elixir

noun

1. 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

Definition categories: substance, liquid

2. hypothetical substance that the alchemists believed to be capable of changing base metals into gold

Definition categories: substance

3. a substance believed to cure all ills

Definition categories: food, catholicon, nostrum, panacea, potion