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English Idioms :: glutton for punishment
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glune.html - {n. phr.} A greedy person; someone who wants too much of something, such as food or drink, which will make him sick. * /Fred eats so much red meat that he is a regular glutton for punishment./ |
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New English :: gluten-free
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glune.html - (Health and Fitness) (Lifestyle and Leisure) see -free |
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Traditional English :: glucagon
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glune.html - n.
a polypeptide hormone formed in the pancreas, which aids the breakdown of glycogen. [Gk glukus sweet + agon leading] |
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Traditional English :: glucose
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glune.html - n. 1 a simple sugar containing six carbon atoms, found mainly in its dextrorotatory form (see DEXTROSE ), which is an important energy source in living organisms and obtainable from some carbohydrates by hydrolysis. Chem. formula: C[6]H[12]O[6].
2 a syrup containing glucose sugars from the incomplete hydrolysis of starch. [F f. Gk gleukos sweet wine, rel. to glukus sweet] |
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Traditional English :: glucoside
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glune.html - n. a compound giving glucose and other products upon hydrolysis. |
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Traditional English :: glue
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glune.html - n. & v. --n. an adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together. --v.tr. (glues, glued, gluing or glueing)
1 fasten or join with glue.
2 keep or put very close (an eye glued to the keyhole). glue-pot 1 a pot with an outer vessel holding water to heat glue.
2 colloq. an area of sticky mud etc. glue-sniffer a person who inhales the fumes from adhesives as a drug. gluelike adj. gluer n. gluey adj. (gluier, gluiest). glueyness n. [ME f. OF glu (n.), gluer (v.), f. LL glus glutis f. L gluten] |
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