elixir
— Noun
– English
~ hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold
elixir
— Noun
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~ a substance believed to cure all ills
elixir
— Noun
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~ a sweet flavored liquid (usually containing a small amount of alcohol) used in compounding medicines to be taken by mouth in order to mask an unpleasant taste
Elixophyllin
— Noun
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~ a colorless crystalline alkaloid derived from tea leaves or made synthetically; used in medicine as a bronchial dilator
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
— Noun
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~ English poet best remembered for love sonnets written to her husband Robert Browning (1806-1861)
Elizabeth
— Noun
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~ Queen of England from 1558 to 1603; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; she succeeded Mary I (who was a Catholic) and restored Protestantism to England; during her reign Mary Queen of Scots was executed and the Spanish Armada was defeated; her reign was marked by prosperity and literary genius (1533-1603)
Elizabeth
— Noun
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~ daughter of George VI who became the Queen of England and Northern Ireland in 1952 on the death of her father (1926-); "Elizabeth II is the head of state in Great Britain"
Elizabethan
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to Elizabeth I of England or to the age in which she ruled as queen; "Elizabethan music"
Elizabethan age
— Noun
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~ a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
elizabethan
— Noun
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~ a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I; "William Shakespeare was an Elizabethan"