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queen collapse: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs; an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only a few males; (chess) the most powerful piece; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen; a female sovereign ruler; the wife or widow of a king; something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"; become a queen; "her pawn queened"; promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess

card collapse: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"; a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in"; (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap"; a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"; thin cardboard, usually rectangular; ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

minimally collapse: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire"

imperfectly collapse: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

retake collapse: a shot or scene that is photographed again; photograph again; "Please retake that scene"

craps collapse: a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice; when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'

triangle collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle; any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles; a three-sided polygon; something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle"

barely collapse: by a small margin; "they could barely hear the speaker"; "we hardly knew them"; "just missed being hit"; "had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"; "would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats

insignificantly collapse: not to a significant degree or amount; "Our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts"; in an insignificant manner; "some people living insignificantly among us"

diamond collapse: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were trumps"; a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem; very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

slightly collapse: to a small degree or extent; "his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory"; "the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other"

trio collapse: a musical composition for three performers; three people considered as a unit; a set of three similar things considered as a unit; three performers or singers who perform together

ream collapse: a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires; a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"; enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"; remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment"; squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges"

whoop collapse: a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement; shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm; "The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table"

long shot collapse: a venture that involves great risk but promises great rewards; a contestant that is unlikely to win

earshot collapse: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"

bang up collapse: damage or destroy as if by violence; "The teenager banged up the car of his mother"

ounce collapse: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

Band Aid collapse: hurried repair; trade name for an adhesive bandage to cover small cuts or blisters

horse around collapse: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about"

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