Gynandromorphous (-fŭs) adjective (Zoology) Affected with gynandromorphism.

Gynantherous (-thẽr*ŭs) adjective [ Greek gynh` a woman + English anther .] (Botany) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. R. Brown.

Gynarchy (jĭn"ȧr*kȳ) noun [ Greek gynh` a woman + -archy .] Government by a woman. Chesterfield.

Gyneceum (jĭn`e*sē"ŭm) noun See Gynæceum .

Gynecian (jĭ*nē"sh a n) adjective [ Greek gynaikei^os .] Of or relating to women.

Gynecocracy (jĭn`e*kŏk"rȧ*sȳ) noun [ Greek gynaikokrati`a ; gynh` , gynaiko`s , a woman + kratei^n to rule: confer French gynécocratie . Confer Gynocracy .] Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. Bailey.

Gynecological (jĭn`e*ko*lŏj"ĭ*k a l or gī`ne-) adjective Of or pertaining to gynecology.

Gynecology (jĭn`e*kŏl"o*jȳ or gī`ne-) noun [ Greek gynh` , gynaiko`s , a woman + -logy .] The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist .

Gyneocracy (jĭn`e*ŏk"rȧ*sȳ) noun See Gynecocracy .

Gyneolatry (-ŏl"ȧ*trȳ) noun [ Greek gynh` a woman + latrei`a worship.] The adoration or worship of woman.

The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep.

Lowell.

Gynephobia (-fō"bĭ*ȧ) noun [ New Latin , from Greek gynh` a woman + fo`bos fear.] Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. Holmes.

Gynne (gĭn"n e ) intransitive verb To begin. See Gin . [ Obsolete]

Gynobase (jĭn"o*bās) noun [ Greek gynh` a woman, female + English base .] (Botany) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.

Gynobasic (-bā"sĭk) adjective (Botany) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.

Gynocracy (jĭ*nŏk"rȧ*sȳ) noun [ See Gynecocracy .] Female government; gynecocracy.

The aforesaid state has repeatedly changed from absolute despotism to republicanism, not forgetting the intermediate stages of oligarchy, limited monarchy, and even gynocracy ; for I myself remember Alsatia governed for nearly nine months by an old fishwoman.

Sir W. Scott.

Gynodiœcious (jī`no*di*ē"shŭs) adjective [ Greek gynh` a woman + English diœcious .] (Botany) Diœcious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.

Gynophore (jĭn"o*fōr) noun [ Greek gynh` woman, female + fe`rein to bear, produce: confer French gynophore .]
1. (Botany) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. Lindley.

2. (Zoology) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.

Gyp (jĭp) noun [ Said to be a sportive application of Greek gy`ps a vulture.] A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout . [ Cant]

Gypse (jĭps) noun [ French] See Gypsum . [ Obsolete] Pococke.

Gypseous (jĭp"se*ŭs) adjective [ Latin gypseus . See Gypsum .] Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.

Gypsey (-sȳ) noun A gypsy. See Gypsy .

Gypsiferous (jĭp*sĭf"ẽr*ŭs) adjective [ Gypsum + -ferous : confer French gypsifère .] Containing gypsum.

Gypsine (jĭp"sĭn) adjective Gypseous. [ R.] Chambers.

Gypsography (jĭp*sŏg"rȧ*fȳ) noun [ Gypsum + -graphy .] The act or art of engraving on gypsum.

Gypsoplast (jĭp"so*plăst) noun [ Gypsum + Greek pla`ssein to mold.] A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.

Gypsum (jĭp"sŭm) noun [ Latin gypsum , Greek gy`psos ; confer Arabic jibs plaster, mortar, Persian jabsīn lime.] (Min.) A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, stype forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster , a fine, white, massive variety.

Gypsy (jĭp"sȳ) noun ; plural Gypsies (-sĭz). [ Middle English Gypcyan , French égyptien Egyptian, gypsy, Latin Aegyptius . See Egyptian .] [ Also spelled gipsy and gypsey .]
1. One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in the 14th or 15th century, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Confer Bohemian , Romany .

Like a right gypsy , hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.

Shak.

2. The language used by the gypsies.

3. A dark-complexioned person. Shak.

4. A cunning or crafty person [ Colloq.] Prior.

Gypsy adjective Pertaining to, or suitable for, gypsies.

Gypsy hat , a woman's or child's broad-brimmed hat, usually of straw or felt. -- Gypsy winch , a small winch, which may be operated by a crank, or by a ratchet and pawl through a lever working up and down.

Gypsy (jĭp"sȳ) intransitive verb To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly, Gyp"sy*ing , verbal noun

Gypsy, Gipsy, moth A tussock moth (Ocneria dispar) native of the Old World, but accidentally introduced into eastern Massachusetts about 1869, where its caterpillars have done great damage to fruit, shade, and forest trees of many kinds. The male gypsy moth is yellowish brown, the female white, and larger than the male. In both sexes the wings are marked by dark lines and a dark lunule. The caterpillars, when full-grown, have a grayish mottled appearance, with blue tubercles on the anterior and red tubercles on the posterior part of the body, all giving rise to long yellow and black hairs. They usually pupate in July and the moth appears in August. The eggs are laid on tree trunks, rocks, etc., and hatch in the spring.

Gypsyism (jĭp"sĭ*ĭz'm) noun
1. The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.

2. The state of a gypsy.

Gypsywort (-wûrt`) noun (Botany) A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus ). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.

Gyracanthus (jĭr`ȧ*kăn"thŭs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek gyro`s round + 'a`kanqa spine.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.

Gyral (jī"r a l) adjective [ See Gyre .]
1. Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.

Gyrant (-r a nt) adjective Gyrating. [ R.]

Gyrate (-rat) adjective [ Latin gyratus made in a circular form, past participle of gyrare .] Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.

Gyrate (-rāt) intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gyrated (-ra*tĕd); present participle & verbal noun Gyrating .] [ Latin gyratus , past participle of gyrare to gyrate. See Gyre , noun ] To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.

Gyration (ji*rā"shŭn) noun
1. The act of turning or whirling, as around a fixed center; a circular or spiral motion; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution.

The gyrations of an ascending balloon.

De Quincey.

If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire.

Sir I. Newton.

2. (Zoology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.

Center of gyration . (Mech.) See under Center . -- Radius of gyration , the distance between the axis of a rotating body and its center of gyration. Rankine.

Gyratory (jī"rȧ*to*rȳ) adjective Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.

Gyre (jīr) noun [ Latin gyrus , Greek gy^ros , confer gyro`s round.] A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a turn or revolution; a circuit.

Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres .

Dryden.

Still expanding and ascending gyres .

Mrs. Browning.

Gyre transitive verb & i. [ Confer Old French gyrer , girer . See Gyrate .] To turn round; to gyrate. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall. Drayton.

Gyreful (-ful) adjective Abounding in gyres. [ Obsolete]

Gyrencephala (jĭr`ĕn*sĕf"ȧ*lȧ) noun plural [ New Latin from Greek gyro`s round + 'egke`falos the brain.] (Zoology) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted. -- Gyr`en*ceph"a*lous (-lŭs) adjective

Gyrfalcon (jẽr"fa`k'n) noun [ Middle English gerfaucon , Old French gerfaucon , Late Latin gyrofalco , perhaps from Latin gyrus circle + falco falcon, and named from its circling flight; or confer English gier -eagle. See Gyre , noun , Falcon .] (Zoology) One of several species and varieties of large Arctic falcons, esp. Falco rusticolus and the white species F. Islandicus , both of which are circumpolar. The black and the gray are varieties of the former. See Illust. of Accipiter . [ Written also gerfalcon , gierfalcon , and jerfalcon .]

Gyri (jī"rī) noun plural See Gyrus .

Gyrland (gẽr"l a nd) transitive verb [ See Garland .] To garland. [ Obsolete]

Their hair loose and flowing, gyrlanded with sea grass.

B. Jonson.

Gyrodus (jĭr"o*dŭs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek gyro`s round + 'odoy`s tooth.] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct oölitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.

Gyrogonite (jĭ*rŏg"o*nīt) noun [ Greek gy^ros circle, ring + go`nos fruit.] (Paleon.) The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida , a species of stonewort. See Stonewort . Lyell.

Gyroidal (ji*roid" a l) adjective [ Greek gy^ros circle + -oid + -al .]
1. Spiral in arrangement or action.

2. (Crystallog.) Having the planes arranged spirally, so that they incline all to the right (or left) of a vertical line; -- said of certain hemihedral forms.

3. (Opt.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.

Gyrolepis (jĭ*rŏl"e*pĭs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek gyro`s round + lepi`s scale.] (Paleon.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandstone, and the lias bone beds. Agassiz.