absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
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absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
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adoptee | (noun) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | - |
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amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
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appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
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bootee | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootie |
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canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
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(noun) restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat | - |
(noun) a recreation room in an institution | - |
(noun) a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen | Synonyms: mobile canteen |
(noun) sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. | - |
charioteer | (noun) the driver of a chariot | - |
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coatee | (noun) a short close-fitting coat | - |
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cockateel | (noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head | Synonyms: cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus |
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committee | (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: commission |
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(noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something | Synonyms: citizens committee |
committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
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committeewoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a committee | - |
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contestee | (noun) a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested | - |
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deportee | (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: exile |
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devotee | (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, fan, lover |
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disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
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draftee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, inductee |
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educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
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eighteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one | Synonyms: 18, XVIII |
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eighteenth | (noun) position 18 in a countable series of things | - |
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enlistee | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: recruit |
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esteem | (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: regard, respect |
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(noun) a feeling of delighted approval and liking | Synonyms: admiration |
(noun) the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded) | Synonyms: regard, respect |
fifteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one | Synonyms: 15, XV |
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fifteenth | (noun) position 15 in a countable series of things | - |
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fourteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
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fourteenth | (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
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gadgeteer | (noun) a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets | - |
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gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
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(noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
genteelness | (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: breeding, gentility |
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goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
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grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant | - |
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(noun) someone to whom the title of property is transferred | Synonyms: alienee |
guarantee | (noun) a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications | Synonyms: warrant, warrantee, warranty |
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(noun) an unconditional commitment that something will happen or that something is true | - |
(noun) a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in case that person defaults | Synonyms: guaranty |
importee | (noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
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inductee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, draftee |
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(noun) a person inducted into an organization or social group | - |
invitee | (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: guest |
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kittee | (noun) a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more | - |
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lateen | (noun) a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean | Synonyms: lateen sail |
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legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
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manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
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mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
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(noun) East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit | Synonyms: Garcinia mangostana, mangosteen tree |
mentee | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentoree |
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muleteer | (noun) a worker who drives mules | Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, skinner |
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musketeer | (noun) a foot soldier armed with a musket | - |
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nineteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one | Synonyms: 19, XIX |
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nineteenth | (noun) position 19 in a countable series of things | - |
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oversteer | (noun) when a car turns (steers) by more than (over) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
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pamphleteer | (noun) a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) | - |
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patentee | (noun) the inventor to whom a patent is issued | - |
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patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
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poteen | (noun) unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey | - |
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preteen | (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteenager |
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preteenager | (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteen |
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privateer | (noun) a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation | - |
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(noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateersman |
privateersman | (noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateer |
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profiteer | (noun) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) | - |
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puppeteer | (noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
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puttee | (noun) a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I | - |
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racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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sateen | (noun) a cotton fabric with a satiny finish | - |
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settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
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(noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
seventeen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one | Synonyms: 17, XVII |
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seventeenth | (noun) position 17 in a countable series of things | - |
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sixteen | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one | Synonyms: 16, XVI |
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sixteenth | (noun) one part in sixteen equal parts | Synonyms: one-sixteenth, sixteenth part |
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(noun) position 16 in a countable series of things | - |
sonneteer | (noun) a poet who writes sonnets | - |
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steed | (noun) (literary) a spirited horse for state of war | - |
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steel | (noun) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod | - |
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(noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, sword |
(noun) an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range | - |
steelmaker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelman, steelworker |
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steelman | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelworker |
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steelworker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelman |
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steelworks | (noun) a factory where steel is made | Synonyms: steel factory, steel mill, steel plant |
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steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
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steenbok | (noun) small plains antelope of southeastern Africa | Synonyms: Raphicerus campestris, steinbok |
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steep | (noun) a steep place (as on a hill) | - |
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steeper | (noun) a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping | - |
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steeple | (noun) a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top | Synonyms: spire |
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steeplechase | (noun) a horse race over an obstructed course | - |
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(noun) a footrace of usually 3000 meters over a closed track with hurdles and a water jump | - |
steeplechaser | (noun) a horse trained to run in steeplechases | - |
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steeplejack | (noun) someone who builds or maintains very tall structures | - |
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steepness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitousness |
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steer | (noun) castrated bull | Synonyms: bullock |
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(noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, tip, wind |
steerage | (noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steering |
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(noun) the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship | - |
steerageway | (noun) (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered | - |
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steerer | (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | Synonyms: decoy |
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(noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steersman |
steering | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: direction, guidance |
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(noun) the act of guiding or showing the way | Synonyms: guidance |
(noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steerage |
steersman | (noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steerer |
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subcommittee | (noun) a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose | - |
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supermarketeer | (noun) an operator of a supermarket | Synonyms: supermarketer |
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suttee | (noun) the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the funeral pyre of her dead husband | - |
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tee | (noun) a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground | Synonyms: golf tee |
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(noun) support holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff | Synonyms: football tee |
(noun) the starting place for each hole on a golf course | Synonyms: teeing ground |
teemingness | (noun) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply | Synonyms: abundance, copiousness |
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teen | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, stripling, teenager |
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teenager | (noun) a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity | Synonyms: adolescent, stripling, teen |
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teens | (noun) all the numbers that end in -teen | - |
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(noun) the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20 | - |
teeoff | (noun) the act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole | - |
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teepee | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: tepee, tipi |
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