Gluten vs. Glutton

Glutennoun

(obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").

Glutennoun

(rare) Any gluey, sticky substance.

Glutennoun

The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.

Glutennoun

(geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.

Glutennoun

The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough.

Glutennoun

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

Gluten

Gluten is a group of seed storage proteins found in certain cereal grains. Although, strictly speaking, pertains only to wheat proteins, in the medical literature it refers to the combination of prolamin and glutelin proteins naturally occurring in all grains that have been demonstrated capable of triggering celiac disease.

Gluttonadjective

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Gluttonnoun

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Gluttonnoun

(figuratively) One who consumes voraciously, obsessively, or to excess

Gluttonnoun

The wolverine, Gulo gulo, of the family Mustelidae, a carnivorous mammal about the size of a large badger, native to the northern parts of America, Europe, and Asia.

Gluttonverb

(archaic) To glut; to satisfy (especially an appetite) by filling to capacity.

Gluttonverb

(obsolete) To glut; to eat voraciously.

Gluttonnoun

One who eats voraciously, or to excess; a gormandizer.

Gluttonnoun

Fig.: One who gluts himself.

Gluttonnoun

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.

Gluttonadjective

Gluttonous; greedy; gormandizing.

Gluttonverb

To glut; to eat voraciously.

Gluttonnoun

a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess

Gluttonnoun

wolverine of northern Eurasia

Gluttonnoun

an excessively greedy eater.

Gluttonnoun

a person who is excessively fond of something

Gluttonnoun

old-fashioned term for wolverine