colloid

colloid is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
2. noun. A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.
3. noun. A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
4. noun. a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension

Common word forms

colloids, colloidal, colloider, colloidize

Words from these letters

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