congealing
Turning to jelly
Congealing is the process of becoming thick, solid, or semi-solid—typically through cooling or chemical change.
Blood congeals as it clots.
Fat congeals on the surface of cold soup.
The word extends to abstract things that solidify or coalesce: His vague suspicions were congealing into certainty.
Liquid solidifying into mass
- clottingBlood solidifying process
- gelationTransition to gel state
- curdlingSeparating into lumps
- settingContext of events
hardening · thickening · stiffening · crystallization · firming · consolidation · coalescing · precipitating
Blood solidifying process
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- scabbingForming protective crust
- clotCoagulated mass
- hemostasisProcess that stops bleeding
platelets · fibrin · thrombus · dried blood · crusted · stanching · wound · bleeding
coagulation
Liquid solidifying into mass
setting · hardening · thickening · stiffening · crystallization · firming · consolidation · coalescing · precipitating · agglutination
clotting
Blood solidifying process
- coagulatingSolidifying from liquid state
- scabbingForming protective crust
- clotCoagulated mass
hemostasis · platelets · fibrin · thrombus · dried blood · crusted · stanching · wound · bleeding · gore
chilling
Causing fear or cold
- coolingLosing thermal energy
- refrigeratingKeeping cold mechanically
- freezingExtremely cold
cold · frosty · icy · frigid · drippings · lard · tallow · schmaltz · bacon grease · rendered fat
gelatinous
Viscous and semisolid
glutinous · viscous · tacky · slimy · ropy · thick · sticky · mucilaginous · clumpy · lumpy
- clumping actionsclotting, curdling, coagulating, lumping, clumping
- hardeninghardening, stiffening, solidification, solidifying, rigidifying
- gelling processessetting, thickening, firming, coagulation, crosslinking
- sticky texturessticky, tacky, gluey, gummy, adhesive
- texture changessmoothing, roughening, softening, hardening, wrinkling
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
congealingmelting
Solid-to-liquid transition
liquefying · liquifying · dissolving · thawing · softening
congealingdissolving
Passing into solution
dispersing · dissipating · diffusing · scattering · disintegrating
gel, gels, congeal, gelatin, jellied, gelling, jellylike, coagulate, congealed