Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A colloid in which the disperse phase has combined with the dispersion medium to produce a semisolid material, such as a jelly.
- n. See gelatin.
- n. A jellylike substance used in styling hair.
- v. To become a gel.
- v. To apply a gel to (the hair).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A gelatinous or albuminous protoplasmic substance, especially the protoplasm of nerve-cells.
Wiktionary
- n. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
- n. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
- v. transitive To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
- v. intransitive To become a gel.
- v. intransitive To develop a rapport.
- n. UK A girl.
WordNet 3.0
- v. become a gel
- v. apply a styling gel to
- n. a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
- n. a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Etymologies
- Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl. (Wiktionary)
- Short for gelatin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“After numbing gel is placed on the nose a small tube will be guided down the nose and into the jejunum (small bowel) using fluoroscopic (x-ray) guidance.”
“The liquid in the gel is flashed off, leaving a superlight, high-void “frozen air” insulating sock that goes between the inner and outer layers of the bottle.”
“Licking some blueberry scent gel from the top of the drum, standing at 24 yards was a nice bear.”
“So I brought it back to a boil the next day, added some fruit pectin gel, and hoped that would help.”
“Nan sits with her awhile before applying the prostaglandin gel to her cervix to get labor started.”
“I don't know, for instance, if one brand or type of gel is better than another, or what one should look for in a gel to be sure it will work.”
“They consist of eight layers and a protein gel, and a grafted polymer with natural starch technology to ensure liquid is drawn away from the skin.”
“A shower gel is also on offer, although the makers, Think Geek, warn that neither is recommended for pregnant women or children because of the caffeine content.”
“This non-greasy cream-gel is designed for women concerned with the consequences of the?”
Vichy Laboratories, the #1 Skincare Brand in European Pharmacies, Expands to Southern California
“Once the wound heals, the nontoxic gel is broken down into molecules that cells use for tissue repair, Ellis-Behnke explains.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gel’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Palabras de 3 letras en Español.
¡La única lista que también incluye flexiónes verbales y pluralizaciones! Ayúdame a encontrarlas todas.
(Por ser una lista para Scrabble, los dígrafos ll, rr, y ch valen como una sola ...aba, aca, aga, ahe, ahi, aho, aja, aje, aji, ajo, ala, ale and 427 more...
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Mountain Biking
Words that relate to bicycling or mountain biking
crank, podium, attack position, bonk, rock garden, babyheads, bunny hop, chain, chainring, clipless, freeride, slicks and 204 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upsid...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 233 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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ROT13 Pairs
Nabbed from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROT-13#Letter_games_and_net_culture: words that become other existing words (or failing that, acronyms) when a Caesar shift of 13 places is applied to them.
aha, nun, ant, nag, balk, onyx, bar, one, barf, ones, be, or and 64 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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2012-11-16
hassle, carry-on, aerosol, gel, bombard, hijack, lamb, slaughter
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Jacqueline's Words
glittery, horny, amazing, wanderlust, forlorn, lustily, nonchalant, cool, passive, submissive, roundabout, carousel and 558 more...
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hairstyles
bun, bobtail, ponytail, cornrow, odango*, updo, bouffant, plait, braid, bunches, buzzcut, combover and 331 more...
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Words That Populate My Mind
This is a collection of words I love, old ones that I love the sound of when I repeat them for years and new ones coined in news articles on up and coming trends and technologies - most of them I k...
aroma, mojo, blithely, fringe, fray, synchronicity, doublespeak, buzzword, thoughtcrime, portmanteau, newspeak, oldspeak and 963 more...
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hair apparent
all things hair
shears, bleach, razor, mullet, blonde, redhead, tresses, sideburn, scrunchie, pomade, gel, afro and 12 more...
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Medicinal mixtures
liniment, ointment, potion, salve, balsam, cream, poultice, panacea, lotion, demulcent, embrocation, emollient and 10 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for gel.
alexz in cycling, gel is a high sugar syrup pack to provide carbohydrates and electrolytes
also in cycling, it's built into some bike seats, bike shorts, gloves, and even handlebar tape.
Jan 12, 2013
uselessness Like a felon. I'm like Magellan I'm so gel'in. Would you like some melon? Jan 19, 2007
ecrivaine33 I love using "gel" more as a verb than as a noun - as in, "Once the professor explained more on the topic, the concept began to 'gel' better in my mind." I'm sure many of us are also familiar with how the commmercial for that one company's gel inserts uses it in their tagline "Are you gel'in?" Jan 19, 2007