Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 18 compound words that contain fermentation. The most common are listed below. Open fermentation in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- bottom fermentationA slow alcoholic fermentation process carried out at low temperatures during which the yeast sinks to the bottom of the liquid. Used in brewing lager-type beers.
- fermentation lockA device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter
- top fermentationAlcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells are carried to the top of the fermenting liquid.
- secondary fermentationAny fermentation that takes place after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine
- malolactic fermentationA form of secondary fermentation in which the malic acid in wine is converted to lactic acid, reducing the wine's sharpness
- homolactic fermentationAny form of fermentation that produces a single acid, but especially the anaerobic conversion of pyruvic acid into lactic acid with concomitant oxidation of NADH to NAD
- gut fermentation syndromeSynonym of auto-brewery syndrome: A condition in which the contents of the sufferer’s stomach ferment, creating alcohol.
- fermentation locksplural of fermentation lock: A device, used mainly in homebrewing, that allows carbon dioxide to escape from a fermenter without allowing air to enter
- bladder fermentation syndromeA rare condition where ethanol is produced in the bladder through the fermentation of sugar by microorganisms, such as yeast.
Compound words 18
- heterofermentationFermentation that produces two or more different products (typically, alcohol and lactic acid).
- nonfermentationLack of fermentation; failure to ferment.
- antifermentationPreventing fermentation.
- autofermentationendogenous fermentation
- biofermentationSynonym of fermentation, especially that of waste biological material
- cofermentationThe simultaneous fermentation of two materials
- fermentationalRelating to fermentation.
- homofermentationfermentation that produces a single product (typically, alcohol
- lactofermentationLactic acid fermentation, a process by which certain sugars are converted into lactic acid, used especially to produce certain pickled/fermented foods such as sauerkraut and narezushi.
- microfermentationmicrobial fermentation on a very small scale