Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling gelatin; viscous.
- adjective Of, relating to, or containing gelatin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or consisting of gelatin; of the nature or consistence of gelatin; resembling jelly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
jelly -like - adjective of or referring to
gelatin
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective thick like gelatin
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Examples
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Her tiny transparent feet, covered in gelatinous skin, look like those of some aquatic creature.
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Blacks were dehumainzed just as fetuses Latin for baby were originally described as gelatinous globs.
Kansas: It's official. Johnson County GOP picks Phill Kline as district attorney Diane Silver 2006
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"The fact that the supposed deposits were so uniformly described as gelatinous substance forms a presumption in favor of the supposition that they had the origin ascribed to them."
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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Whatever their substance may have been, it is described as gelatinous -- "soapy and jellied."
The Book of the Damned Charles Fort
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These stains are called gelatinous plaques, which are transparent and invisible to the naked eye except when colored by iodine.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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People who knew Backhouse described him variously as "gelatinous," "deranged" and "the most remarkable scoundrel ever known in the Far East, which is saying a lot."
Portrait of a Silver-Tongued Deceiver Joseph Epstein 2011
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Packer says that the Senate is "gelatinous" and "stagnant" and he spent time in the Senate and found that "everything happens there except deliberation."
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Packer says that the Senate is "gelatinous" and "stagnant" and he spent time in the Senate and found that "everything happens there except deliberation."
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Oh, and is it just me, or does that goat/sheep's head is surrounded by some kind of gelatinous substance?
Fear Factor, CW Style Jen 2009
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It was slippery, Bennett said, much more "gelatinous" than his previous squid quarry.
Monster of the Deep 2007
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