ferment

  • 51ferment oils — Ferment Fer ment, n. [L. fermentum ferment (in senses 1 & 2), perh. for fervimentum, fr. fervere to be boiling hot, boil, ferment: cf. F. ferment. Cf. 1st {Barm}, {Fervent}.] 1. That which causes fermentation, as yeast, barm, or fermenting beer.… …

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  • 52ferment, foment — In the sense of causing trouble, these words can be used interchangeably: Rebel soldiers fomented (or fermented) unrest among the people. Ferment literally means to act upon as a ferment, that is, to cause the giving off of gases that induce… …

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  • 53Ferment (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Ferment Type = Album Artist = Catherine Wheel Released = June 91992 Recorded = Monnow Valley Studios, Rockfield Wales Genre = Alternative rock Shoegazing Length = 57:10 Label = Fontana Producer = Tim Friese Greene John Lee… …

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  • 54ferment — see enzyme …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 55ferment — 1. verb /fəˈmɛnt,fɚˈmɛnt,ˈfɜːmɛnt,ˈfɝmɛnt/ a) To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew. b) To stir up, agitate, cause …

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  • 56ferment — 1. To cause or to undergo fermentation. 2. An agent that causes fermentation. [L. fermentum, leaven] * * * fer·ment (.)fər ment vi to undergo fermentation vt to cause to undergo fermentation fer·ment·able ə bəl adj fer·ment …

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  • 57Ferment — Enzym; Biokatalysator (fachsprachlich) * * * Fer|mẹnt 〈n. 11〉 = Enzym [lat., „Sauerteig“] * * * Fer|mẹnt [lat. fermentum = Sauerteig, Gärung], das; s, e: veraltete, nur noch in Zus. benutzte Bez. für ↑ Enzym. * * * Fer|mẹnt …

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  • 58ferment — 3 p.p. Prés., 3 p.p. Prés. subj. fermer …

    French Morphology and Phonetics

  • 59ferment — Synonyms and related words: acetification, acetify, acidification, acidify, acidulate, acidulation, ado, agent, agitate, agitation, ailment, alkalify, alkalization, alkalize, alterant, alterative, alterer, arouse, bacteria, beat, beat up, blow… …

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  • 60ferment — fer|ment Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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