6-letter words starting with gl
- global — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- globby — Characterised by globs or lumps.
- globed — Simple past tense and past participle of globe.
- globes — the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
- globin — the protein component of hemoglobin, made up of alpha and beta chains.
- globus — any spherelike structure
- glocal — of or relating to the interconnection of global and local issues, factors, etc.: a glocal conference on community development.
- gloire — glory
- glomma — a river in E Norway, flowing S into the Skagerrak. 375 miles (605 km) long.
- glomus — a small globular body.
- glooms — total or partial darkness; dimness.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- gloopy — (informal) Having a glutinous, sloppy consistency; gloppy.
- gloppy — marked by or full of glop.
- gloria — Liturgy. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Gloria Patri. the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- glossa — Anatomy. the tongue.
- glossy — having a shiny or lustrous surface.
- gloucs — Gloucestershire
- gloved — Wearing gloves.
- glover — John, 1732–97, American general.
- gloves — a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
- glowed — a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- glower — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glozed — Simple past tense and past participle of gloze.
- glucan — (carbohydrate) Any polysaccharide that is a polymer of glucose.
- gluers — Plural form of gluer.
- gluily — In a gluey way.
- gluing — a hard, impure, protein gelatin, obtained by boiling skins, hoofs, and other animal substances in water, that when melted or diluted is a strong adhesive.
- gluino — (physics) The superpartner of the gluon.
- gluish — resembling, or having the properties of, glue
- glumes — Plural form of glume.
- glumly — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- glummy — (obsolete) dark; gloomy; dismal.
- glumps — a state of sulking
- glumpy — sullen
- glunch — a frown
- gluons — Plural form of gluon.
- glurge — stories, often sent by email, that are supposed to be true and uplifting, but which are often fabricated and sentimental
- glutch — to swallow.
- glutei — any of several muscles of the buttocks, especially the gluteus maximus.
- gluten — the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
- glutes — Plural form of glute.
- glutin — Gliadin.
- glycin — a poisonous crystalline compound, C 8 H 9 NO 3 , used as a photographic developer.
- glyco- — indicating sugar
- glycol — Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
- glycyl — of or relating to a glycinic residue present in a polypeptide or protein.
- glyphs — Plural form of glyph.