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| crab apple |
any of various small, hard, tart apples, wild or cultivated, used esp. for making jelly. [1/2 definitions] |
| currant |
the sour, edible berry of any of a variety of shrubs related to the gooseberry, used esp. in making jelly. [1/3 definitions] |
| gel |
a non-separating chemical mixture that resembles jelly. (See colloid.) [1/3 definitions] |
| gelatinize |
to make or change into gelatin or jelly. [1/3 definitions] |
| gelatinous |
like jelly or gelatin, esp. in consistency. [1/2 definitions] |
| jell |
to solidify or congeal; become like a gel or jelly. [2/5 definitions] |
| jellify |
to make or turn into jelly. |
| jellyroll |
a thin sheet of sponge cake spread with fruit jelly or jam and rolled up. |
| mint jelly |
a jelly with mint flavoring, usu. served with lamb. |
| napalm |
a highly flammable jelly containing aluminum soaps and gasoline, used in flame throwers and fire bombs. [1/2 definitions] |
| petrolatum |
a colorless or yellowish, translucent, greasy, semisolid petroleum derivative used as a lubricant and in medical ointments; petroleum jelly. |
| protoplasm |
a complex translucent colorless jelly regarded as the physical basis of all living matter and life functions. |
| sandwich |
sliced bread around a layer or layers of other food such as meat, cheese, or jelly. [1/3 definitions] |
| vitreous humor |
the transparent, colorless jelly that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina. |
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