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YEASTY
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Irregular inflected forms: yeastier , yeastiest
I. (adjective)
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creative; originative (having the ability or power to create)
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spirited (displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness)
Sense 3
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Of or resembling or containing yeast
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yeastlike; yeasty
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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)
Derivation:
yeast (any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division)
yeast (a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey)