alchemist
Medieval metal transformer
An alchemist is a practitioner of alchemy—the medieval pursuit of transforming base metals into gold and discovering an elixir of immortality.
The term now applies figuratively to anyone who transforms ordinary materials into something valuable or magical: He was an alchemist in the kitchen, turning simple ingredients into extraordinary dishes.
Legendary substance enabling transmutation
- transmutationComplete change of form
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
- quintessencePurest embodiment of something
nigredo · albedo · calcination · dissolution · conjunction · fermentation · sublimation · projection
Student of nature's laws
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- experimenterOne who tests hypotheses
- Isaac NewtonLaws of motion formulator
- Hermes TrismegistusLegendary Greco-Egyptian wisdom figure
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
- transmuteChange in fundamental nature
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
mercury · copper · tin · iron · lead · sulfur · salt · aqua regia
Historical medicine preparer
- astrologerZodiac interpreter
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- grimoireTextbook of sorcery
laboratory · occult · hermetic · arcane · mystical · adept · initiate · patron
philosopher's stone
Legendary substance enabling transmutation
- transmutationComplete change of form
- magnum opusCreator's supreme achievement
- hermeticismAirtight, impervious condition
quintessence · nigredo · albedo · calcination · dissolution · conjunction · fermentation · sublimation · projection · coagulation
natural philosopher
Student of nature's laws
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- experimenterOne who tests hypotheses
- Isaac NewtonLaws of motion formulator
Nicolas Flamel · Hermes Trismegistus · polymath · antiquarian
lead into gold
- base metalsNon-precious metallic elements
- transmuteChange in fundamental nature
- goldElement seventy-nine
silver · mercury · copper · tin · iron · lead · sulfur · salt · aqua regia · purification
apothecary
Historical medicine preparer
- astrologerZodiac interpreter
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
grimoire · laboratory · occult · hermetic · arcane · mystical · adept · initiate · patron · guild
visionary
Imaginative planner of futures
- innovatorCreator of new methods
- transformerVoltage-altering electrical device
- creatorOne who produces something
genius · magician · wizard · miracle worker · dreamer · pioneer · artist · craftsman · master
- magical artisanswand maker, enchanter, runesmith, artificer
- AlchemistsNicolas Flamel, Hermes Trismegistus, adept, magus, transmuter
- character classeswarrior, mage, rogue, cleric, paladin
- fantasy rolesarcher, barbarian, sorceress, mage, wizard
- fictional roleswizard, detective, pirate, spy, superhero
- RPG classesarcher, assassin, barbarian, bard, cleric
alchemistchemist
Substance and reaction scientist
scientist · empiricist · biochemist · physical chemist · rationalist
alchemistanalyst
One who examines systematically
assayer · decomposer · demolisher · reductionist · destructor