diff --git a/dat/data.base b/dat/data.base
index 5acfd78a2..3e12661b1 100644
--- a/dat/data.base
+++ b/dat/data.base
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ agate*
 	solution is slowly deposited into cavities and veins in older
 	rock.
 		[ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ]
+alchemy
+	By and large, the only skill the alchemists of Ankh-Morpork had
+	discovered so far was the ability to turn gold into less gold.
+		[ Moving Pictures, by Terry Pratchett ]
 aleax
 	Said to be a doppelganger sent to inflict divine punishment
 	for alignment violations.