fifth : Idioms & Phrases

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eighty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of eighty-five in counting order
    85th.
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euclid's fifth axiom

  • noun only one line can be drawn through a point parallel to another line
    parallel axiom.
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fifth amendment

  • noun an amendment to the Constitution of the United States that imposes restrictions on the government's prosecution of persons accused of crimes; mandates due process of law and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy; requires just compensation if private property is taken for public use
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fifth avenue

  • noun an avenue in Manhattan that separates the east side of Manhattan from the west side
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fifth column

  • noun a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst
    Trojan horse.
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fifth columnist

  • noun a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
    saboteur.
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fifth cranial nerve

  • noun the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication
    trigeminus; trigeminal; nervus trigeminus; trigeminal nerve.
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fifth crusade

  • noun a Crusade under papal control from 1218 to 1221 that achieved military victories but failed when dissension arose over accepting the terms they had been offered
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fifth lateran council

  • noun the council in 1512-1517 that published disciplinary decrees and planned (but did not carry out) a crusade against Turkey
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Fifth monarchy men

  • (Hist.), a fanatical sect in England, of the time of the commonwealth, who maintained that there would be a fifth universal monarchy, during which Christ would reign on earth a thousand years.
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fifth part

  • noun one part in five equal parts
    fifth part; twenty percent; fifth.
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Fifth wheel

  • noun someone or something that is unwanted and unneeded
    deadwood.
  • noun an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
    spare.
  • noun a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate
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  • a horizontal wheel or segment above the fore axle of a carriage and beneath the body, forming an extended support to prevent careening.
Webster 1913

fifty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of fifty-five in counting order
    55th.
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forty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty-five in counting order
    45th.
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Hidden fifths ∨ octaves

  • (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.
Webster 1913

hundred-and-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred five in counting order
    105th.
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hundred-and-fifty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred fifty-five in counting order
    155th.
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hundred-and-forty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred forty-five in counting order
    145th.
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hundred-and-seventy-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred seventy-five in counting order
    175th.
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hundred-and-sixty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred sixty-five in counting order
    165th.
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hundred-and-thirty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred thirty-five in counting order
    135th.
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hundred-and-twenty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of one hundred twenty-five in counting order
    125th.
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ninety-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of ninety-five in counting order
    95th.
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one-fifth

  • noun one part in five equal parts
    fifth part; twenty percent; fifth.
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seventy-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of seventy-five in counting order
    75th.
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sixty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of sixty-five in counting order
    65th.
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take the fifth

  • verb refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
    take the Fifth.
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take the fifth amendment

  • verb refuse to testify by invoking the Fifth Amendment, which states that nobody may be forced to testify as a witness against himself or herself
    take the Fifth.
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thirty-fifth

  • adjective satellite the ordinal number of thirty-five in counting order
    35th.
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twenty-fifth

  • adjective satellite coming next after the twenty-fourth in position
    25th.
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