Gland is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GLAND in dictionary:

NOUN:
• a secreting organ
• an organ in the human or animal body which secretes particular chemical substances for use in the body or for discharge into the surroundings.
• a structure resembling a gland, especially a lymph node
• a secreting cell or group of cells on or within a plant structure.
• a sleeve used to produce a seal round a piston rod or other shaft.
• organ that produces and secretes substances
• An organ for secreting something to be used in, or eliminated from, the body; as, the sebaceous glands of the skin; the salivary glands of the mouth.
• An organ or part which resembles a secreting, or true, gland, as the ductless, lymphatic, pineal, and pituitary glands, the functions of which are very imperfectly known.
• A special organ of plants, usually minute and globular, which often secretes some kind of resinous, gummy, or aromatic product.
• Any very small prominence.
• The movable part of a stuffing box by which the packing is compressed; -- sometimes called a follower. See Illust. of Stuffing box, under Stuffing.
• The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
• any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

Words related to GLAND

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Words that contain GLAND

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How to use GLAND in a sentence

• The cylinders shook, a gland blew steam, and the pump clashed and rocked.
• The stuffing box of cocks should be made of adequate depth, and the gland should be secured by means of four strong copper bolts.
• If the pipe is below the water line the gland must be of brass, but for the waste water pipe a cast iron gland will answer.
• Every artery, muscle, and gland is excited into action, and the work of existence goes on with spirit.
• This gland sometimes becomes the seat of somewhat serious disease.
• Therefore, in endeavoring to find a satisfactory means of stimulating this important gland, I did not give massage serious thought.
• They involve the actual accumulation of food material and the building up of it into gland cells and other highly organized tissues upon which complete womanhood depends.

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