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The material of which felt is made; also, felted cloth; also, the process by which it is made.

The process of undergoing an effervescent change, as by the action of yeast; in a wider sense (Physiol. Chem.), the transformation of an organic substance into new compounds by the action of a ferment, either formed or unorganized. It differs in kind according to the nature of the ferment which causes it.…

The theory which likens the course of certain diseases (esp. infectious diseases) to the process of fermentation, and attributes them to the organized ferments in the body. It does not differ materially from the accepted germ theory (which see).

ng power to cause, fermentation; produced by fermentation; fermenting; as, a fermentative process. -- Fer*ment"a*tive*ly, adv. -- Fer*ment"a*tive*ness, n.

A photographic picture taken on an iron plate by a collodion process; -- familiarly called tintype.

The act or process of rendering fertile.

A warrant of a judge for certain processes.

glish Court of Common Pleas; -- so called because he filed the writs on which he made out process. [Obs.] Burrill.

Terminating in a threadlike process.

That which has been filtered; the liquid which has passed through the filter in the process of filtration.

The act or process of filtering; the mechanical separation of a liquid from the undissolved particles floating in it.

Having the edge or extremity bordered by filiform processes thicker than hairs; fringed; as, the fimbriate petals of the pink; the fimbriate end of the Fallopian tube.

The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew.

The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.

The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

metal being driven off afterward by heat. -- Fire gilt (Fine Arts), gold laid on by the process of fire gilding. -- Fire insurance, the act or system of insuring against fire; also, a contract by which an insurance company undertakes, in consideration of the payment of a premium or small percentage -- usually made p…

The act or process of rendering anything incombustible; also, the materials used in the process.

The process of partly vitrifying pottery by exposing it to intense heat in a kiln.

A process of reproduction intermediate between fission and gemmation.

A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous…