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ferment: a substance capable of bringing about fermentation; cause to undergo fermentation; "We ferment the grapes for a very long time to achieve high alcohol content"; "The vintner worked the wine in big oak vats"; work up into agitation or excitement; "Islam is fermenting Africa"; be in an agitated or excited state; "The Middle East is fermenting"; "Her mind ferments"

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dudgeon collapse: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')

yeast collapse: any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division; a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey

polymerization collapse: a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound

sulfonate collapse: a salt of sulphonic acid

hydrate collapse: any compound that contains water of crystallization; cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin"; become hydrated and combine with water; supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently"

alkalize collapse: turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized"

polymerize collapse: undergo polymerization; cause (a compound) to polymerize

acidify collapse: turn acidic; "the solution acetified"

transformer collapse: an electrical device by which alternating current of one voltage is changed to another voltage

electrolyze collapse

curdle collapse: turn from a liquid to a solid mass; "his blood curdled"; go bad or sour; "The milk curdled"; turn into curds; "curdled milk"

put up to collapse

carbonation collapse: saturation with carbon dioxide (as soda water)

burble collapse

nitrate collapse: any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid); treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate; "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"

roughen collapse: make rough or rougher; "roughen the surfaces so they will stick to each other"

hydrogenate collapse: combine or treat with or expose to hydrogen; add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound)

carbonate collapse: a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3); treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"; turn into a carbonate

gurgle collapse: the bubbling sound of water flowing from a bottle with a narrow neck; utter with a gurgling sound; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled"; make sounds similar to gurgling water; "The baby gurgled with satisfaction when the mother tickled it"

electrolysis collapse: removing superfluous or unwanted hair by passing an electric current through the hair root; (chemistry) a chemical decomposition reaction produced by passing an electric current through a solution containing ions

effervesce collapse

sic on collapse

oxidize collapse: add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

chlorinate collapse: disinfect with chlorine; "chlorinate a pool"; treat or combine with chlorine; "chlorinated water"

innovator collapse

catalysis collapse: acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"

instigate collapse

tiff collapse

introducer collapse

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

fomentation collapse: deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord); application of warm wet coverings to a part of the body to relieve pain and inflammation

disarrange collapse: disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"; destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"

oxidation collapse: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

swirling collapse

hurly burly collapse

rumple collapse: become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"

eddy collapse: a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself; founder of Christian Science in 1866 (1821-1910); flow in a circular current, of liquids

catalyst collapse: something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"; (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

jitters collapse: extreme nervousness

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