Update glossary.md

Added a brief description of Combinators

Author: Xmasreturns

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+### Combinators
+
+Combinators are higher-order functions that apply only functions and
+earlier defined combinators to provide a result from its arguments. 
+They can be used to manage control flow in a modular fashion.
+
 ### DST (Dynamically Sized Type)
 
 A type without a statically known size or alignment. ([more info][link])