Antonyms for jellylike
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : jel-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɛl i |
Definition of jellylike
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French gelee "a frost; jelly," noun use of fem. past participle of geler "congeal," from Latin gelare "to freeze," from gelu "frost" (see cold (adj.)).
- As in shaky : adj trembling
- As in gelatinous : adj coagulated
- The egg white begins to coagulate at 134 degrees Fahrenheit, and it becomes white and jellylike at 160 degrees.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- After boiling they show a jellylike, half transparent white, and a reddish yellow, and are exceedingly delicious.
- Extract from : « The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II » by A.E. Nordenskieold
- Cautiously approaching him, I saw by his dull and jellylike eye that he was dead.
- Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 » by Charles H. Sylvester
- The blood is dark in color, fluid, or only clotted into soft, jellylike masses.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- Matter is found in the air tubes which form gutters through the jellylike mass of the diseased lung.
- Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of the Horse » by United States Department of Agriculture
- This consists of two huge masses filled with a jellylike substance, below the spine, and separated by a narrow median septum.
- Extract from : « Zoology: The Science of Animal Life » by Ernest Ingersoll
- Shortly after the tadpole wriggles out of the jellylike case and begins life outside the egg.
- Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
- This apparently foamy, jellylike, transparent material is the only living substance in all the world.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- If a tender, jellylike consistency is wanted, cook the egg below the boiling point of water.
- Extract from : « Foods and Household Management » by Helen Kinne
- It rippled and rose in the dark with the pulsing beat of the jellylike mass.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various
Synonyms for jellylike
- all aquiver
- aquake
- aquiver
- ashake
- faltering
- fluctuant
- gluey
- glutinous
- gummy
- infirm
- insecure
- jelled
- jellied
- jelly-like
- jellylike
- jerry-built
- jittery
- mucilaginous
- nervous
- not set
- precarious
- pudding
- quaking
- quivery
- rattletrap
- rickety
- rocky
- rootless
- shaking
- sticky
- thick
- tottering
- tottery
- tremorous
- tremulous
- tumbledown
- unfirm
- unsettled
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- vacillating
- viscid
- viscous
- wavering
- weak
- wobbly
- yielding
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