| alienee | (noun) someone to whom the title of property is transferred | Synonyms: grantee |
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| assignee | (noun) (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | - |
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| auctioneer | (noun) an agent who conducts an auction | - |
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| (verb) sell at an auction | Synonyms: auction, auction off |
| bioengineering | (noun) the branch of engineering science in which biological science is used to study the relation between workers and their environments | Synonyms: biotechnology, ergonomics |
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| botonee | (adjective) (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm | Synonyms: botonnee |
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| botonnee | (adjective) (of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm | Synonyms: botonee |
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| buccaneer | (noun) someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation | Synonyms: pirate, sea robber, sea rover |
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| (verb) live like a buccaneer | - |
| buccaneering | (noun) hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it | Synonyms: piracy |
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| cannoneer | (noun) a serviceman in the artillery | Synonyms: artilleryman, gunner, machine gunner |
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| carabineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabinier, carbineer |
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| carbineer | (noun) a soldier (historically a mounted soldier) who is armed with a carbine | Synonyms: carabineer, carabinier |
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| consignee | (noun) the person to whom merchandise is delivered over | - |
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| conventioneer | (noun) someone who attends a convention | - |
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| detainee | (noun) some held in custody | Synonyms: political detainee |
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| dominee | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominie, dominus |
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| domineer | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize |
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| domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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| domineeringly | (adverb) in a domineering manner | - |
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| domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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| donee | (noun) the recipient of funds or other benefits | Synonyms: beneficiary |
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| electioneer | (verb) work actively for a political candidate or a party | - |
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| electioneering | (noun) the campaign of a candidate to be elected | Synonyms: campaigning, candidacy, candidature, political campaign |
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| (noun) persuasion of voters in a political campaign | Synonyms: bell ringing, canvassing |
| engineer | (noun) a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems | Synonyms: applied scientist, technologist |
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| (noun) the operator of a railway locomotive | Synonyms: engine driver, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer |
| (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: direct, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize |
| (verb) design as an engineer | - |
| engineering | (noun) the practical application of technical and scientific knowledge to commerce or industry | - |
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| (noun) a room (as on a ship) in which the engine is located | Synonyms: engine room |
| (noun) the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems | Synonyms: applied science, engineering science, technology |
| examinee | (noun) someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) | Synonyms: testee |
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| harpooneer | (noun) someone who launches harpoons | Synonyms: harpooner |
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| internee | (noun) a person who is interned | - |
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| jinnee | (noun) (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals | Synonyms: djinn, djinni, djinny, genie, jinni |
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| knee | (noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee | Synonyms: stifle |
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| (noun) the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering for the knee | - |
| (noun) hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella | Synonyms: articulatio genus, genu, human knee, knee joint |
| kneecap | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneepan, patella |
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| (verb) shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | - |
| kneel | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneeling |
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| (verb) rest one's weight on one's knees | - |
| kneeler | (noun) a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on | - |
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| (noun) a person in a kneeling position | - |
| kneeling | (noun) supporting yourself on your knees | Synonyms: kneel |
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| kneepan | (noun) a small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint | Synonyms: kneecap, patella |
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| maharanee | (noun) a great rani; a princess in India or the wife of a maharaja | Synonyms: maharani |
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| matinee | (noun) a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon) | - |
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| mountaineer | (noun) someone who climbs mountains | Synonyms: mountain climber |
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| (verb) climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | - |
| mountaineering | (noun) the activity of climbing a mountain | Synonyms: mountain climbing |
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| mutineer | (noun) someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers) | - |
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| nee | (adjective) (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman | - |
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| need | (noun) the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior | Synonyms: motivation, motive |
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| (noun) anything that is necessary but lacking | Synonyms: want |
| (noun) a condition requiring relief | Synonyms: demand |
| (noun) a state of extreme poverty or destitution | Synonyms: indigence, pauperism, pauperization, penury |
| (verb) have need of | Synonyms: require, want |
| (verb) have or feel a need for | - |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, postulate, require, take |
| needed | (adjective) necessary for relief or supply | Synonyms: needful, required, requisite |
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| needer | (noun) a person who wants or needs something | Synonyms: wanter |
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| needful | (adjective) necessary for relief or supply | Synonyms: needed, required, requisite |
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| needfully | (adverb) in an essential manner | Synonyms: necessarily |
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| neediness | (noun) the quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree | - |
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| (noun) a state of extreme poverty | Synonyms: deprivation, privation, want |
| needle | (noun) a sharp pointed implement (usually steel) | - |
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| (noun) a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument | - |
| (noun) a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record | Synonyms: phonograph needle |
| (noun) the leaf of a conifer | Synonyms: acerate leaf |
| (verb) annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism | Synonyms: goad |
| (verb) prick with a needle | - |
| needlebush | (noun) shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia | Synonyms: Hakea lissosperma, needle-bush, needle bush |
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| needlecraft | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlework |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlework |
| needled | (adjective) of trees whose leaves are acerate | - |
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| needlefish | (noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates | Synonyms: pipefish |
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| (noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | Synonyms: billfish, gar |
| needlelike | (adjective) ending in a sharp point | Synonyms: acuate, acute, sharp |
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| needlepoint | (noun) embroidery consisting of allover embroidered canvas resembling tapestry | Synonyms: needlepoint embroidery |
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| (noun) lace worked with a needle in a buttonhole stitch on a paper pattern | Synonyms: point lace |
| needless | (adjective) unnecessary and unwarranted | Synonyms: gratuitous, uncalled-for |
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| needlessly | (adverb) without need | - |
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| needlewoman | (noun) a woman who makes or mends dresses | Synonyms: modiste, seamstress, sempstress |
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| needlewood | (noun) large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia | Synonyms: Hakea leucoptera, needle-wood, needle wood |
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| needlework | (noun) work (such as sewing or embroidery) that is done with a needle | Synonyms: needlecraft |
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| (noun) a creation created or assembled by needle and thread | Synonyms: needlecraft |
| needleworker | (noun) someone who does work (as sewing or embroidery) with a needle | - |
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| needs | (adverb) in such a manner as could not be otherwise | Synonyms: inevitably, necessarily, of necessity |
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| needy | (adjective) demanding or needing attention, affection, or reassurance to an excessive degree | - |
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| (adjective) poor enough to need help from others | Synonyms: destitute, impoverished, indigent, necessitous, poverty-stricken |
| (noun) needy people collectively | - |
| neem | (noun) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia | Synonyms: arishth, Azadirachta indica, margosa, Melia Azadirachta, neem tree, nim tree |
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| neencephalon | (noun) the part of the brain having the most recent phylogenetic origin; the cerebral cortex and related parts | Synonyms: neoencephalon |
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| nominee | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, candidate |
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| pioneer | (noun) one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory | - |
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| (noun) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art | Synonyms: groundbreaker, innovator, trailblazer |
| (verb) open up and explore a new area | - |
| (verb) open up an area or prepare a way | Synonyms: open up |
| (verb) take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of | Synonyms: initiate |
| ranee | (noun) (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja | Synonyms: rani |
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| scrutineer | (noun) someone who examines votes at an election | Synonyms: canvasser |
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| sloganeer | (noun) someone who coins and uses slogans to promote a cause | - |
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| (verb) coin new slogans | - |
| sloganeering | (noun) persuasion by means of empty slogans | - |
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| sneer | (noun) a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls | Synonyms: leer |
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| (noun) a contemptuous or scornful remark | - |
| (verb) smile contemptuously | - |
| (verb) express through a scornful smile | - |
| sneerer | (noun) a person who expresses contempt by remarks or facial expression | Synonyms: scorner |
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| sneering | (adjective) expressive of contempt | Synonyms: snide, supercilious |
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| sneeringly | (adverb) with a sneer; in an uncomplimentary sneering manner | Synonyms: snidely, superciliously |
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| sneeze | (noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | Synonyms: sneezing, sternutation |
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| (verb) exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's nose | - |
| sneezer | (noun) a person who sneezes | - |
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| sneezeweed | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing | - |
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| sneezewort | (noun) Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered | Synonyms: Achillea ptarmica, sneezeweed yarrow |
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| sneezing | (noun) a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air from the nose | Synonyms: sneeze, sternutation |
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| sneezy | (adjective) inclined to sneeze | - |
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| snickersnee | (noun) fighting with knives | Synonyms: cut-and-thrust, knife fight |
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| soignee | (adjective) polished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance | Synonyms: soigne |
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| townee | (noun) townsman unacquainted with country life especially a slick and flashy male city dweller | - |
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| trainee | (noun) someone who is being trained | - |
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| traineeship | (noun) financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job | - |
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| unneeded | (adjective) not necessary | Synonyms: unnecessary |
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| vaccinee | (noun) a patient who has been vaccinated | - |
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| veneer | (noun) an ornamental coating to a building | Synonyms: facing |
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| (noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood | Synonyms: veneering |
| (verb) cover with veneer | - |
| veneering | (noun) the act of applying veneer | - |
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| (noun) coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood | Synonyms: veneer |