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alembics

alembics is the plural of alembic.

Meaning of alembic

Noun

alembic (plural alembics)

  1. An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
    • Ideal beauty is not the mind’s creation: it is real beauty, refined and purified in the mind’s alembic, from the alloy which always more or less accompanies it in our mixed and imperfect nature.1818, Thomas Love Peacock, Nightmare Abbey, chapter 11

Questions about alembics

What is alembics the plural of?
Alembics is the plural of alembic.

Words near alembics in the dictionary

  1. alembicating
  2. alembication
  3. alembications
  4. alembick
  5. alembicks
  6. alembics
  7. alembroth
  8. alemonger
  9. alemongers
  10. alemow
  11. alemtuzumab

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