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Glore

To glare; to glower.

Gloria

A doxology (beginning Gloria Patri, Glory be to the Father), sung or said at the end of the Psalms in the service of the Roman Catholic and other churches. A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used. The musical setting of a gloria.

Gloried

Illustrious; honorable; noble.

glorified

accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing.

Gloriosa

A genus of climbing plants with very showy lilylike blossoms, natives of India.

Glory

Praise, honor, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; honorable fame; renown.

Gloss

To make comments; to comment; to explain.

Glossa

The tongue, or lingua, of an insect. See Hymenoptera.

Glossal

Of or pertaining to the tongue; lingual.

Glossanthrax

A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue.

Glossarial

Of or pertaining to glosses or to a glossary; containing a glossary.

Glossarist

A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.

Glossary

A collection of glosses or explanations of words and passages of a work or author; a partial dictionary of a work, an author, a dialect, art, or science, explaining archaic, technical, or other uncommon words.

Glossator

A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator.

Glosser

A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.

Glossic

A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only.

glossina

A blood-sucking African fly that transmits sleeping sickness etc.; the tsetse fly.

Glossiness

The condition or quality of being glossy; the luster or brightness of a smooth surface.

Glossoepiglottic

Pertaining to both tongue and epiglottis; as, glossoepiglottic folds.

Glossography

The writing of glossaries, glosses, or comments for illustrating an author.

Glossohyal

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.

Glossologist

One who defines and explains terms; one who is versed in glossology.

Glossology

The definition and explanation of terms; a glossary.

Glossopharyngeal

Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the pharynx and tongue. One of the glossopharyngeal nerves.

Glossy

Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

Glost

The lead glaze used for pottery.

Glottal

Of or pertaining to, or produced by, the glottis; glottic.

Glottis

The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.

Glottology

The science of tongues or languages; comparative philology; glossology.

Glout

To view attentively; to gloat on; to stare at.

Glove

To cover with, or as with, a glove.

gloved

having the hands covered with gloves. Opposite of gloveless.

gloveless

devoid of gloves. Oposite of gloved.

Glover

One whose trade it is to make or sell gloves.

Glow

White or red heat; incandscence.

Glower

to look intently; to stare angrily or with a scowl.

glowering

having a cheerless aspect or disposition.

Glowingly

In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion.

Glowlamp

An aphlogistic lamp. See Aphlogistic.

Glowworm

A coleopterous insect of the genus Lampyris; esp., the wingless females and larv/ of the two European species (L. noctiluca, and L. splendidula), which emit light from some of the abdominal segments.

Gloxinia

American genus of herbaceous plants with very handsome bell-shaped blossoms; -- named after B. P. Gloxin, a German botanist.

Gloze

Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

Glucic

Pertaining to, or obtained from, sugar; as, glucic acid.

Glucina

A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.

Glucinic

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide.

Glucinum

A rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally in the free state, but is always combined, usually with silica or alumina, or both; as in the minerals phenacite, chrysoberyl, beryl or emerald, euclase, and danalite. It was named from its oxide glucina, which was known long before the element was isolated. Symbol Gl. Atomic weight 9.1. Called also beryllium.

Gluconic

Pertaining to, or derived from, glucose.

Glucoside

One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the nature of complex and compound ethers, and ethereal salts of the sugar carbohydrates.

Glucosuria

A condition in which glucose is discharged in the urine; diabetes mellitus.

Glue

To join with glue or a viscous substance; to cause to stick or hold fast, as if with glue; to fix or fasten.

glued

affixed with glue or paste.

Gluepot

A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue.

Gluer

One who cements with glue.

Gluey

Viscous; glutinous; of the nature of, or like, glue.

Glum

To look sullen; to be of a sour countenance; to be glum.

Glumal

Characterized by a glume, or having the nature of a glume.

Glume

The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelet.

Glumelle Glumella

One of the palets or inner chaffy scales of the flowers or spikelets of grasses.

Glumly

In a glum manner; sullenly; moodily.

Glump

To manifest sullenness; to sulk.

Glunch

Frowning; sulky; sullen. A sullen, angry look; a look of disdain or dislike.

Glut

That which is swallowed.

Glutaconic

Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids.

glutaeus gluteus

Any of several muscles in the buttocks of man and most mammals, especially the great muscle of the buttock (the gluteus maximus); also, the corresponding muscle in many lower animals.

Glutaric

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers.

Glutazine

A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine.

Gluteal

Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glut/us.

Gluten

The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Glutinate

To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together.

Glutination

The act of uniting with glue; sticking together.

Glutinative

Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous.

Glutinosity

The quality of being glutinous; viscousness.

glutted

overfull; filled to excess; as, a glutted market.

Glutton

To glut; to eat voraciously.

Gluttonize

To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize.

Gluttonous

Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age.

Gluttony

Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity.

Glyceric

Pertaining to, or derived from, glycerin.

Glyceride

A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Glycerine Glycerin

An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

Glycerite

A medicinal preparation made by mixing or dissolving a substance in glycerin.

Glyceryl

A compound radical, C3H5, regarded as the essential radical of glycerin. It is metameric with allyl. Called also propenyl.

Glycide

A colorless liquid, obtained from certain derivatives of glycerin, and regarded as a partially dehydrated glycerin; -- called also glycidic alcohol.

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