a. [ L. agglutinans, -antis, p. pr. of agglutinare. ] Uniting, as glue; causing, or tending to cause, adhesion. -- n. Any viscous substance which causes bodies or parts to adhere. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Consisting of root words combined but not materially altered as to form or meaning; as, agglutinate forms, languages, etc. See Agglutination, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Agglutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Agglutinating. ] [ L. agglutinatus, p. p. of agglutinare to glue or cement to a thing; ad + glutinare to glue; gluten glue. See Glue. ] To unite, or cause to adhere, as with glue or other viscous substance; to unite by causing an adhesion of substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. agglutination. ] 1. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. agglutinatif. ] 1. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.
Syn. -- polysynthetic, holophrastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Philol.) Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound. [ 1913 Webster ]

In agglutinative languages the union of words may be compared to mechanical compounds, in inflective languages to chemical compounds. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cf. man-kind, heir-loom, war-like, which are agglutinative compounds. The Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, the Tamul, etc., are agglutinative languages. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ]

Agglutinative languages preserve the consciousness of their roots. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. a- not + L. glutire to swallow. ] (Med.) Inability to swallow; dysphagia.
Syn. -- dysphagy. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ From Conglutinate. ] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L., conglutinans, p. pr. ] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conglutinatus, p. p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Conglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conglutinating. ] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination. ] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. conglutinatif. ] Conglutinant.

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deglutinating. ] [ L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue. ] To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ungluing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deglutire to swallow down; de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. déglutition. See Glut. ] The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. Paley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to deglutition. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Englutted p. pr. & vb. n. Englutting ] [ Pref. en- + glut: cf. F. engloutir. ] 1. To swallow or gulp down. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut. [ Obs. ] “Englutted with vanity.” Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glutted; p. pr. & vb. n. Glutting. ] [ OE. glotten, fr. OF. glotir, gloutir, L. glutire, gluttire; cf. Gr. &unr_; to eat, Skr. gar. Cf. Gluttion, Englut. ] 1. To swallow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though every drop of water swear against it,
And gape at widest to glut him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill to satiety; to satisfy fully the desire or craving of; to satiate; to sate; to cloy. [ 1913 Webster ]

His faithful heart, a bloody sacrifice,
Torn from his breast, to glut the tyrant's eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The realms of nature and of art were ransacked to glut the wonder, lust, and ferocity of a degraded populace. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

To glut the market, to furnish an oversupply of any article of trade, so that there is no sale for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To eat gluttonously or to satiety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like three horses that have broken fence,
And glutted all night long breast-deep in corn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is swallowed. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Plenty, to satiety or repletion; a full supply; hence, often, a supply beyond sufficiency or to loathing; over abundance; as, a glut of the market. [ 1913 Webster ]

A glut of those talents which raise men to eminence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Something that fills up an opening; a clog. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (a) A wooden wedge used in splitting blocks. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) (Mining) A piece of wood used to fill up behind cribbing or tubbing. Raymond. (c) (Bricklaying) A bat, or small piece of brick, used to fill out a course. Knight. (d) (Arch.) An arched opening to the ashpit of a kiln. (e) A block used for a fulcrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) The broad-nosed eel (Anguilla latirostris), found in Europe, Asia, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glutaric + aconitic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Gluteal. ] (Anat.) 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ In man, the gluteus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gluten + -amic. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to gluten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glutamic + tartaric. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ G. &unr_; rump, pl., the buttocks. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the glutæus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue. ] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and is a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes. --
Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass. --
Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) Same as Glutæus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gluten. ] (Chem.) [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Same as Gliadin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sometimes synonymous with Gelatin. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Glutinated p. pr. & vb. n. Glutinating. ] [ L. glutinatus, p. p. of glutinare to glue, fr. gluten glue. ] To unite with glue; to cement; to stick together. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. glutinatio: cf. F. glutination. ] The act of uniting with glue; sticking together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. glutinativus: cf. F. glutinatif. ] Having the quality of cementing; tenacious; viscous; glutinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. glutinosité . ] The quality of being glutinous; viscousness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being glutinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. overfull; filled to excess. a glutted market
Syn. -- overfull. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. overfull; filled to excess; as, a glutted market.
Syn. -- overfull. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. glotoun, glotun, F. glouton, fr. L. gluto, glutto. See Glut. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: One who gluts himself. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluttons in murder, wanton to destroy. Granville. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A carnivorous mammal (Gulo gulo formerly Gulo luscus), of the weasel family Mustelidæ, about the size of a large badger; called also wolverine, wolverene and carcajou. It was formerly believed to be inordinately voracious, whence the name. It is a native of the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Glutton bird (Zool.), the giant fulmar (Ossifraga gigantea); -- called also Mother Carey's goose, and mollymawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing. “Glutton souls.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

A glutton monastery in former ages makes a hungry ministry in our days. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To glut; to eat voraciously. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gluttoned at last, return at home to pine. Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereon in Egypt gluttoning they fed. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gluttonous; greedy. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gluttonized p. pr. & vb. n. Gluttonizing ] To eat to excess; to eat voraciously; to gormandize. Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to gluttony; eating to excess; indulging the appetite; voracious; as, a gluttonous age. -- Glut"ton*ous*ly, adv. -- Glut"ton*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gluttonies [ OE. glotonie, OF. glotonie, gloutonnie. ] Excess in eating; extravagant indulgence of the appetite for food; voracity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their sumptuous gluttonies, and gorgeous feasts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To glut. [ R. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (C5H8NNaO4), used as a food additive to enhance flavor; abbreviated MSG. It is usually marketed as the monhydrate (C5H8NNaO4.H2O). It is commmonly used in Chinese-American restaurants, and has been identified as a main cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not sticky or viscous. [ Narrower terms: nonadhesive (vs. adhesive) ]
Syn. -- nonviscid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]