The use of natural or controlled microbiota or antimicrobials as a way of preserving food and extending its shelf life.

simple past tense and past participle of syllabicate

(botany) Having a form like that of the new moon; crescent-shaped.

Agent noun of screech; one who or that which screeches. / (dated) A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds. / A bird, the common swift, Apus apus.