Gel

Noun

 * 1) A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
 * 2) Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

Derived terms

 * aerogel
 * hair gel
 * hydrogel
 * shower gel
 * silica gel
 * xerogel

Verb

 * 1)  To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
 * 2)  To become a gel.
 * 3)  To develop a rapport.

Noun

 * 1)  A girl.

Thesaurus
albumen, batter, bonnyclabber, butter, cake, clabber, clot, clump, cluster, coagulate, concrete, congeal, cornstarch, cream, curd, curdle, dough, egg white, gaum, gelatin, gelatinate, gelatinize, glair, glop, glue, gluten, goo, gook, goop, gruel, gumbo, gunk, incrassate, inspissate, jam, jell, jellify, jelly, knot, loblolly, lopper, lump, molasses, mucilage, mucus, pap, paste, porridge, pudding, pulp, puree, putty, rob, semifluid, semiliquid, set, size, soup, starch, sticky mess, syrup, thick, thicken, treacle

Etymology 1
Coined by Thomas Graham in the mid 19th century as a clipping of gelatin: < gélatine: <  gelatina:, diminutive form of gelato: <  gelatus:, past participle of gelo: < gelu: <

Etymology 2
Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl:.

Noun

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: geeli, hyty, hyytelö
 * French:


 * German:
 * Polish: żel


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ג'ל (djel), תקריש (takrísh)


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Polish: żel
 * Tagalog: pamada
 * Turkish:, jöle

Verb

 * Dutch: gellen


 * Finnish: levittää geeliä


 * Dutch: indikken, geleren
 * Finnish: geeliytyä, hyytelöityä


 * Spanish: gelificarse

Anagrams

 * ElG, ELG, leg, leg.

Etymology
From gelu:.

Noun

 * 1) ice

Pronunciation

 * or

Noun

 * 1) gel
 * 2) gel

Anagrams

 * leg

Etymology
From gelu:

Noun

 * 1) frost
 * 2) gel
 * 3) gel

Adjective

 * 1)   (yellow).

Contraction

 * 1) Contraction of ' + ' (I  it)

Etymology
From <.

Adjective

 * 1) bright
 * 2) clear
 * 3) white

Descendants

 * Irish:
 * Manx:
 * Scottish Gaelic: