| gybe | (verb) shift from one side of the ship to the other | Synonyms: change course, jib, jibe |
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| gym | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gymnasium |
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| gymel | (noun) the technique, found in some medieval English music, of singing voice parts in parallel thirds. | - |
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| gymkhana | (noun) a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes | - |
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| gymnasium | (noun) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training | Synonyms: gym |
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| gymnast | (noun) an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
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| gymnastic | (adjective) of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility | - |
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| (adjective) vigorously active | Synonyms: acrobatic, athletic |
| gymnastics | (noun) a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility | Synonyms: gymnastic exercise |
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| gymnosophical | (adjective) of or relating to gymnosophy | - |
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| gymnosophist | (noun) member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism) | - |
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| gymnosophy | (noun) the doctrine of a sect of Hindu philosophers who practiced nudity and asceticism and meditation | - |
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| gymnosperm | (noun) plants of the class Gymnospermae having seeds not enclosed in an ovary | - |
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| gymnospermous | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of plants of the class Gymnospermae | - |
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| gymslip | (noun) a sleeveless tunic worn by English girls as part of a school uniform | - |
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| gynaecological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologic, gynecological |
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| gynaecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynaecology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women | Synonyms: gynecology |
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| gynaeolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gyneolatry, woman-worship |
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| gynandromorph | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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| gynandromorphic | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphous |
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| gynandromorphous | (adjective) having both male and female morphological characteristics | Synonyms: gynandromorphic |
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| gynarchy | (noun) a political system governed by a woman | Synonyms: gynecocracy |
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| gynecocracy | (noun) a political system governed by a woman | Synonyms: gynarchy |
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| gynecologic | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecological, gynecological |
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| gynecological | (adjective) of or relating to or practicing gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecological, gynecologic |
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| gynecologist | (noun) a specialist in gynecology | Synonyms: gynaecologist, woman's doctor |
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| gynecology | (noun) the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of women | Synonyms: gynaecology |
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| gynecomastia | (noun) excessive development of the breasts in males; usually the result of hormonal imbalance or treatment with certain drugs (including some antihypertensives) | - |
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| gyneolatry | (noun) the worship of women | Synonyms: gynaeolatry, woman-worship |
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| gynobase | (noun) the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne | - |
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| gynoecium | (noun) a female gametoecium | - |
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| gynogenesis | (noun) female parthenogenesis in which the embryo contains only maternal chromosomes due to the failure of the sperm to fuse with the egg nucleus | - |
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| gynophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of women | - |
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| gynophore | (noun) the stalk of a pistil that raises it above the receptacle | - |
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| gynostegium | (noun) the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias | - |
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| gyp | (noun) (sometimes offensive) an act of swindling or cheating | Synonyms: gip |
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| (verb) (sometimes offensive) to cheat or swindle | Synonyms: gip |
| gypsum | (noun) a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris) | - |
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| gypsy | (noun) a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment | Synonyms: gipsy, itinerant |
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| (noun) a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life | Synonyms: gipsy |
| gypsyweed | (noun) common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes | Synonyms: common speedwell, Veronica officinalis |
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| gypsywort | (noun) hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers | Synonyms: gipsywort, Lycopus europaeus |
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| gyral | (adjective) relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain | - |
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| gyrate | (verb) to wind or move in a spiral course | Synonyms: coil, spiral |
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| (verb) revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis | Synonyms: reel, spin, spin around, whirl |
| gyration | (noun) the act of rotating in a circle or spiral | Synonyms: whirling |
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| (noun) a single complete turn (axial or orbital) | Synonyms: revolution, rotation |
| gyre | (noun) a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals) | Synonyms: coil, curl, curlicue, ringlet, roll, scroll, whorl |
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| gyrfalcon | (noun) large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases | Synonyms: Falco rusticolus, gerfalcon |
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| gyro | (noun) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | Synonyms: gyroscope |
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| (noun) a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread | - |
| gyrocompass | (noun) a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead | - |
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| gyromitra | (noun) any fungus of the genus Gyromitra | - |
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| gyroplane | (noun) an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller | Synonyms: autogiro, autogyro |
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| gyroscope | (noun) rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction | Synonyms: gyro |
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| gyroscopic | (adjective) having the characteristics of a gyroscope | - |
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| gyrostabiliser | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabilizer |
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| gyrostabilizer | (noun) a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane | Synonyms: gyrostabiliser |
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| gyrus | (noun) a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain | Synonyms: convolution |
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