gynecologic
1: of or relating to or practicing gynecology; "gynecological examination" [syn: {gynecological}, {gynaecological}]
gynecological
1: of or relating to or practicing gynecology; "gynecological examination" [syn: {gynaecological}, {gynecologic}]
gynecologist
1: a specialist in gynecology [syn: {gynaecologist}, {woman's doctor}]
gynecology
1: the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women [syn: {gynaecology}]
gynecomastia
1: excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives)
gyneolatry
1: worship of women [syn: {gynaeolatry}, {woman-worship}]
Gynne
1: English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) [syn: {Gwynn}, {Gywn}, {Nell Gwynn}, {Nell Gywn}, {Nell Gwynne}, {Eleanor Gwynn}, {Eleanor Gwyn}, {Eleanor Gwynne}]
gynobase
1: the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne
gynoecium
1: a female gametoecium [also: {gynoecia} (pl), {gynoecea} (pl)]
gynogenesis
1: female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus
gynophore
1: the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle
gynostegium
1: the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias
Gynura
1: genus of Old World tropical herbs: velvet plants [syn: {genus Gynura}]
Gynura aurantiaca
1: Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs [syn: {velvet plant}, {purple velvet plant}, {royal velvet plant}]
gyp
1: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence game}, {con game},...
Gypaetus
1: in some classifications the type genus of the family Aegypiidae [syn: {genus Gypaetus}]
Gypaetus barbatus
1: the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill [syn: {bearded vulture}, {lammergeier}, {lammergeyer}]
Gyps
1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: {genus Gyps}]
Gyps fulvus
1: large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings [syn: {griffon vulture}, {griffon}]
Gypsophila
1: Mediterranean herbs having small white or pink flowers [syn: {genus Gypsophila}]
Gypsophila paniculata
1: tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers [syn: {baby's breath}, {babies'-breath}]
gypsum
1: a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
gypsum board
1: wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bounded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls [syn: {plasterboard}]
Gypsy
1: a member of a nomadic people originating in northern India and now living on all continents [syn: {Gipsy}, {Romany}, {Rommany}, {Roma}, {Bohemian}] 2: the Indic language of the Gypsies [syn: {Roman...
gypsy cab
1: a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls
gypsy dancing
1: a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet [syn: {flamenco}]
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gypsy moth
1: European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees [syn: {gipsy moth}, {Lymantria dispar}]
Gypsy Rose Lee
1: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: {Lee}, {Rose Louise Hovick}]
gypsyweed
1: common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes [syn: {common speedwell}, {Veronica officinalis}]
gypsywort
1: hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers [syn: {gipsywort}, {Lycopus europaeus}]
gyral
1: relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain; "the gyral sulcus"
gyrate
1: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor" [sy...
gyration
1: a single complete turn (axial or orbital); "the plane made three rotations before it crashed"; "the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year" [syn: {rotation}, {revolution}] 2: the act ...
gyre
1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles [syn: {coil}, {whorl}, {roll}, {curl}, {curlicue}, {ringlet}, {scroll}]
gyrfalcon
1: large and rare arctic falcon having white and dark color phases [syn: {gerfalcon}, {Falco rusticolus}]
Gyrinidae
1: whirligig beetles [syn: {family Gyrinidae}]
gyro
1: a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread 2: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any di...
gyro horizon
1: a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; provides an artificial horizon for the pilot [syn: {artificial horizon}, {flight indicator}]
gyrocompass
1: a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead
gyromitra
1: any fungus of the genus Gyromitra
Gyromitra brunnea
1: a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk [syn: {Gyromitra fastigiata}]
Gyromitra californica
1: a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick fluted stalk; found under conifers in California [syn: {California false morel}]
Gyromitra esculenta
1: a poisonous gyromitra; the surface of the fertile body is smooth at first and becomes progressively undulating and wrinkled (but never truly pitted); color varies from dull yellow to brown [syn: {b...
Gyromitra fastigiata
1: a lorchel with deep brownish red fertile part and white stalk [syn: {Gyromitra brunnea}]
Gyromitra gigas
1: a gyromitra with a large irregular stalk and fertile part that is yellow to brown and wrinkled; has early fruiting time
Gyromitra infula
1: a poisonous fungus; saddle-shaped and dull yellow to brown fertile part is relatively even [syn: {saddled-shaped false morel}]
Gyromitra sphaerospora
1: a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a rosy pink fluted stalk and smooth round spores; found on hardwood slash east of the Great Plains [syn: {round-spored gyromitra}]
gyroplane
1: an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller [syn: {autogiro}, {autogyro}]
gyroscope
1: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction [syn: {gyro}]
gyroscopic
1: having the characteristics of a gyroscope
gyrostabiliser
1: a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane [syn: {gyrostabilizer}]
gyrostabilizer
1: a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane [syn: {gyrostabiliser}]
gyrus
1: a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain [syn: {convolution}] [also: {gyri} (pl)]
gyrus cinguli
1: a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic system [syn: {cingulate gyrus}]
Gywn
1: English comedienne and mistress of Charles II (1650-1687) [syn: {Gwynn}, {Gynne}, {Nell Gwynn}, {Nell Gywn}, {Nell Gwynne}, {Eleanor Gwynn}, {Eleanor Gwyn}, {Eleanor Gwynne}]
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