Definition of fermentation

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Fermentation (n.) A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings..

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Fermentative :: Fermentative (a.) Causing, or having power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process..
Must :: Must (n.) The expressed juice of the grape, or other fruit, before fermentation..
Wort :: Wort (n.) An infusion of malt which is unfermented, or is in the act of fermentation; the sweet infusion of malt, which ferments and forms beer; hence, any similar liquid in a state of incipient fermentation..
Acetic :: Acetic (a.) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation..
Keeve :: Keeve (v. t.) To set in a keeve, or tub, for fermentation..
Vinegar :: Vinegar (a.) A sour liquid used as a condiment, or as a preservative, and obtained by the spontaneous (acetous) fermentation, or by the artificial oxidation, of wine, cider, beer, or the like..
Scum :: Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..
Leaven :: Leaven (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm..
Ferment :: Ferment (n.) To cause ferment of fermentation in; to set in motion; to excite internal emotion in; to heat.
Zymosis :: Zymosis (n.) A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed..
Heat :: Heat (n.) Fermentation.
Zymosimeter :: Zymosimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation..
Zymotic :: Zymotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation..
Ebullition :: Ebullition (n.) Effervescence occasioned by fermentation or by any other process which causes the liberation of a gas or an aeriform fluid, as in the mixture of an acid with a carbonated alkali..
Antizymotic :: Antizymotic (a.) Preventing fermentation or decomposition.
Zymic :: Zymic (a.) Pertaining to, or produced by, fermentation; -- formerly, by confusion, used to designate lactic acid..
Ferment :: Ferment (n.) A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
Fermentable :: Fermentable (a.) Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable..
Zymology :: Zymology (n.) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation..
Acetous :: Acetous (a.) Causing, or connected with, acetification; as, acetous fermentation..
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