Sphinx or Sphynx can refer to:

• Sphinx, an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head in Egyptian and Greek mythology
• Great Sphinx of Giza, a giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
• Sphynx (cat), a breed of hairless cat
• Sphinx (Dungeons & Dragons): a monster in the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game.
• Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
• Sphinx (search engine), Free open-source SQL full-text search engine
• Sphinx Systems, a Swiss pistol manufacturer
• Sphinx (comics), the name of two Marvel Comics characters
• CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
• Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a sculpture of the model Kate Moss by the artist Marc Quinn
• Sphinx (genus), a genus of hawk-moth; for species see Sphingidae species list
• Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
• Sphinx (rock), a natural rock formation, famous tourist attraction in the Bucegi subdivision of the Carpathian Mountains
• "The Sphinx", a poem by Oscar Wilde
• Sphinx (novel), by Robin Cook.
• Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a 3rd person action-adventure video game inspired by the mythology of Ancient Egypt

Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to: The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). ... , The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo. ... See also Sphinx (disambiguation) See also Peterbald Sphynx The Sphynx (aka Canadian Hairless) is a rare breed of cat. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game sphinxes are a type of monster related to manticores, that comes in four main subraces: Androphinxes—wise, good male creatures with the heads of male humans with leonine manes, who can cast spells Criosphinxes—male ram-headed sphinxes with low intelligence and... The original Dungeons & Dragons set Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy role-playing game (RPG) published by Gary Gygax and David Arneson in January 1974. ... This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... Sphinx is the designation of an American test satellite. ... Sphinx is a free software search engine designed with indexing database content in mind. ... Sphinx Systems Limited is a small Swiss based manufacturer of high quality pistols used mainly by special forces, elite police units and sports shooters. ... The original Sphinx. ... CMU Sphinx is a group of open source speech recognition projects. ... Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... In 2006, Sphinx, a sculpture of the British supermodel Kate Moss in a complicated yoga position was unveiled by the controversial British sculptor Marc Quinn. ... Type species Sphinx ligustri (Privet Hawk-moth) Diversity 200 genera 1,200 species Subfamilies Macroglossinae Smerinthinae Sphinginae Hawk moths or Sphinx moths are moths in the family Sphingidae. ... This is a partial species list for the Family Sphingidae of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as Hawk-Moths. ... The Sphinx is distinguished as the oldest of eight senior societies at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. ... Categories: Stub | Mountains of Romania ... Satellite image of the Carpathians. ... The Great Sphinx at Giza, Egypt The Great Sphinx of Giza is a large half-human, half-lion Sphinx statue in Egypt, on the Giza Plateau at the west bank of the Nile River, near modern-day Cairo (). It is one of the largest single-stone statues on Earth, and... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... Sphinx is a novel (1979) by Robin Cook. ... Robin Cook (born May 4, 1940 in New York) is an American doctor/novelist who writes about medicine and topics affecting public health. ... For other uses see Sphinx (disambiguation) and or The Mummy Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy is an original 3rd person action-adventure video game inspired by the mythology of Ancient Egypt for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube consoles. ... Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as the speaker, the addressee, and others. ... Action-adventure games are video games that combine elements of the adventure game genre with various action elements. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ...

• A Brazilian bikini wax in which all pubic hair is completely removed is sometimes termed a Sphynx
• The name of a GOTO telescope produced by Vixen
• A rock formation called the Sphinx on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli, the site of the Battle of Gallipoli

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