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Leavening :: Leavening (n.) The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven..

Lebban :: Lebban (n.) Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same..

Zymotic :: Zymotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation..

Unorganized :: Unorganized (a.) Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1..

Levulosan :: Levulosan (n.) An unfermentable carbohydrate obtained by gently heating levulose.

Wash :: Wash (n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.

Round :: Round (n.) A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole..

Metheglin :: Metheglin (n.) A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead.

Fret :: Fret (n.) The agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.

Barm :: Barm (n.) Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast..

Fermentation :: Fermentation (n.) The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it..

Tun :: Tun (n.) A fermenting vat.

Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..

Perry :: Perry (n.) A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.

Simoniac :: Simoniac (n.) One who practices simony, or who buys or sells preferment in the church..

Antizymotic :: Antizymotic (a.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition.

Promottion :: Promottion (n.) The act of promoting, advancing, or encouraging; the act of exalting in rank or honor; also, the condition of being advanced, encouraged, or exalted in honor; preferment..

Zymase :: Zymase (n.) A soluble ferment, or enzyme. See Enzyme..

Intestinal :: Intestinal (a.) Of or pertaining to the intestines of an animal; as, the intestinal tube; intestinal digestion; intestinal ferments..

Myrosin :: Myrosin (n.) A ferment, resembling diastase, found in mustard seeds..

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