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Showing words for FERMENT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Ferment

ferment, fretmen

6 Letter Words for Ferment

fenter, termen

5 Letter Words for Ferment

enter, entre, ferme, freen, freet, fremt, meter, neter, remen, remet, renet, rente, retem, terfe, terne, treen

4 Letter Words for Ferment

emer, entr, erme, erne, eten, feer, feet, feme, fent, ferm, fern, fete, free, fren, fret, meer, meet, mene, ment, mere, mete, neem, neer, neet, nete, reef, reem, reen, reet, reft, rent, rete, teem, teen, teer, teme, tene, terf, term, tern, tree

3 Letter Words for Ferment

een, eer, eft, eme, emf, ene, ere, erf, ern, ert, fee, fem, fen, fer, fet, fmt, frt, mee, men, mer, met, mfr, mtn, nee, nef, net, ree, ref, rem, rte, tee, tef, tem, ten, ter, tfr, trf, trm

Definitions for Ferment

[1] Also called organized ferment. any of a group of living organisms, as yeasts, molds, and certain bacteria, that cause fermentation.
[2] Also called unorganized ferment. an enzyme.
[3] fermentation.
[4] agitation; unrest; excitement; commotion; tumult: The new painters worked in a creative ferment. The capital lived in a political ferment.
[5] to act upon as a ferment.
[6] to cause to undergo fermentation.
[7] to inflame; foment: to ferment prejudiced crowds to riot.
[8] to cause agitation or excitement in: Reading fermented his active imagination.
[9] to be fermented; undergo fermentation.
[10] to seethe with agitation or excitement.
[11] any agent or substance, such as a bacterium, mould, yeast, or enzyme, that causes fermentation
[12] another word for fermentation
[13] commotion; unrest
[14] to undergo or cause to undergo fermentation
[15] to stir up or seethe with excitement

Words related to Ferment

upheaval, uproar, tumult, commotion, disquiet, excitement, unrest, frenzy, turbulence, restlessness, fester, ripen, simmer, yeast, leavening, seethe, leaven, mold, barm, bacterium

Words nearby Ferment

fermat, fermat's last theorem, fermat's principle, fermat's theorem, fermata, ferment, fermentation, fermentation alcohol, fermentation lock, fermentative, fermi

Origin of Ferment

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin fermentum yeast (noun), fermentāre to cause to rise (v.); akin to barm, Latin fervēre to boil

Words that may be confused with Ferment

ferment, foment

Other words from Ferment

fer·ment·a·ble , adjective
fer·ment·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·fer·ment·a·bil·i·ty , noun
non·fer·ment·a·ble , adjective
non·fer·ment·ed , adjective
non·fer·ment·ing , adjective
un·fer·ment·a·ble , adjective
un·fer·ment·ed , adjective
un·fer·ment·ing , adjective
well-fer·ment·ed , adjective

Word origin for Ferment

C15: from Latin fermentum yeast, from fervēre to seethe

Synonyms for Ferment

bacteria, bacterium, barm, ebullition, enzyme, leaven, leavening, mold, seethe, simmer, yeast, fermentation agent