a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by employment
<noun.person>

gipsy

gypsy

itinerant

sample sentences

"itinerant traders"

a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
<noun.person>

gipsy

gypsy

a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls
<noun.artifact>

gypsy cab

a style of dancing characteristic of the Andalusian Gypsies; vigorous and rhythmic with clapping and stamping of feet
<noun.act>

flamenco

gypsy dancing

European moth introduced into North America; a serious pest of shade trees
<noun.animal>

Lymantria dispar

gipsy moth

gypsy moth

common hairy European perennial with pale blue or lilac flowers in axillary racemes
<noun.plant>

Veronica officinalis

common speedwell

gypsyweed

hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers
<noun.plant>

Lycopus europaeus

gipsywort

gypsywort

relating to or associated with or comprising a convolution of the brain
<adj.pert>

gyral

sample sentences

"the gyral sulcus"

to wind or move in a spiral course
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

coil

gyrate

spiral

sample sentences

"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"

revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gyrate

reel

spin

spin around

whirl

sample sentences

"The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"

a single complete turn (axial or orbital)
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gyration

revolution

rotation

sample sentences

"the plane made three rotations before it crashed"
"the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year"

the act of rotating in a circle or spiral
<noun.act>

gyration

whirling

a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
<noun.shape>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

coil

curl

curlicue

gyre

ringlet

roll

scroll

whorl

large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color phases
<noun.animal>

Falco rusticolus

gerfalcon

gyrfalcon

rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
<noun.artifact>

gyro

gyroscope

a Greek sandwich: sliced roast lamb with onion and tomato stuffed into pita bread
<noun.food>

gyro

a navigational instrument based on a gyroscope; it artificially provides a simulated horizon for the pilot
<noun.artifact>

artificial horizon

flight indicator

gyro horizon

a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a gyroscope instead
<noun.artifact>

gyrocompass

any fungus of the genus Gyromitra
<noun.plant>

gyromitra

an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller
<noun.artifact>

autogiro

autogyro

gyroplane

rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction
<noun.artifact>

gyro

gyroscope

having the characteristics of a gyroscope
<adj.pert>

gyroscopic

a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane
<noun.artifact>

gyrostabiliser

gyrostabilizer

a stabilizer consisting of a heavy gyroscope that spins on a vertical axis; reduces side-to-side rolling of a ship or plane
<noun.artifact>

gyrostabiliser

gyrostabilizer

a convex fold or elevation in the surface of the brain
<noun.body>

convolution

gyrus

a long curved structure on the medial surface of the cerebral hemispheres; the cortical part of the limbic system
<noun.body>

cingulate gyrus

gyrus cinguli