| 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. |
| gluteal |
of, relating to, or near the muscles of the buttocks. |
| gluten |
a protein found in certain cereal grains, esp. wheat, that gives dough an elastic texture. [2 definitions] |
| gluten-free |
of a diet or food substance, not containing gluten, which is an elastic substance that occurs in certain cereal grains and gives dough an elastic texture. |
| 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. |
| glycemic |
of or pertaining to glucose in the blood. |