<B>queenless, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> without a queen. <BR> <I>Ex. Queenless worker bees will even desert young larvae to join in a group with a queen (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
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<B>queenlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a petty queen. </DL>
<A NAME="queenliness">
<B>queenliness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the condition or quality of being queenly. </DL>
<A NAME="queenly">
<B>queenly, </B>adjective, <B>-lier,</B> <B>-liest,</B> adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of a queen; fit for a queen. <BR> <I>Ex. queenly rank or majesty.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>like a queen; like a queen's. <BR> <I>Ex. a queenly bearing or presence, queenly dignity. You are a queenly creature, not to be treated as any puny trollop of a handmaid (George Meredith).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> in a queenly manner; as a queen does. <BR> <I>Ex. Queenly responsive when the loyal hand Rose from the clay it work'd in as she past (Tennyson).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queenmab">
<B>Queen Mab,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fairy queen in English folklore, who delivers dreams to men when she drives over their sleeping bodies in her chariot. <BR> <I>Ex. Even so dazzling a figure of romance as Maeve, the warrior queen of Connacht, survived only as the fragile Queen Mab of the English poets (Scientific American).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queenmother">
<B>queen mother,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the widow of a king who is mother of a reigning king or queen. </DL>
<A NAME="queenoftheprairie">
<B>queen of the prairie,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tall American perennial of the rose family with large clusters of pink flowers, growing in meadows and prairies. </DL>
<A NAME="queenolive">
<B>queen olive,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large olive with a small pit. </DL>
<A NAME="queenpalm">
<B>queen palm,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a palm native to Brazil, with feathery, curving leaves on long branches that reach nearly to the ground. Queen palms are often planted as specimen trees and along streets. </DL>
<A NAME="queenpin">
<B>queenpin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the most important woman in a group. <BR> <I>Ex. In the working classes the oldest woman was the queenpin of the extended family, ruling over her daughters and their children (Michael Young).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queenpost">
<B>queen post,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> one of a pair of timbers extending vertically upward from the tie beam of a roof truss or the like, one on each side of its center. The queen post supports the rafter or rafters of the truss. </DL>
<A NAME="queenregent">
<B>queen regent,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a queen ruling in place of an absent or unfit king. <DD><B> 2. </B>a queen ruling in her own right. </DL>
<A NAME="queenregnant">
<B>queen regnant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a queen ruling in her own right. </DL>
<B>Queen's Bench,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a former court of record and the highest common-law court in England. (Abbr:) Q.B. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>King's Bench.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queensberryrules">
<B>Queensberry rules,</B> <B>=Marquis of Queensberry rules.</B> <I>Ex. The clash in Commons today will be fought under Queensberry rules (Philip Rawstorne).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queensbirthday">
<B>Queen's Birthday,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a holiday observed in the Commonwealth on the actual or arbitrarily set birthday of the ruler. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>King's Birthday.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queenscolor">
<B>Queen's Color</B> or <B>Colour,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the Union Jack as an emblem of, or carried with the colors of, a British regiment. <BR> <I>Ex. In brilliant sunshine on Saturday the Queen's Colour of the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was trooped in the presence of the Queen in the House Guards Parade (London Times).</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>King's Color</B> or <B>Colour.</B> </DL>
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<A NAME="queenscounsel">
<B>queen's counsel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a barrister or the body of barristers appointed counsel to the Crown. (Abbr:) Q.C. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>king's counsel.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queensenglish">
<B>queen's English,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> accepted English, especially correct British usage in speech and writing. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>king's English.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queensgambit">
<B>queen's gambit,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a conventional series of moves, starting with the advance of the pawn in front of the queen, as the opening of a game of chess. </DL>
<A NAME="queenship">
<B>queenship, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the dignity or office of a queen. </DL>
<A NAME="queenside">
<B>queenside, </B>noun, adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chess.) <DD><I>noun </I> the side of the board nearest to the queen's starting position. <BR> <I>Ex. an attack on the queenside.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> occurring or situated on the queenside. <BR> <I>Ex. Black's strong queenside bind ... proved enduring and victorious (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>adv. </I> on the queenside. <BR> <I>Ex. White castled queenside.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queensize">
<B>queen-size, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> wider and longer than the standard size. A queen-size bed is 60 inches wide and 80 inches long. </DL>
<A NAME="queenslander">
<B>Queenslander, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a native or inhabitant of Queensland, Australia. <BR> <I>Ex. ... Baulch, a 23-year-old Queenslander, who is playing in his first British tournament (David Gray).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queenslandhemp">
<B>Queensland hemp,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical plant of the mallow family, a species of sida, that yields a useful fiber. </DL>
<B>queen's proctor,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in British law) an officer representing the Crown who has the right to intervene in certain divorce and nullity cases. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>king's proctor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queensroot">
<B>queen's root,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an herb of the spurge family of the southern United States, having a thick, woody root with alterative, emetic, and purgative properties. </DL>
<A NAME="queensshilling">
<B>queen's shilling,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in the British Army) a shilling formerly paid a recruit to make his enlistment binding. Also (<I>when the ruler was a king</I>) <B>king's shilling.</B> <BR><I>expr. <B>take the queen's shilling,</B> </I>to enlist. <BR> <I>Ex. the dirtiest private that ever took the queen's shilling (George Newby).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queensspeech">
<B>Queen's speech,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a speech read by the queen at the opening of the British Parliament, prepared by the ministers of the government to explain domestic and foreign policy. Also (<I>when the ruler is a king</I>) <B>King's speech.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queensubstance">
<B>queen substance,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an acid found in the glandular secretion of queen bees that inhibits the normal development of the ovaries of worker bees. <BR> <I>Ex. The queen substance of the honey bee ... will inhibit the normal development of the ovaries in other insects, (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queensware">
<B>Queen's Ware</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Trademark.) cream-colored Wedgwood pottery. <BR> <I>Ex. His earthenware so impressed Queen Charlotte I that she made Wedgwood her court potter and ordered that pearly pottery be called Queen's Ware (Time).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>Usually, <B>queen's ware.</B> any similar creamware. </DL>
<A NAME="queentruss">
<B>queen truss,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the truss within queen posts. </DL>
<A NAME="queer">
<B>queer, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>not usual or normal; strange; odd; peculiar. <BR> <I>Ex. a queer way to repay a favor. That was a queer remark for her to make. The old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer! (Oliver Wendell Holmes). I don't mind your queer opinions one little bit (George Bernard Shaw).</I> (SYN) singular, curious, unusual. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) probably bad; causing doubt or suspicion. <BR> <I>Ex. There is something very queer about her. His queer dealings caused him to lose a lot of business. All the world is queer but thee and me, and even thou art a little queer (Robert Owen).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>not well; faint; giddy. <BR> <I>Ex. The motion of the ship made her feel queer. They had given him brandy, rather a lot--that perhaps was the reason he felt so queer (John Galsworthy).</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Slang.) <DD><B> a. </B>bad; counterfeit. <BR> <I>Ex. queer money.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>homosexual (used in an unfriendly way). <DD><B> 5. </B>mentally unbalanced. <BR> <I>Ex. He ... wondered if Zeena were also turning "queer" (Edith Wharton).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>an odd or eccentric person. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) (used in an unfriendly way) a homosexual. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Slang.) to spoil; ruin. <BR> <I>Ex. to queer one's chances of success. I had a job as a sewer-pipe layer all fixed up ... and that louse queered it thinking he could get it (James T. Farrell).</I> adv. <B>queerly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="queerish">
<B>queerish, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rather queer. <BR> <I>Ex. I still feel queerish (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queerness">
<B>queerness, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>queer nature or behavior. <DD><B> 2. </B>something strange or odd; peculiarity. </DL>
<A NAME="queerstreet">
<B>Queer Street,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an imaginary street in which people in financial or other difficulties, or shady characters generally, are supposed to live. <BR> <I>Ex. Look out, fellow Christians, particularly you that lodge in Queer Street! (Dickens). The levy should not be applied so rigidly as to force companies into Queer Street if their costs rose faster than their incomes (London Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="queest">
<B>queest, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the wood pigeon or ringdove. <BR> <I>Ex. The queest ... has had to put up with a certain indifference on the part of naturalists because it is so common (Robert Nye).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="quelea">
<B>quelea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a red-billed weaverbird of Africa. <BR> <I>Ex. Sections of East Africa suffered greatly from the depredations of birds known as queleas (E. I. Farrington).</I> </DL>
