five-hitter
- n a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits
five-point bishop's cap
- n small plant with leaves in a basal cluster and tiny greenish flowers in slender racemes; northwestern North America to California and Colorado
five-spot
- n a United States bill worth 5 dollars
- n California annual having white flowers with a deep purple blotch on each petal
- n a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips
five nations
- n a league of Iroquois tribes including originally the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca (the Five Nations); after 1722 they were joined by the Tuscarora (the Six Nations)
five spice powder
- n Chinese seasoning made by grinding star anise and fennel and pepper and cloves and cinnamon