| absentee | (noun) one that is absent or not in residence | - |
|---|
| absenteeism | (noun) habitual absence from work | - |
|---|
| adoptee | (noun) someone (such as a child) who has been adopted | - |
|---|
| amputee | (noun) someone who has had a limb removed by amputation | - |
|---|
| appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
|---|
| (noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
| basketeer | (noun) an athlete who plays basketball | Synonyms: basketball player, cager |
|---|
| bootee | (noun) a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) | Synonyms: bootie |
|---|
| canteen | (noun) a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| coatee | (noun) a short close-fitting coat | - |
|---|
| cockateel | (noun) small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head | Synonyms: cockatiel, cockatoo parrot, Nymphicus hollandicus |
|---|
| committee | (noun) a special group delegated to consider some matter | Synonyms: commission |
|---|
| (noun) a self-constituted organization to promote something | Synonyms: citizens committee |
| committeeman | (noun) a man who is a member of committee | - |
|---|
| committeewoman | (noun) a woman who is a member of a committee | - |
|---|
| contestee | (noun) a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested | - |
|---|
| deportee | (noun) a person who is expelled from home or country by authority | Synonyms: exile |
|---|
| devotee | (noun) an ardent follower and admirer | Synonyms: buff, fan, lover |
|---|
| disesteem | (noun) the state in which esteem has been lost | - |
|---|
| (verb) have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | Synonyms: disrespect |
| draftee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, inductee |
|---|
| educatee | (noun) a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution | Synonyms: pupil, student |
|---|
| eighteen | (adjective) being one more than seventeen | Synonyms: 18, xviii |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seventeen and one | Synonyms: 18, XVIII |
| eighteenth | (adjective) coming next after the seventeenth in position | Synonyms: 18th |
|---|
| (noun) position 18 in a countable series of things | - |
| enlistee | (noun) any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) | Synonyms: recruit |
|---|
| esteem | (noun) an attitude of admiration or esteem | Synonyms: regard, respect |
|---|
| (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 |
| (verb) look on as or consider | Synonyms: be known as, know as, look on, look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, think of |
| (verb) regard highly; think much of | Synonyms: prise, prize, respect, value |
| esteemed | (adjective) having an illustrious reputation; respected | Synonyms: honored, honoured, prestigious |
|---|
| fifteen | (adjective) being one more than fourteen | Synonyms: 15, xv |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fourteen and one | Synonyms: 15, XV |
| fifteenth | (adjective) coming next after the fourteenth and just before the sixteenth in position | Synonyms: 15th |
|---|
| (noun) position 15 in a countable series of things | - |
| fourteen | (adjective) being one more than thirteen | Synonyms: 14, xiv |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of thirteen and one | Synonyms: 14, XIV |
| fourteenth | (adjective) coming next after the thirteenth in position | Synonyms: 14th |
|---|
| (noun) position 14 in a countable series of things | - |
| gadgeteer | (noun) a person who delights in designing or building or using gadgets | - |
|---|
| gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
|---|
| (noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
| genteel | (adjective) marked by refinement in taste and manners | Synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, polite |
|---|
| genteelly | (adverb) in a genteel manner | - |
|---|
| genteelness | (noun) elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression | Synonyms: breeding, gentility |
|---|
| goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
|---|
| goateed | (adjective) having a small pointed chin beard | - |
|---|
| grantee | (noun) a recipient of a grant | - |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| (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 |
| (verb) give surety or assume responsibility | Synonyms: vouch |
| (verb) promise to do or accomplish | Synonyms: undertake |
| (verb) stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of | Synonyms: warrant |
| (verb) make certain of | Synonyms: assure, ensure, insure, secure |
| importee | (noun) an imported person brought from a foreign country | Synonyms: import |
|---|
| inductee | (noun) someone who is drafted into military service | Synonyms: conscript, draftee |
|---|
| (noun) a person inducted into an organization or social group | - |
| invitee | (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: guest |
|---|
| junketeer | (verb) go on a pleasure trip | Synonyms: junket |
|---|
| 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 | - |
|---|
| lateen | (adjective) rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail | Synonyms: lateen-rigged |
|---|
| (noun) a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean | Synonyms: lateen sail |
| legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
|---|
| manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
|---|
| mangosteen | (noun) two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive of both peaches and pineapples | - |
|---|
| (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 |
|---|
| muleteer | (noun) a worker who drives mules | Synonyms: mule driver, mule skinner, skinner |
|---|
| musketeer | (noun) a foot soldier armed with a musket | - |
|---|
| nineteen | (adjective) being one more than eighteen | Synonyms: 19, xix |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one | Synonyms: 19, XIX |
| nineteenth | (adjective) coming next after the eighteenth in position | Synonyms: 19th |
|---|
| (noun) position 19 in a countable series of things | - |
| oversteer | (noun) when a car turns (steers) by more than (over) the amount commanded by the driver. | - |
|---|
| pamphleteer | (noun) a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues) | - |
|---|
| patentee | (noun) the inventor to whom a patent is issued | - |
|---|
| patrioteer | (noun) an extreme bellicose nationalist | Synonyms: chauvinist, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, jingo, jingoist |
|---|
| poteen | (noun) unlawfully distilled Irish whiskey | - |
|---|
| preteen | (adjective) of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12 | Synonyms: preadolescent |
|---|
| (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteenager |
| preteenager | (noun) a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age) | Synonyms: preteen |
|---|
| privateer | (noun) a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation | - |
|---|
| (noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateersman |
| privateersman | (noun) an officer or crew member of a privateer | Synonyms: privateer |
|---|
| profiteer | (noun) someone who makes excessive profit (especially on goods in short supply) | - |
|---|
| (verb) make an unreasonable profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods | - |
| puppeteer | (noun) one who operates puppets or marionettes | - |
|---|
| puttee | (noun) a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I | - |
|---|
| racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
|---|
| (verb) carry on illegal business activities involving crime | - |
| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
|---|
| repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
|---|
| sateen | (noun) a cotton fabric with a satiny finish | - |
|---|
| sauteed | (adjective) fried quickly in a little fat | Synonyms: saute |
|---|
| settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
|---|
| (noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
| seventeen | (adjective) being one more than sixteen | Synonyms: 17, xvii |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one | Synonyms: 17, XVII |
| seventeenth | (adjective) coming next after the sixteenth in position | Synonyms: 17th |
|---|
| (noun) position 17 in a countable series of things | - |
| sixteen | (adjective) being one more than fifteen | Synonyms: 16, xvi |
|---|
| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one | Synonyms: 16, XVI |
| sixteenth | (adjective) coming next after the fifteenth in position | Synonyms: 16th |
|---|
| (noun) one part in sixteen equal parts | Synonyms: one-sixteenth, sixteenth part |
| (noun) position 16 in a countable series of things | - |
| sonneteer | (noun) a poet who writes sonnets | - |
|---|
| steed | (noun) (literary) a spirited horse for state of war | - |
|---|
| steel | (noun) knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
| (verb) cover, plate, or edge with steel | - |
| (verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant | Synonyms: nerve |
| steelmaker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelman, steelworker |
|---|
| steelman | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelworker |
|---|
| steelworker | (noun) a worker engaged in making steel | Synonyms: steelmaker, steelman |
|---|
| steelworks | (noun) a factory where steel is made | Synonyms: steel factory, steel mill, steel plant |
|---|
| steely | (adjective) resembling steel in hardness | - |
|---|
| (adjective) resembling steel as in hardness | - |
| steelyard | (noun) a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | Synonyms: beam scale, lever scale |
|---|
| steenbok | (noun) small plains antelope of southeastern Africa | Synonyms: Raphicerus campestris, steinbok |
|---|
| steep | (adjective) having a sharp inclination | - |
|---|
| (adjective) of a slope; set at a high angle | - |
| (adjective) greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation | Synonyms: exorbitant, extortionate, outrageous, unconscionable, usurious |
| (noun) a steep place (as on a hill) | - |
| (verb) let sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanse | Synonyms: infuse |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up |
| steepen | (verb) make steeper | - |
|---|
| (verb) become steeper | - |
| steeper | (noun) a vessel (usually a pot or vat) used for steeping | - |
|---|
| steepish | (adjective) somewhat steep | - |
|---|
| 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 |
|---|
| steeplechase | (noun) a horse race over an obstructed course | - |
|---|
| (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 | - |
|---|
| steeplejack | (noun) someone who builds or maintains very tall structures | - |
|---|
| steeply | (adverb) in a steep manner | - |
|---|
| steepness | (noun) the property possessed by a slope that is very steep | Synonyms: abruptness, precipitousness |
|---|
| steer | (noun) castrated bull | Synonyms: bullock |
|---|
| (noun) an indication of potential opportunity | Synonyms: confidential information, hint, lead, tip, wind |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point |
| (verb) direct (oneself) somewhere | - |
| (verb) be a guiding or motivating force or drive | Synonyms: guide |
| steerable | (adjective) capable of being steered or directed | Synonyms: dirigible |
|---|
| steerage | (noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steering |
|---|
| (noun) the cheapest accommodations on a passenger ship | - |
| steerageway | (noun) (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered | - |
|---|
| steerer | (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | Synonyms: decoy |
|---|
| (noun) the person who steers a ship | Synonyms: helmsman, steersman |
| steering | (noun) the act of setting and holding a course | Synonyms: direction, guidance |
|---|
| (noun) the act of guiding or showing the way | Synonyms: guidance |
| (noun) the act of steering a ship | Synonyms: steerage |