Definitions for glutinous

glutinous glu·ti·nous

Spelling: [gloot-n-uh s]
IPA: /ˈglut n əs/

Glutinous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in glutinous (gilnostuu).

Definitions for glutinous

adjective

  1. of the nature of glue; gluey; viscid; sticky.

Origin of glutinous

1375-1425; late Middle English; Latin glūtinōsus gluey, sticky. See gluten, -ous

Examples for glutinous

Their inner surfaces were coated with a glutinous substance.

Good wheat flour may be known by the quantity of glutinous matter it contains, and which will appear when kneaded into dough.

The glutinous residue is then used for preparing articles of food.

Suddenly a large, round, glutinous mass issued from beneath the crevice.

The floor of the veranda was covered with some glutinous substance.

Why is the lachrymal secretion of the horse's eye thick and glutinous?

The blood flowed freely and collected on his fingers in glutinous masses.

But, perhaps, the sticky or glutinous hairs are the most wonderful of all.

Why, if we break the stem of a hyacinth, do we see a glutinous fluid exude?

Myxacium, meaning mucus, slime; so called from the glutinous veil.

Word Value for glutinous
Scrable

10

Words with friends

15

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