fermentation

fermentation has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 12.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. A state of agitation or excitement, as of the intellect or the feelings.
• n.. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
• n.. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; "the political ferment produced new leadership"; "social unrest"