Fermentation
Fer`men`ta´tion Pronunciation: fẽr`mĕn`tā´shŭn
Pronunciation: (FER-mun-TAY-shun)
The process of bacteria breaking down undigested food and releasing alcohols, acids, and gases.
acescence,
acetification,
acidification,
acidulation,
ado,
agitation,
alkalization,
bluster,
bobbery,
boil,
boiling,
brouhaha,
bubbliness,
bubbling,
bustle,
carbonation,
catalysis,
chemicalization,
churn,
commotion,
conturbation,
discomposure,
disorder,
disquiet,
disquietude,
disturbance,
ebullience,
ebulliency,
ebullition,
eddy,
effervescence,
effervescency,
electrolysis,
embroilment,
excitement,
feery-fary,
ferment,
fever,
feverishness,
fidgets,
fizz,
fizzle,
flap,
flurry,
fluster,
flutteration,
foaming,
foment,
frothiness,
frothing,
fume,
fuss,
hubbub,
hurly-burly,
hurry,
hurry-scurry,
hydrogenation,
inquietude,
isomerism,
jitters,
jumpiness,
leaven,
leavening,
maelstrom,
malaise,
metamerism,
metamerization,
moil,
nerviness,
nervosity,
nervousness,
nitration,
oxidation,
oxidization,
pell-mell,
perturbation,
phosphatization,
polymerism,
polymerization,
position isomerism,
reduction,
restlessness,
roil,
rout,
row,
ruffle,
saturization,
seethe,
seething,
souring,
sparkle,
spumescence,
stir,
swirl,
swirling,
to-do,
trepidation,
trepidity,
tumult,
tumultuation,
turbidity,
turbulence,
turmoil,
twitter,
unease,
unrest,
uproar,
upset,
vortex,
whirl,
working,
yeastiness