jelly : Idioms & Phrases

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apple jelly

  • noun jelly made from apple juice
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Calf's-foot jelly

  • noun a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet
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  • jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.
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comb jelly

  • noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
    ctenophore.
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crabapple jelly

  • noun a tart apple jelly made from crab apples
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glycerin jelly

  • noun a mixture of glycerin and gelatin that is used in histology for mounting specimens
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grape jelly

  • noun jelly made from grape juice
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Jelly bag

  • a bag through which the material for jelly is strained.
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jelly bean

  • noun sugar-glazed jellied candy
    jelly bean.
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jelly doughnut

  • noun a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam
    bismark; Berlin doughnut.
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jelly egg

  • noun sugar-glazed jellied candy
    jelly bean.
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jelly fungus

  • noun any fungus of the order Tremellales or Auriculariales whose fruiting body is jellylike in consistency when fresh
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Jelly mold

  • a mold for forming jelly in ornamental shapes.
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Jelly plant

  • (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. J. Smith.
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Jelly powder

  • an explosive, composed of nitroglycerin and collodion cotton; so called from its resemblance to calf's-foot jelly.
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jelly roll morton

  • noun United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
    Morton; Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe Morton.
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mineral jelly

  • noun a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication
    petrolatum; mineral jelly.
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petroleum jelly

  • noun a semisolid mixture of hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum; used in medicinal ointments and for lubrication
    petrolatum; mineral jelly.
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royal jelly

  • noun a secretion of the pharyngeal glands of bees that is fed to very young larvae and to bees destined to be queens
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sea jelly

Sea" jel"ly
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  1. (Zoöl.) A medusa, or jellyfish.
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Star jelly

  • (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants (Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
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Vegetable jelly

  • . See Pectin.
Webster 1913