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Becoming solid
Answer for the clue "Becoming solid ", 7 letters:
gelling
Word definitions for gelling in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a colloid in a more solid form than a sol [syn: colloidal gel ] a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects [syn: gelatin ] [also: gelling , gelled ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of gel English)
Usage examples of gelling.
The pool of crimson crept across the floorboards, gelling in the cold morning air.
All the meals were Seth's favorites: Chef Boyardee spaghetti and hamburger, Chef Boyardee Noodle-O's and hamburger, and tomato soup with big chunks of hamburger rising out of the gelling liquid like baked Pacific atolls where generations of atomic bombs had been tested.
Whenever a tanker has an accident that causes structural rupture and there's a chance of an oil spill, a nozzle system sprays all the crude in the damaged section with gelling agents that turn the oil into a solid glob, right ?