curdles
Turns into lumps
Curdles is the third-person singular form of the verb curdle, which describes the process of milk or another liquid separating into lumps or solid masses, typically through souring or the addition of acid.
The lemon juice curdles the cream if you add it too quickly.
Blood curdles in horror contexts, where the expression blood-curdling describes something terrifying enough to make one's blood feel as if it has thickened or congealed from fear.
Mammalian nursing fluid
lumpy · spoiled · coagulates · separates · clabber · whey · buttermilk · rennet
Thickens into semi-solid
- clotsSolidified blood masses
- thickensBecomes less fluid
- coagulatesSolidifies from liquid state
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
darkens · trauma · wound · hemorrhage · gore · macabre · pooling · drying
Liquid food accompaniment
- hollandaiseEmulsified butter-egg sauce
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
- overheatsBecomes excessively warm
splits · breaks · grainy · scrambles · mayonnaise · emulsion · temperature · whisking
Emotional response to threat
- horrorExtreme fear or disgust
- terrifiesCauses extreme fright
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- spine-tinglingCausing thrilled fear
dread · scream · fright · bone-chilling · hair-raising · bloodcurdling · terror · shrieks
milk
Mammalian nursing fluid
sour · lumpy · spoiled · coagulates · separates · clabber · whey · buttermilk · rennet · ferments
congeals
Thickens into semi-solid
- clotsSolidified blood masses
- thickensBecomes less fluid
- coagulatesSolidifies from liquid state
viscous · darkens · trauma · wound · hemorrhage · gore · macabre · pooling · drying · scab
sauce
Liquid food accompaniment
- hollandaiseEmulsified butter-egg sauce
- custardCooked egg-milk mixture
- eggsReproductive cells in shells
overheats · splits · breaks · grainy · scrambles · mayonnaise · emulsion · temperature · whisking · rescuing
fear
Emotional response to threat
spine-tingling · dread · scream · fright · bone-chilling · hair-raising · bloodcurdling · terror · shrieks · nightmarish
- goes badrots, spoils, molds, sours, turns
- transformationschange, changes, transform, transforms, transformation
curdlesliquefies
Becomes a liquid
smooths · homogenizes · emulsifies · blends · integrates
curdlesrecombines
Unites previously separated parts
integrates · stabilizes · unifies · reconstitutes · coalesces
- curdled milkCoagulated dairy liquid
- blood curdling scream
- curdled sauceEmulsion that has separated