| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| cardinal number that is the fifth power of ten |
100000
,
hundred thousand
,
lakh
|
| eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August) |
Ab
,
Av
|
| white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals |
atomic number 20
,
Ca
,
calcium
|
| fifth book of the Old Testament; contains a second statement of Mosaic law |
Book of Deuteronomy
,
Deuteronomy
|
| Queen of England as the fifth wife of Henry VIII who was accused of adultery and executed (1520-1542) |
Catherine Howard
,
Howard
|
| fifth of May which is observed in Mexico and Mexican-American communities in the United States to commemorate the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862 |
Cinco de Mayo
|
| small plexus formed by the fifth sacral and coccygeal nerves |
coccygeal plexus
,
plexus coccygeus
|
| three-note major or minor chord; a note and its third and fifth tones |
common chord
,
triad
|
| fifth ecumenical council in 553 which held Origen's writings to be heretic |
Constantinople
,
Second Council of Constantinople
|
| (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale |
dominant
|
| prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried; prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
double jeopardy
|
| fifth letter of the English alphabet |
e
|
| right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made |
eminent domain
|
| Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC) |
Empedocles
|
| fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies |
ether
,
quintessence
|
| quantity of liquor equal to one fifth of a United States gallon |
fifth
|
| sixth day of the week; the fifth working day |
Fri
,
Friday
|
| musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement |
fugue
|
| (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity |
genital phase
,
genital stage
|
| fifth pillar of Islam is a pilgrimage to Mecca during the month of Dhu al-Qadah; at least once in a lifetime a Muslim is expected to make a religious journey to Mecca and the Kaaba |
hadj
,
haj
,
hajj
|
