English word senses marked with topical category "Zymurgy"
Parent categories: Biochemistry, Brewing, Biology, Chemistry, Alcohol production, Sciences, Alcoholic beverages, Beverages, Recreational drugs, Drinking, Food and drink, Liquids, Drugs, Human behaviour, Matter, Pharmacology, Human, Nature, Medicine, Healthcare, Health, Body
Total 15 word senses
- beer (Noun) An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
- beer (Noun) A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
- beer (Noun) A glass, bottle, or can of any of the above beverages.
- beer (Noun) A variety of the above beverages.
- beer (Noun) One who is or exists.
- brewer (Noun) Someone who brews, or whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
- fermentation (Noun) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
- merisa (Noun) a form of millet beer popular in South Sudan
- wine (Noun) Wind.
- wort (Noun) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.
- zymology (Noun) The chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking; zymurgy.
- zymurgic (Adjective) Relating to zymurgy.
- zymurgist (Noun) One who studies or practices zymurgy; a knowledgeable brewer.
- zymurgy (Noun) Synonym of zymology (“the chemistry of fermentation with yeasts, especially the science involved in beermaking and winemaking”)
- zymurgy (Noun) The practice of using fermentation to produce alcoholic beverages.
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