| gloxinia |
any of several tropical houseplants with large downy leaves and bell-shaped flowers of various colors. |
| glucose |
a form of sugar that occurs naturally in fruits, plants, and animal tissues; grape sugar. [2 definitions] |
| glucoside |
any of several chemical compounds that yield glucose when treated with an acid or enzyme. |
| glue |
a thick, sticky liquid used as an adhesive, such as the substance derived from hoofs, skins, and other animal proteins by boiling these in water. [2 definitions] |
| glue sniffing |
the potentially brain-damaging act or practice of inhaling the fumes of certain types of glue, such as model airplane glue, and thereby becoming intoxicated, giddy, or the like. |
| gluey |
like glue; sticky. [2 definitions] |
| glum |
in low spirits; sad, sullen, or gloomy. [2 definitions] |
| glume |
one of two bracts on a spikelet of grass or sedge. |
| gluon |
in physics theory, a massless particle or type of energy that binds quarks together and thus forms protons, neutrons, and the like. |
| glut |
to supply (a market) with much more of a particular article than there is demand for. [5 definitions] |
| glutamate |
a salt or ester of glutamic acid. |
| glutamic acid |
an amino acid used esp. as a salt flavoring on meats and other foods. |
| gluten |
a tough, elastic protein substance that occurs in cereal grains and flours, esp. wheat and corn, and makes dough sticky. |
| gluteus |
any of the three major muscles in the buttocks. |
| glutinous |
sticky, as glue. |
| glutton |
someone who eats an excessive amount, or one who both eats and drinks excessively. [2 definitions] |
| gluttonous |
inclined to eat excessively; voracious. |
| gluttony |
the habit or an instance of excessive eating and drinking. |
| glyceride |
an ester of glycerol that is the main component of fatty tissue. |
| glycerin |
a sweet colorless or yellowish syrupy alcohol; glycerol. |
| glycerol |
a sweet colorless or yellowish syrupy alcohol derived from fats or oils, used as a sweetener, solvent, and antifreeze, and in the making of soap, cosmetics, medicines, and explosives. |