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| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | The progressive, irreversible thickening to a gel-like consistency of a paint or varnish. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Formation of gel. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GELLING |
| English words defined with "GELLING": agar, agar-agar ♦ nutrient agar. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "GELLING": Alcian Blue ♦ shear strength. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "GELLING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 53.85% of the time. "GELLING" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 53.85% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 38.46% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 7.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 13 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gelling | 10 |
gelling agent | 8 |
gelling petroleum | 6 |
gelling compound | 4 |
water gelling compound | 4 |
curt gelling | 4 |
gelling time | 3 |
eelco gelling | 2 |
gelling oil | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GELLING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gelering (gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification), gelatinering (gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, pregelatinization of the starch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geleren (gel, gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, jellify, jelly), gelatineren (feeding, gelatinization, gelation, livering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | geeliytyminen (feeding, gelation, livering), hyytyminen (clotting, coagulation, congelation), hyytelöityminen (feeding, gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, livering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gélification (gel formation, gelatination, gelatinization, gelation, gelification), gélation (gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification), gélatinisation (gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gellierend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ζελατινοποίηση (gelatinization, gelation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | gelificazione (feeding, gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, livering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Gellin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ellinggay gelificação progressiva, gelificação (feeding, gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification, livering). (various references) gelificación (gel formation, gelatinization, gelation, gelification). (various references) gelning (gelation), gelatinering. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "GELLING": becudgelling, cudgelling. (additional references) | |
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"GELLING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gaeling, galliagh, galligu, Gallini, gaoling, gaulling, gelang, gelfling, geling, gellen, Gerling, gillings, gillying, gling, Gmelin, Gmelina, goellner, gueling, gwenllian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-i-l-l-n" | |
-1 letter: leggin, niggle. | |
-2 letters: ingle. | |
-3 letters: gien, gill, gleg, glen, lien, line, ling, nill. | |
-4 letters: egg, ell, eng, gel, gen, gie, gig, gin, ill, leg, lei, lie, lin, nil. | |
-5 letters: el, en, in, li, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-i-l-l-n" | |
+1 letter: alleging, gingelli, gingelly. | |
+2 letters: begalling, fledgling, galingale, galleting, gavelling, gingellis, gruelling. | |
+3 letters: cudgelling, fledglings, galingales, gallerying, gingellies, gravelling, grovelling, gruelingly, gruellings, legalising, legalizing, negligible, negligibly. | |
+4 letters: beguilingly, challenging, gillnetting, grovelingly, legislating, lingeringly, negligently. | |
+5 letters: agglutinable, allegorising, allegorizing, angelologies, angelologist, becudgelling, billingsgate, flagellating, genealogical, glitteringly, illegalizing, limelighting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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