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1 | 99% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 36% | 13 | Often used for its ability to convert sugar into alcohol | |
3 | 34% | 9 | Chemical conversion of a sugar into a sugar alcohol | |
Fungus Able To Convert Sugar Into Alcohol Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "YEAST" which means:
- noun
- • A commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
- • Any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division verb
- • To ferment.
- • (of something prepared with a yeasted dough) to rise.
- • To exaggerate
An example sentence would be:
- • "Baker's yeast is used to make bread rise."
- • "Brewer's yeast is commonly used in beer production."
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