(n.) Anything brought to a gelatinous condition; a viscous, translucent substance in a condition between liquid and solid; a stiffened solution of gelatin, gum, or the like.
(n.) The juice of fruits or meats boiled with sugar to an elastic consistence; as, currant jelly; calf's-foot jelly.
(v. i.) To become jelly; to come to the state or consistency of jelly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Focus in this discussion is on the following: 1) female sterilization -- laparotomy, minilaparotomy, and colpotomy; endoscopic sterilization techniques; transcervical approaches to female sterilization; systemic nonsurgical female sterilization; and reversible techniques of female sterilization; 2) abortion -- pregnancy testing, long-term effects; and 3) systemic contraceptives -- steroidal contraception; locally active methods; vaginal foams, creams, and jellies; the diaphragm and other intravaginal barriers; IUDs; and periodic abstine nce.
(2) Those fed royal jelly as larvae emerge as queens and do little but lay eggs.
(3) Following stereotactic biopsy, which yielded a homogeneous jelly-like material, the mass was removed microsurgically and was found to be most like a colloid cyst on histological examination.
(4) Earlier studies have shown that a substance(s) released from the egg jelly of the toad Bufo arenarum is required for fertilization.
(5) In forest, removal of olfactory substances from the human skin, by vigorous washing and application of petroleum jelly, or by wearing impermeable clothing, greatly reduced the numbers of flies attracted.
(6) Tory MPs, whose loyalty to the current leader is a jelly that never properly set, are wobbling all over the place.
(7) During heart development in the chick some of the endocardial cells that cover the cushion areas leave the cushion endocardium, seed the underlying cardiac jelly, and are transformed into mesenchyme.
(8) It is concluded that lignocaine jelly with the use of a spray significantly increases post-operative side-effects.
(9) We report the case of a child who sustained partial thickness burns from a garlic-petroleum jelly plaster, which had been applied at the direction of a naturopathic physician.
(10) But now jellied eels, the gelatinous fare that makes even the most enthusiastic omnivore think twice before tucking in, are becoming popular outside the capital for the first time.
(11) A phantom, electrically adaptable for simulation of various tissues, was developed using agar as the jelly.
(12) The authors' in vitro results, in conjunction with the observations from their two cases, suggest that lidocaine jelly mixed with 1 to 3 parts normal saline may be useful in managing certain types of endotracheal tube cuff incompetence.
(13) These results indicate that the Na+ requirement for the acrosome reaction induced by jelly is lost when triggering is by high pH.
(14) "Jellied eels were always considered a regional dish, much like haggis is to Scotland, mushy peas are to northern England and laver bread is to Wales."
(15) The fucose-sulfate glycoconjugate (FSG) component of sea urchin egg jelly that induces an acrosome reaction in spermatozoa-stimulated multiple Ca2+-dependent phospholipid changes in the sperm cell head and flagellum.
(16) Under natural conditions, the permeability change which results in Ca+2 influx may be induced in echinoid sperm by egg jelly and may occur in mammalian sperm during capacitation.
(17) But each version is named after a dessert (Frozen Yogurt, Jelly Bean) – insufficiently manly, suggested Rob Beschizza.
(18) Petroleum jelly was always used, to prevent heating and desiccation of the specimens.
(19) Jelly release and hydration appears dependent on both a trypsin-like protease and Ca++ and Mg++ ions.
(20) Add to the dough and gently incorporate by hand, mixing the cheese and jelly evenly into the dough.
Telly
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) There would never be a meeting in a darkened room where a winner was chosen just to fit an audience demographic or to create more entertaining telly.
(2) We used to watch River Cottage on the telly and thought: “Wow, where’s that?
(3) The Gogglebox people are all nice(ish) and funny(ish), qualities vital to keep at bay total self-loathing that we are gathered as a family, watching on telly other people watching telly.
(4) Changing Rooms and Ground Force – market- leaders in the home make-over genre that was the telly sensation in the decade before incarceration game-shows – ran from 1996 to 2004 and 1997 to 2005 respectively.
(5) And it is quite striking, when you look into the history of telly, that predominantly women have been written by men, and represented through the prism of men’s eyes.
(6) Mum and Dad may not have wanted to talk about sex, but telly, film, literature, newspapers and pop music did.
(7) However there is little time to savour the triumph with his team, because of the extensive media duties: telly, radio, telly... then upstairs for the newspaper hacks.
(8) "There is a sense that if you're not on the telly then you might have died.
(9) For six weeks it's me saying on the telly what I've been saying on my blog for two years: "This is where I shop, this is what I do."
(10) Barely a radio or telly interview passes by which isn't stuffed with "issues", and only the new waffly sort, not the ones you could either mop up or be proud of.
(11) I'd rather discuss what was on telly, avoid the issue, discuss anything other than the relationship.
(12) It's nerve-racking to present and it's technically pretty complicated but it's fun, live telly.
(13) I used to watch the Mercury prize on the telly when I was 16, wondering when it would be my time, so this is really special.” East India Youth’s Doyle was also delighted that the band’s album had been selected.
(14) IDS's spinners are continuing an increasingly popular political tactic in both the US and UK of using telly references to connect with the electorate.
(15) Faced with this mutant telly genre masquerading as reality, soaps have become unreal just when we needed them to be otherwise.
(16) (Amstell, curiously enough, wasn’t a comedian when he started presenting telly.
(17) I don’t really remember, I suppose I watched a bit of telly, scrounged around the fridge for something to eat … that was a grim, grim day.” His next choice of music, perhaps tellingly, was one he first heard while working on reconciliation during his time at Coventry cathedral, a poignant Advent composition by John Tavener.
(18) I always wanted to listen to them and watch them on telly – I was a drummer so I wanted to be their drummer.
(19) On Sundays in the mid-70s, he and his family would gather round the telly to watch Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a satire on soap operas.
(20) I repeat: 1.5m viewers for a half-hour comedy before it's on "normal" telly.