gelatinous

[ US /dʒəˈɫætənəs/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒɛlˈætɪnəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. thick like gelatin
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How To Use gelatinous In A Sentence

  • He was a large, meaty, oily type of man — a kind of ambling, gelatinous formula of the male, with the usual sound commercial instincts of the Jew, but with an errant philosophy which led him to believe first one thing and then another so long as neither interfered definitely with his business. The Titan
  • Adhering egg clusters along the spines are covered by thin, gelatinous sheath; tips of spines are separated from each other, with slight but distinct subterminal narrowing.
  • Try siphonophores, gelatinous animals that live in the deep sea, whose abundance is only now being measured by scientists in Monterey Bay, but may take the prize.
  • The paste stood out amongst its neighbours on the platter, not for its taste, but for its bright pinkish colour and shiny, gelatinous consistency - a treat to some, but not my personal fave.
  • The living cell possesses a gelatinous sheath in which are embedded calcareous plates termed coccoliths.
  • These are plants growing in sea or fresh water, or on damp surfaces, with a filamentous, or more rarely a leaf-like pulverulent or gelatinous thallus; the last two forms essentially microscopic. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883
  • Even the glibbest young executive would turn into gelatinous material. Suddenly Sassa At Nbc
  • Pour a cup of the gelatinous mixture into the blender.
  • In the foot there is a gelatinous spring or style, which, even when taken out, has great elasticity, and which seems the mainspring of the motions of the _Pholas dactylus_. ' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 430 Volume 17, New Series, March 27, 1852
  • The male produces a long, gelatinous strand of condensed saliva from the sublingual salivary glands, which is then wound into a half-cup nest, bonded to a vertical surface.
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