the act of speaking contemptuously of | the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs |
a communication that belittles somebody or something | 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 |
| female cat |
| (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 |
| offensive term for a homosexual man |
| something personified as a woman who is considered the best or most important of her kind |
| a female competitor who holds a preeminent position |