Alchemist defined

Alchemist

(ăl′kə-mĭst) n.

1. One who attempts to transform ordinary, dull, and inert matter into valuable, aesthetic, and competent resources.
   
   By understanding an entity's inherent nature, an alchemist attempts to change the internal composition of the entity to imbue it with exceptional qualities.
   
   Of the elements, the primarily goal is to transmute lead into gold.


2. A charlatan; a fraud. Swindler, deceiver, magician, grifter.


3. A colossal failure of pseudo-science. 


4. A practitioner of Natural Philosophy. 

Not to be confused with one who pipettes by mouth!