mineral jelly
noun Chemistry.
a gelatinous product made from petroleum, used to stabilize certain explosives.
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Origin of mineral jelly
First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby mineral jelly
miner's lettuce, miner's lung, miner's right, mineral, mineral charcoal, mineral jelly, mineral kingdom, mineral oil, mineral pitch, mineral spirits, mineral spring
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