albification
/ˌalbɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/Alchemy. Now historical or archaic
noun
The process of transforming a substance, or of being transformed, to a state of whiteness.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Geoffrey Chaucer (c1340–1400), poet and administrator. From (i) Middle French albification (French albification) the action of whitening.
- the other thing
- the other way round (or around; also about)
- Theotokos
- the/our Saviour
- the Outer House of the Court of Session
- the Ozarks
- the Pacific
- the Pale
- the Pamirs
- the Pandects
- the Paralympics
- the Paris Commune
- the Parquet
- the Paschal Lamb
- the Passion
- the path of least resistance
- the patter of tiny feet
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- the Pennines
- the penny dropped
- the People
- the pit of one's (or the) stomach
- the plot thickens
- the Plough
- the Poconos