher's Stone. …

20. elementāt ppl.

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Alch. Elemental, i.e. having the nature of a pure 'element.' …

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