Gypsy-setting
noun, Jewelry.
1.
a setting, as on a ring, completely enclosing the girdle of the stone.
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- Gypsy-winch
noun, Nautical. 1. a small winch or crab.
- Gyr-
1. variant of before a vowel: gyral.
- Gyral
[jahy-ruh l] /ˈdʒaɪ rəl/ adjective 1. . 2. Anatomy. of or relating to a gyrus. /ˈdʒaɪrəl/ adjective 1. having a circular, spiral, or rotating motion; gyratory 2. (anatomy) of or relating to a convolution (gyrus) of the brain
- Gyrase
[jahy-reys, -reyz] /ˈdʒaɪ reɪs, -reɪz/ noun, Biochemistry. 1. a bacterial enzyme that causes supercoiling of DNA.
- Gyrate
[verb jahy-reyt, jahy-reyt; adjective jahy-reyt] /verb ˈdʒaɪ reɪt, dʒaɪˈreɪt; adjective ˈdʒaɪ reɪt/ verb (used without object), gyrated, gyrating. 1. to move in a circle or spiral, or around a fixed point; whirl. adjective 2. Zoology. having convolutions. verb (dʒɪˈreɪt; dʒaɪ-) 1. (intransitive) to rotate or spiral, esp about a fixed point or axis adjective (ˈdʒaɪrɪt; […]