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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gel
noun
1: a colloid in a more solid form than a sol [syn: {colloidal gel}]
2: a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: {gelatin}]
verb
1: become a gel; "The solid, when heated, gelled"
2: apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" [syn: {mousse}] [also: {gelling}, {gelled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "gel": 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
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