fermentation.

(music) A Partchian xylophone augmented with everyday articles such as bottles and hubcaps.

plural of zymo-xyl

(biochemistry) A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.

(chemistry, obsolete) A glutinous substance, insoluble in alcohol, resembling legumin; later called vegetable fibrin, vegetable albumin, or gluten casein.

(zymurgy) One who is skilled in zymology, or in the fermentation of liquors.

(biology) One of a physiological group of globular bacteria that produce fermentations of diverse nature; — distinguished from pathogene.

(biochemistry) A fermentation produced by bacteria, yeasts or similar micro-organisms.

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.

(zymurgy) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation. / The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.