Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 54
Gymnoblastic (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea.
Gymnocarpous (a.) (Bot.) Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth. -- Gray.
Gymnochroa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Hydroidea including the hydra. See Hydra.
Gymnocladus (n.) (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee.
Gymnocladus (n.) Small genus of deciduous trees of China and United States having paniculate flowers and thick pulpy pods [syn: Gymnocladus, genus Gymnocladus].
Gymnocopa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of transparent, free-swimming Annelida, having setae only in the cephalic appendages.
Gymnocyte (n.) (Biol.) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus. -- Haeckel.
Gymnocytode (n.) (Biol.) A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus. -- Haeckel.
Gymnodont (n.) (Zool.) One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
Gymnogen (n.) (Bot.) One of a class of plants, so called by Lindley, because the ovules are fertilized by direct contact of the pollen. Same as Gymnosperm.
Gymnoglossa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of gastropods in which the odontophore is without teeth. Gymnolaema
Gymnolaema (n. pl.) Alt. of Gymnolaemata.
Gymnolaemata (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Bryozoa, having no epistome.
Gymnonoti (n. pl.) (Zool.) The order of fishes which includes the Gymnotus or electrical eel. The dorsal fin is wanting.
Gymnopaedic (a.) (Zool.) Having young that are naked when hatched; psilopaedic; -- said of certain birds.
Gymnophiona (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of Amphibia, having a long, annulated, snakelike body. See Ophiomorpha.
Ophiomorpha (n. pl.) [NL. See Ophiomorphous.] (Zool.) An order of tailless amphibians having a slender, wormlike body with regular annulations, and usually with minute scales imbedded in the skin. The limbs are rudimentary or lacking. {Gymnophiona">It includes the caecilians. Called also {Gymnophiona and {Ophidobatrachia"> {Ophidobatrachia.
Gymnophiona (n.) An order of amphibians including caecilians [syn: Gymnophiona, order Gymnophiona].
Gymnophthalmata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusae; the hydromedusae. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.
Gymnoplast (n.) (Biol.) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, as a white blood corpuscle.
Gymnorhinal (a.) (Zool.) Having unfeathered nostrils, as certain birds.
Gymnosomata (n. pl.) (Zool.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
Gymnosophist (n.) (古印度的一派) 苦行主義者; 裸體苦行者; 裸體主義者 One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.
Gymnosophist (n.) Member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism).
Gymnosophy (n.) [醫] 裸體主義 The doctrines of the Gymnosophists. -- Good.
Gymnosophy (n.) The doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation.
Gymnosperm (n.) (Bot.) 【植】裸子植物 A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. {Angiosperm}.
Gymnosperm (n.) Plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary.
Gymnospermous (a.) (Bot.) 裸子植物的 Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel.
Gymnospermous (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to the class of plants consisting of gymnosperms.
Gymnospermous (a.) Relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae.
Gymnotoka (n. pl.) (Zool.) The Athecata.
Gymnotus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of South American fresh-water fishes, including the Gymnotus electricus, or electric eel. It has a greenish, eel-like body, and is possessed of electric power.
One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like that from the electric blow of the gymnotus. -- De Quincey.
Gyn (v. i.) To begin. See Gin. [Obs.] Gynaeceum
Gynaeceum (n.) Alt. of Gynaecium.
Gynaecium (n.) The part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] -- Tennyson.
Gynaecian (a.) The same as Gynecian. gynaecological
Gynaecophore (n.) (Zool.) A ventral canal or groove, in which the males of some di[oe]cious trematodes carry the female. See Illust. of H[ae]matozoa.
Gynander (n.) (Bot.) A plant having the stamens inserted in the pistil.
Gynandria (n. pl.) (Bot.) A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil. Gynandrian
Gynandrian (a.) Alt. of Gynandrous.
Gynandrous (a.) (Bot.) Having stamens inserted in the pistil; belonging to the class Gynandria.
Gynandromorph (n.) (Zool.) An animal affected with gynandromorphism,
Gynandromorph (n.) One having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex, gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person].
Gynandromorphism (n.) (Zool.) An abnormal condition of certain animals, in which one side has the external characters of the male, and the other those of the female.
Gynandromorphous (a.) (Zool.) Affected, with gynandromorphism.
Gynandromorphous (a.) Having both male and female morphological characteristics [syn: gynandromorphic, gynandromorphous].
Gynantherous (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to an abnormal condition of the flower, in which the stamens are converted into pistils. -- R. Brown.
Gynarchy (n.) Government by a woman. -- Chesterfield.
Gynarchy (n.) A political system governed by a woman [syn: gynecocracy, gynarchy].
Gyneceum (n.) See Gynaeceum.
Gynaeceum, Gynaecium (n.) That part of a large house, among the ancients, exclusively appropriated to women. [Written also gyneceum, gynecium.] -- Tennyson.
Gynecian (a.) Of or relating to women.
Gynecocracy (n.) Government by a woman, female power; gyneocracy. -- Bailey.
Gynecocracy (n.) A political system governed by a woman [syn: gynecocracy, gynarchy].
Gynecological (a.) Of or pertaining to gynecology ; same as gynecological.
Syn: gynecologic.
Gynecological (a.) Of or relating to or practicing gynecology; "gynecological examination" [syn: gynecological, gynaecological, gynecologic].
Gynecology (n.) The science which treats of the structure and diseases of women. -- Gyn`e*col"o*gist.
Gynecology (n.) The branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women [syn: gynecology, gynaecology].
Gyneocracy (n.) See Gynecocracy.
Gyneolatry (n.) The adoration or worship of woman.
The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin-deep. -- Lowell.
Gyneolatry (n.) The worship of women [syn: gyneolatry, gynaeolatry, woman-worship].
Gynephobia (n.) Hatred of women; repugnance to the society of women. -- Holmes.
Gynne (v. i.) To begin. See Gin. [Obs.]
Gynobase (n.) (Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary.
Gynobasic (a.) (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase.
Gynocracy (n.) 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.
Gynodioecious (a.) (Bot.) Dioecious, but having some hermaphrodite or perfect flowers on an individual plant which bears mostly pistillate flowers.
Gynoecium (n.) (Bot.) The pistils of a flower, taken collectively. See Illust. of Carpophore.
Gynophore (n.) (Bot.) The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower. -- Lindley.
Gynophore (n.) (Zool.) One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora.
Gyp (n.) A college servant; -- so called in Cambridge, England; at Oxford called a scout. [Cant]
Gypse (n.) [F.] See Gypsum. [Obs.] -- Pococke.
Gypseous (a.) Resembling or containing gypsum; partaking of the qualities of gypsum.
Gypsey (n.) A gypsy. See Gypsy.
Gypsy (n.; pl. Gypsies) [Also spelled gipsy and gypsey.] 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. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. -- Shak.
Gypsy (n.; pl. Gypsies) The language used by the gypsies.
Gypsy (n.; pl. Gypsies) A dark-complexioned person. -- Shak.
Gypsy (n.; pl. Gypsies) A cunning or crafty person. [Colloq.] -- Prior.
Gypsiferous (a.) Containing gypsum.
Gyp'sine (a.) Gypseous. [R.] -- Chambers.
Gypsography (n.) The act or art of engraving on gypsum.
Gypsoplast (n.) A cast taken in plaster of Paris, or in white lime.
Gypsum (n.) (Min.) 石膏 A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, crystalline variety; alabaster, a fine, white, massive variety.
Gypsum (n.) A common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris).
Gypsum, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 3654
Housing Units (2000): 1210
Land area (2000): 3.680365 sq. miles (9.532101 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.680365 sq. miles (9.532101 sq. km)
FIPS code: 33695
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.644499 N, 106.940232 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 81637
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Gypsum, CO
Gypsum
Gypsum, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 414
Housing Units (2000): 179
Land area (2000): 0.432824 sq. miles (1.121009 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.432824 sq. miles (1.121009 sq. km)
FIPS code: 29250
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.705118 N, 97.426876 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67448
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Gypsum
Gypsies (n. pl. ) of Gypsy.
Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany.
Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. -- Shak.
Gypsy (n.) The language used by the gypsies.
Gypsy (n.) A dark-complexioned person.
Gypsy (n.) A cunning or crafty person. [Colloq.] -- Prior.
Gypsy (a.) 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 (v. i.) To play the gypsy; to picnic in the woods. Mostly, Gyp"sy*ing, vb. n.
Gypsy (n.) A laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment; "itinerant traders" [syn: itinerant, gypsy, gipsy]
Gypsy (n.) A member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in northern India but now are living on all continents (but mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) [syn: Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma, Bohemian].
Gypsy (n.) The Indic language of the Gypsies [syn: Romany, Gypsy]
Gypsy, () Specification and verification of concurrent systems software. Message passing using named mailboxes.
Separately compilable units: routine (procedure, function, or process), type and constant definition, each with a list of access rights.
["Report on the Language Gypsy", A.L. Ambler et al, UT Austin ICSCS-CMP-1976-08-1].
Gypsyism (n.) The arts and practices or habits of gypsies; deception; cheating; flattery.
Gypsyism (n.) The state of a gypsy. Gypsy moth
Gypsywort (n.) (Bot.) A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europaeus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.
Gypsywort (n.) Hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers [syn: gipsywort, gypsywort, Lycopus europaeus].
Gyracanthus (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of fossil fishes, found in Devonian and carboniferous strata; -- so named from their round, sculptured spines.
Gyral (a.) Moving in a circular path or way; whirling; gyratory.
Gyral (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to a gyrus, or convolution.
Gyral (a.) Relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain; "the gyral sulcus."
Gyrant (a.) Gyrating. [R.]
Gyrate (a.) Winding or coiled round; curved into a circle; taking a circular course.
Gyrated (imp. & p. p.) of Gyrate.
Gyrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gyrate.
Gyrate (v. i.) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado; to revolve.
Gyrate (v.) 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" [syn: gyrate, spiral, coil].
Gyrate (v.) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy" [syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate].
Gyration (n.) 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.
Gyration (n.) (Zool.) 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.
Gyration (n.) 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, gyration].
Gyration (n.) The act of rotating in a circle or spiral [syn: gyration, whirling].
Gyratory (a.) Moving in a circle, or spirally; revolving; whirling around.
Gyre (n.) 旋迴 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 (v. t. & i.) 旋迴 To turn round; to gyrate. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall. -- Drayton.
Gyre (n.) A round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl, roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll].
Gyre (Intransive verb) [No object] [Literary] Whirl or gyrate.
‘A swarm of ghosts gyred around him.’
Gyre (n.) A spiral or vortex.
‘The air in the North Pacific subtropical gyre is heated at the equator and rises high into the atmosphere because of its buoyancy in cooler, surrounding air masses.’
‘The central North Pacific gyre.’
Gyre (n.) [C] (Geography) (Specialized) （海洋） 環流 A circular pattern of ocean currents (= flows of water in a particular direction).
// The area is one of the world’s five major ocean gyres- huge systems of the rotating currents.
Gyre (n.) (Literary) 旋轉；回旋；回轉；環動 A circular movement in which each circle is above below, or wider than the one before.
// The hawk wheels in a widening gyre.
Gyreful (a.) Abounding in gyres. [Obs.]
Gyrencephala (n. pl.) (Zool.) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted. -- Gyr`en*ceph"a*lous, a.
Gyrfalcon (n.) (Zool.) 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.]
Gyrfalcon (n.) Large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases [syn: gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus].
Gyri (n. pl.) See Gyrus.
Gyrus (n.; pl. Gyri) A convoluted ridge between grooves; a convolution; as, the gyri of the brain; the gyri of brain coral. See Brain.
Gyrland (v. t.) To garland. [Obs.]
Their hair loose and flowing, gyrlanded with sea grass. -- B. Jonson.
Gyrodus (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of extinct oolitic fishes, having rounded teeth in several rows adapted for crushing.
Gyrogonite (n.) (Paleon.) The petrified fruit of the Chara hispida, a species of stonewort. See Stonewort. -- Lyell.
Gyroidal (a.) Spiral in arrangement or action.
Gyroidal (a.) (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.
Gyroidal (a.) (Opt.) Turning the plane of polarization circularly or spirally to the right or left.
Gyrolepis (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds. -- Agassiz.
Gyroma (n.) A turning round. [R.]