| glottal stop |
a speech sound made by momentarily closing the glottis and then abruptly releasing it. |
| glottis |
the elongated opening between the vocal cords in the upper portion of the larynx. |
| glove |
a covering for the hand, usu. made of cloth or leather and having separate sections for each finger and the thumb. [5 definitions] |
| glove compartment |
a small storage area built into an automobile's dashboard, usu. on the passenger's side. |
| glover |
one who makes or sells gloves. |
| glow |
light given off by something very hot but flameless, or light that appears to be given off in this way. [6 definitions] |
| glower |
to look or stare with sullenness, anger, or animosity; scowl. [2 definitions] |
| glowworm |
any of several insects of the beetle family with abdominal organs that give off light, such as the larvae or wingless females of the firefly. |
| 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 |
a nonessential amino acid found in proteins that is used as a salt flavoring on meats and other foods. |
| glutamine |
a nonessential amino acid that is a component of proteins. |