transmute /tranz-mūtˈ, tränz-, -s-/

1. To change to another form or substance
2. To change (base metals) into gold or silver (alchemy)

transmūtabilˈity noun

transmūˈtable adjective

transmūˈtableness noun

transmūˈtably adverb

transmūtāˈtion noun

1. A changing into a different form, nature or substance, esp that of one chemical element into another
2. The process supposed to change base metals into gold or silver (alchemy)
3. (in full atomic transmutation) the change of one type of atom to another as a result of nuclear radiation (physics)
4. The transformation of one species into another (biology)

transmūtāˈtional adjective

transmūtāˈtionist noun and adjective

transmūˈtative adjective

Serving or tending to transmute

transmūˈter noun

• swords
• sword-shaped
• sword side
• swordsman
• tear-jerker
• tear-jerkers
• tear-jerking
• tearless
• tear off
• tear off a strip
• tear-off strip
• tear one's hair
• tear one's hair out
• tea room
• tea rooms
• tea rose
• tea roses
• tear pit
• tear pits
• tears
• tearsheet
• tearsheets
• tear shell
• tear shells
• tear smoke