choose one: [results will be posted early tomorrow]

a) pertaining to or connected with fermentation
b) of or relating to caramelized sugar, or the process of producing it
c) a geological transition zone, the zumic layer: the division between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation, characterized by the dispersion of air and water in pore spaces in rocks and soil
d) a small cannon fired from the deck of a xebec [a three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship]
e) the sticky substance, an artificial resin, that renders today's chewing gum chewable; the original gum of centuries past, the sap of spruce and balsam trees, was naturally chewable
f) detachable, used of body parts such as bee-stings
g) of or relating to an Aztec king or nobleman; also applied to Incan counterparts
h) the general labourer who cleans out the animal houses; corr. zoo mick; job traditionally reserved for Irish immigrants
i) a guidebook, consisting primarily of drawings, for a zoological institution
j) a type of volcanic rock found in the South China Sea
k) indigenous to; native