Words Starting With GLU

affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough

a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh

of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles

exceeding demand

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin)

having the sticky properties of an adhesive

a salt or ester of glutamic acid

a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

an amino derivative of glucose that is a component of many polysaccharides

a steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity