The most powerful, and except the king the most important, piece in a set of chessmen.
Female ruler of a land or kingdom. (male form is King)
a female cat, over nine months of age, that has not been spayed and is capable of breeding when she is in oestrus or in heat.
A female cat used for breeding. The Queen can be a pregnant cat, or a cat that has a litter of kittens. See also Dam
the fertile female bee that lays eggs from which all the bees in the colony will be produced
In entomology, the single fully developed female in a colony of social insects such as bees, ants, and termites, distinguished from workers, nonreproductive females, and soldiers.
A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.
A sexually developed female bee.
A completely developed female bee (with functioning ovaries) who lays eggs and serves as the central focus of the colony. There is only one queen in a colony of bees. A queen's productive life span is 2-3 years.
The female ruler of a Kingdom.
a female bee that lays all the eggs in the colony
the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
especially large and only member of a colony of naked mole rats to bear offspring sired by only a few males
a hereditary ruler of a country
a psuedo-out since someone could easily have a King for a straight
a female bee with a fully developed reproductive system, and she is larger and longer than a worker bee.
A fully developed female bee. The queen is the only fully developed female in the hive. She is the largest bee in the colony. A two-day-old larva is selected by the workers to be reared as the queen. She will emerge from her cell days later than the worker bees.
A fully developed mated female bee responsible for all the egg laying of a colony; recognized by other bees by her special pheromones (odors).
A face card, the one that ranks between the jack and the king.
the breeders term given to the female of the cat species
among social insects such as ants and some bees, the actively reproducing female
The strongest piece on the board (but second in size to the King) and which combines the moves of the Bishop and the Rook, namely is able to move along diagonals, ranks, or files as far as such lines are unobstructed.
slang for a female homosexual..
the third-highest-ranking card.
One of the four court cards of the Minor Arcana. In some decks, the Queen is the only definite female figure, and thus represents women of all ages. In more modern decks, where the Princess replaces the Page, the Queen is usually interpreted as mature women (35+), or the feminine personification of the archetypal meaning of the suit.
the principal female reproductive of the colony (in some species).
Sexually developed female bee. The queen is the mother of all the bees in the colony. she has a long, pointed abdomen.
a female reproductive in social insects
a fully developed female bee, larger and longer than a worker bee.
(1) Usually, the winner of a Crown Tourney is a man; he becomes King, and his wife or significant other becomes Queen. (2) When a woman wins a Crown Tourney she becomes Queen in her own right; also known as "Queen Regnant" to underline the fact that she, not her Prince Consort, was the one who won the crown.
A female used for breeding; the word "dam" is found on pedigree forms.
the rank just above Jack and below King.
The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. Each player starts the game with one queen, placed in the middle of their first rank next to their king. Beginners often accidentally interchange the placement of the queen and king, thus the mnemonic "queen gets her color."
The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. The usual rank of a queen is as if it were 12 (that is, between the king and the jack).