ferment
Different flours require different fermentation periods.
The pale cloudy appearance is due to a second fermentation in the bottle.
Add the yeast with the flour and water to start the fermentation process.

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fermentation | American Dictionary

fermentation
noun[ U ]
us/ˌfɜr·menˈteɪ·ʃən/
Alcoholic fermentation is a type of anaerobic respiration (= a chemical change without the use of oxygen) in which sugar is changed into alcohol and carbon dioxide (= a gas)

Examples of fermentation

fermentation
Most of the strains also exhibited multidrug resistance, sorbitol fermentation and produced enterohaemolysin.
The physico-chemistry of affinities and of fermentation, which concerns respiration, chyliation, glandular secretion, reproduction, etc., does not modify the givens of the problem.
At yield peaks, sample fermentations were made to determine wet to dry weight conversion ratios, up to eight rounds per trial on a plot basis.
The long bulk-fermentation involved in traditional breadmaking processes can be eliminated by introducing the work normally performed by the yeast as mechanical work by machine.
This result is known as the 'presumptive coliform count', the presumption being each tube showing fermentation, contains coliform organisms.
The effect of supplementing grass silage with soya bean meal on digestibility, in sacco degradability, rumen fermentation and methane production in sheep.
Dispensing with fermentation saved time and money - less linen was lost and more ended up as the substance of sheets.
Survival under these oxygen-free conditions requires arginine fermentation or denitrification by the use of nitrate or nitrite.
Three fermentations were carried out using inocula from three healthy human donors.
He turned his attention to problems of alcoholic fermentation.
Before further processing, the mixture is probably left alone for fermentation.
The debate reflected the fact that a number of investigators had observed connections between putrefaction and fermentation and life processes.
Soon after he turned to the research on putrefaction and fermentation, which was published in 1843.
Saccharomyces cere isiae strains used for fermentation and ' flor ' film ageing of dry sherry-type wines.
Eubacterial levels were highest in the chemostat culture fluid than the biofilm culture fluid in two of the three fermentations.
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