Word Meanings - GELATINOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of GELATINOUS)

• Mucilaginous
• Gelatinous
• albuminous
• creamy
• glairy
• viscous
• lentous
• Viscid
• Glutinous
• ropy
• gelatinous
• sticky
• cohesive

Related words: (words related to GELATINOUS)

• COHESIVE
  1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force. 2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive
• VISCID
  Sticking or adhering, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscous; glutinous; sticky; tenacious; clammy; as, turpentine, tar, gums, etc., are more or less viscid.
• LENTOUS
  Viscid; viscous; tenacious. Spawn of a lentous and transparent body. Sir T. Browne.
• GLUTINOUSNESS
  The quality of being glutinous.
• CREAMY
  Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.
• GLUTINOUS
  Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. (more info) 1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
• MUCILAGINOUS
  1. Partaking of the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid. 2. Of, pertaining to, or secreting, mucilage; as, the mucilaginous glands. 3. Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding
• STICKY
  Having the quality of sticking to a surface; adhesive; gluey; viscous; viscid; glutinous; tenacious. Herbs which last longest are those of strong smell, and with a sticky stalk. Bacon.
• GLAIRY
  Like glair, or partaking of its qualities; covered with glair; viscous and transparent; slimy. Wiseman.
• VISCIDITY
  The quality or state of being viscid; also, that which is viscid; glutinous concretion; stickiness.
• VISCOUS
  Adhesive or sticky, and having a ropy or glutinous consistency; viscid; glutinous; clammy; tenacious; as, a viscous juice. -- Vis"cous*ness, n. Note: There is no well-defined distinction in meaning between viscous and viscid.
• ALBUMINOUS; ALBUMINOSE
  Pertaining to, or containing, albumen; having the properties of, or resembling, albumen or albumin. -- Al*bu"mi*nous*ness, n.
• GELATINOUS
  Of the nature and consistence of gelatin or the jelly; resembling jelly; viscous.
• SUBGELATINOUS
  Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.
• EXALBUMINOUS
  Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.