Hot water will gelatinize starch.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

During this process starch cells gelatinize and heal the cracks that may be present in the grain.    From Wordnik.com.  [10. Integrated pest management] Reference

But somehow, we Yanks always have time to gelatinize before the soothing glow of our favorite guilty pleasure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murdoch's Fox Ups Ante With Season Five Of 'Idol'] Reference

Once inside, a "lengthy build-up of heat allows the flour to gelatinize … therefore a baking process is taking place," Aldi S ü d added.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fresh Test: Grocery Store Automats Get a Rise Out of German Bakers] Reference

Thus, the coarsely ground raw material, with 30 to 35 per cent moisture, is maintained at 70 to 80 for 10 to 15 minutes by gently steaming to gelatinize the starch granules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 6] Reference

This requires little effort when sugar-containing materials such as sugarcane are used; starchy materials need to be cooked to gelatinize the starch, which then must be hydrolyzed to sugars by enzymes.    From Wordnik.com.  [2 Biomass Sources] Reference

Between 6 and 7 p.m. each evening, the computers “gelatinize” the assignments for the next day — make them firm enough to tell passengers exactly when to show up at the airports, but still pliable enough that pilots and planes might be reassigned if last-minute requests come in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taxis in the Sky] Reference

Tom denies any attempts to gelatinize his audience with such tactics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recidivism.] Reference

It consists in soaking the rough rice in water and then steaming under pressure a sufficient time to gelatinize the kernels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modern Mechanix] Reference

The syrup adds a touch of sweetness and color; boiling begins to gelatinize the starch and creates the glossy crust, but boiling too long (some authorities say a minute is too long; others say two minutes) can cause the dough to collapse or develop patches of yellowed, thickened crust.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fresh Loaf] Reference

'Basalt', containing olivine and constituents which gelatinize in acids; phonolithe (porphyritic slate), trachyte, and colerite; the first of these rocks is only paartially, and the second always, divided into thin laminae, which give them an appearance of stratification when extended over a large space.    From Wordnik.com.  [COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1] Reference

G. andrew meyer's most amazingly awesome reel of advertising video content that will freak your beak and gelatinize your mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vimeo / Recent Public Videos] Reference

C.) and upon it is poured in excess the liquefied and quite warm solution, which must be allowed to penetrate in the pores of the wood by letting it gelatinize, when it is wiped off clean.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photographic Reproduction Processes] Reference

Adding dry starch directly to hot sauce causes the surface of the starch to gelatinize on contact, trapping the remaining starch inside the gelatinized coating, thus forming a lump. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines] Reference

Only proteins gelatinize.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latke-Vision: It Sure Beats The Yule Log] Reference

Fat cannot gelatinize because it’s fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latke-Vision: It Sure Beats The Yule Log] Reference