According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
ALKAHEST
alkahest, alcahest, universal solvent
(noun) hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
alkahest (plural alkahests)
(now historical) A universal solvent sought by the alchemists. [from 17th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Al"ka*hest, n. Etym: [LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus.]
Definition: The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.
– Al`ka*hes"tic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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