ferments

Just as chemical science has during the past century acquired an extensive knowledge of the composition and structure of organic substances, so a thorough knowledge of the nature and action of ferments is now essential, in order that this science may be in a position to master the laws of the formation and dissociation of substances within the organism.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1907 - Presentation Speech 1966

In most cases, these transformations are microbial processes, in other words ferments; in particular cheeses, cured meats, alcoholic beverages, and (to a lesser extent) bread.

Sandor Ellix Katz: Sandorkraut Reports from Terra Madre 2008

The germ readily ferments, which is probably the cause of beans producing flatulence with some individuals during digestion.

Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder

By the species of microbes called ferments all fermented liquors are artificially produced (see p. 132); these also cause the "rising" of bread.

Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele

In relation to the particular beverage the brewer wishes to produce, these foreign ferments have been properly called ferments of disease.

Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall 1856

The puddler constantly stirs this mass with a bar let through a hole in the door, until the iron boils up, or "ferments," as it is called.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Various

But add salt water element and it ferments into a pickle.

Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.: Can Pickles, Sauerkraut and Fermented Foods Make You Healthier? Grace Suh Coscia 2012

I get very cross about things, and when you can't find a word straight away, it ferments in your brain, and then what bursts out is just so wrong.

Seriously Funny Anna Louie Sussman 2011

Few brewers use molasses these days because when it ferments it turns sour and sharp, but Washington had no choice.

What did George Washington Drink? William Bostwick 2011

But add salt water element and it ferments into a pickle.

Grace Suh Coscia, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.: Can Pickles, Sauerkraut and Fermented Foods Make You Healthier? Grace Suh Coscia 2012