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Word:

yist [yist.] :

yeast (n.)
[ Etymology: English: yeast ]

Derivatives of yist

Glosses:

yeast
n. (substance)	1. barm, yeast	a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey.
	~ yeast cake	small cake of compressed moist yeast.
	~ brewer's yeast	yeast used in fermenting beer.
	~ leaven, leavening	a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid.
	~ mother	a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar.
n. (plant)	2. yeast	any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division.
	~ fungus	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia.
	~ endomycetales, order endomycetales	fungi having a zygote or a single cell developing directly into an ascus.
	~ baker's yeast, saccharomyces cerevisiae, brewer's yeast	used as a leaven in baking and brewing.
	~ saccharomyces ellipsoides, wine-maker's yeast	used in making wine.