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 | - |
internee | (noun) a person who is interned | - |
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interviewee | (noun) a person who is interviewed | - |
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invitee | (noun) a visitor to whom hospitality is extended | Synonyms: guest |
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jamboree | (noun) a gay festivity | Synonyms: blowout, gala, gala affair |
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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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jubilee | (noun) a special anniversary (or the celebration of it) | - |
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kedgeree | (noun) a dish of rice and hard-boiled eggs and cooked flaked fish | - |
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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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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 |
kurchee | (noun) tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea | Synonyms: conessi, Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, ivory tree, kurchi |
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lathee | (noun) club consisting of a heavy stick (often bamboo) bound with iron; used by police in India | Synonyms: lathi |
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lee | (adjective) towards the side away from the wind | Synonyms: downwind |
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(noun) the side of something that is sheltered from the wind | Synonyms: lee side, leeward |
leechee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
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lessee | (noun) a tenant who holds a lease | Synonyms: leaseholder |
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levee | (noun) an embankment that is built in order to prevent a river from overflowing | - |
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(noun) a pier that provides a landing place on a river | - |
(noun) a formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court) | - |
licensee | (noun) someone to whom a license is granted | - |
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lichee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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(noun) Chinese tree cultivated especially in Philippines and India for its edible fruit; sometimes placed in genus Nephelium | Synonyms: litchi, Litchi chinensis, litchi tree, Nephelium litchi |
litchee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, litchi nut, lychee |
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lycee | (noun) a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | Synonyms: Gymnasium, lyceum, middle school, secondary school |
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lychee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut |
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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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mallee | (noun) any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts | - |
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mammee | (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh | Synonyms: mamey, mammee apple |
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(noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet | Synonyms: marmalade plum, sapote |
(noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind | Synonyms: mamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree |
(noun) tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum | Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote |
manatee | (noun) sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the flat tail is rounded | Synonyms: Trichechus manatus |
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marquee | (noun) permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. | Synonyms: marquise |
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(noun) large and often sumptuous tent | Synonyms: pavilion |
matinee | (noun) a theatrical performance held during the daytime (especially in the afternoon) | - |
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melee | (noun) a noisy riotous fight | Synonyms: battle royal, scrimmage |
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mentee | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentoree |
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mentoree | (noun) one who is being mentored | Synonyms: mentee |
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millidegree | (noun) a unit of temperature equal to one-thousandth of a degree | - |
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mortgagee | (noun) the person who accepts a mortgage | Synonyms: mortgage holder |
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muggee | (noun) a victim of a mugging | - |
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murderee | (noun) a victim who is murdered | - |
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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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negligee | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper |
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ngwee | (noun) 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha in Zambia | - |
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nominee | (noun) a politician who is running for public office | Synonyms: campaigner, candidate |
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ogee | (noun) a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below | Synonyms: cyma reversa |
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oversee | (verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: manage, superintend, supervise |
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parolee | (noun) someone released on probation or on parole | Synonyms: probationer |
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passee | (adjective) out of fashion | Synonyms: antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat, outmoded, passe |
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patentee | (noun) the inventor to whom a patent is issued | - |
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payee | (noun) a person to whom money is paid | - |
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pedigree | (adjective) having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal | Synonyms: pedigreed, pureblood, pureblooded, thoroughbred |
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(noun) ancestry of a purebred animal | Synonyms: bloodline |
(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock |
(noun) line of descent of a purebred animal | - |
pee | (noun) informal terms for urination | Synonyms: peeing, piss, pissing |
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(noun) liquid excretory product | Synonyms: piddle, piss, urine, water, weewee |
(verb) eliminate urine | Synonyms: make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee-wee, wee |
peewee | (noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewit, pewee, pewit, wood pewee |
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(noun) disparaging terms for small people | Synonyms: half-pint, runt, shrimp |
perigee | (noun) periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth | - |
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pewee | (noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America | Synonyms: Contopus virens, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee |
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pharisee | (noun) a self-righteous or sanctimonious person | - |
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pledgee | (noun) someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge | - |
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pongee | (noun) a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation) | - |
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promisee | (noun) a person to whom a promise is made | - |
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protegee | (noun) a woman protege | - |
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puree | (noun) food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a blender | - |
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(verb) rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender | Synonyms: strain |
puttee | (noun) a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used by soldiers in World War I | - |
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ragee | (noun) East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient | Synonyms: African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana, finger millet, kurakkan, ragi |
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ramee | (noun) tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax | Synonyms: Boehmeria nivea, China grass, Chinese silk plant, ramie |
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ranee | (noun) (the feminine of raja) a Hindu princess or the wife of a raja | Synonyms: rani |
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rappee | (noun) strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco | - |
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ratafee | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafia |
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referee | (noun) (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | Synonyms: ref |
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(noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: reader, reviewer |
(noun) an attorney appointed by a court to investigate and report on a case | - |
(verb) evaluate professionally a colleague's work | Synonyms: peer review |
(verb) be a referee or umpire in a sports competition | Synonyms: umpire |
refugee | (noun) an exile who flees for safety | - |
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repartee | (noun) adroitness and cleverness in reply | - |
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retiree | (noun) someone who has retired from active working | Synonyms: retired person |
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rooftree | (noun) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters | Synonyms: ridge, ridgepole |
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rupee | (noun) the basic unit of money in India; equal to 100 paise | Synonyms: Indian rupee |
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(noun) the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Pakistani rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Mauritius; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Mauritian rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Nepal; equal to 100 paisa | Synonyms: Nepalese rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Seychelles; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Seychelles rupee |
(noun) the basic unit of money in Sri Lanka; equal to 100 cents | Synonyms: Sri Lanka rupee |
sangaree | (noun) sweetened red wine and orange or lemon juice with soda water | Synonyms: sangria |
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saree | (noun) a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several yards of light material that is draped around the body | Synonyms: sari |
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scree | (noun) a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff | Synonyms: talus |
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see | (noun) the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located | - |
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(verb) deem to be | Synonyms: consider, reckon, regard, view |
(verb) perceive (an idea or situation) mentally | Synonyms: realise, realize, understand |
(verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, hear, learn, pick up |
(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see to it |
(verb) deliberate or decide | - |
(verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: construe, interpret |
(verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, watch |
(verb) match or meet | - |
(verb) receive as a specified guest | - |
(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, visualise, visualize |
(verb) come together | Synonyms: come across, encounter, meet, run across, run into |
(verb) conduct someone someplace | Synonyms: escort |
(verb) perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight | - |
(verb) perceive or be contemporaneous with | Synonyms: find, witness |
(verb) see or watch | Synonyms: catch, take in, view, watch |
(verb) see and understand, have a good eye | - |
(verb) observe as if with an eye | - |
(verb) undergo or live through a difficult experience | Synonyms: experience, go through |
(verb) observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect | Synonyms: examine |
(verb) date regularly; have a steady relationship with | Synonyms: date, go out, go steady |
(verb) go to see a place, as for entertainment | Synonyms: visit |
(verb) go to see for professional or business reasons | - |
(verb) go to see for a social visit | - |
(verb) take charge of or deal with | Synonyms: attend, look, take care |
sendee | (noun) the intended recipient of a message | - |
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settee | (noun) a small sofa | - |
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(noun) a long wooden bench with a back | Synonyms: settle |
shivaree | (noun) a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple | Synonyms: belling, callathump, callithump, charivari, chivaree |
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shoetree | (noun) a wooden or metal device that is inserted into a shoe to preserve its shape when it is not being worn | - |
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(verb) stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree | Synonyms: tree |
sightsee | (verb) visit famous or interesting sights | - |
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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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soiree | (noun) a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house) | - |
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spondee | (noun) a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables | - |
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spree | (noun) a brief indulgence of your impulses | Synonyms: fling |
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(verb) engage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping | - |
squeegee | (noun) T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows) | - |
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(verb) wipe with a squeegee | - |
standee | (noun) a lifesize cardboard cutout (usually of a celebrity) | - |
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(noun) someone who stands in a place where one might otherwise sit (as a spectator who uses standing room in a theater or a passenger on a crowded bus or train) | - |
subcommittee | (noun) a subset of committee members organized for a specific purpose | - |
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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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swingletree | (noun) a crossbar that is attached to the traces of a draft horse and to the vehicle or implement that the horse is pulling | Synonyms: whiffletree, whippletree |
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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 |
(verb) place on a tee | Synonyms: tee up |
(verb) connect with a tee | - |
teepee | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: tepee, tipi |
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tepee | (noun) a Native American tent; usually of conical shape | Synonyms: teepee, tipi |
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testee | (noun) someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an academic examination) | Synonyms: examinee |
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three | (adjective) being one more than two | Synonyms: 3, iii |
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(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips | Synonyms: trey |
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
thuggee | (noun) murder and robbery by thugs | - |
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toffee | (noun) caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets | Synonyms: brittle, toffy |
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topee | (noun) a lightweight hat worn in tropical countries for protection from the sun | Synonyms: pith hat, pith helmet, sun helmet, topi |
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toupee | (noun) a small hairpiece to cover partial baldness | Synonyms: toupe |
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towhee | (noun) any of numerous long-tailed American finches | - |
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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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transferee | (noun) someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another | Synonyms: transfer |
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(noun) (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed | - |