5 : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits
  five-hitter.
  

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• noun a liver enzyme that is responsible for producing cholesterol
  HMG-CoA reductase.
  

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• noun a neurotransmitter involved in e.g. sleep and depression and memory
  serotonin.
  

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• adjective satellite of a chemical compound having a ring with five members
  five-membered.
  

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• noun a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder
  B; boron.
  

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• noun the government agency in the United Kingdom that is responsible for internal security and counterintelligence on British territory
  Security Service; MI.
  

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• noun anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot
  

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• . Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple. A kind of apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries." Spenser.

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• noun fertile egg-laying female bee
  

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• (Zoöl.), a female bee, especially the female of the honeybee. See Honeybee. the fully developed female in a colony of bees, ants, or termites which lays eggs. Usually there is only one in a colony; the queen is often somewhat larger than other bees, and is specially fed to develop her egg-laying capacity. (b) (Fig.) A woman who feels and acts as though she is of special importance. Usu. pejorative.

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• (Zoöl.), a very large West Indian cameo conch (Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos.

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• noun the wife of a reigning king
  

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• the wife of a reigning king. Blackstone.
• the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

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• noun the widow of a king
  

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• the widow of a king.

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• formerly a revenue of the queen consort of England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.

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• noun a queen dowager who is mother of the reigning sovereign
  

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• a queen dowager who is also mother of the reigning king or queen.

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• . See May queen, under May.

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• (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant (Spiræa Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.

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• (Bot.), an American herb (Spiræa lobata) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands. They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white, and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers. Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and Victoria pigeon.

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• a queen reigning in her own right.

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• . See King's Bench.

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• . See King's counsel, King's evidence, under King.

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• (Bot.), an American plant (Stillinqia sylvatica) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous stem and a perennial woody root.

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• (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.

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• . (Zoöl.) Same as Queen pigeon, above.

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• glazed English earthenware of a cream color.

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• (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; formerly called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.

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