How many words contain the sequence 'ee'?

There are 19 words in our dictionary that contain the exact sequence 'ee'. You can browse them all using the list above.

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Some common words containing 'ee' include Abandonee, Freedom, Gableended. These words are frequently used in everyday English communication.

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Abandonee Noun Freedom Noun Gableended Adjective Gadbee Noun Jackeen Noun Kaffeeklatsch Noun Keen Adjective Keep Verb, Noun Maccabees Noun (Plural Proper) Need Noun, Verb Oarweed Noun (uncountable) Rabbitweed Noun Sabbathkeeper Noun Sabbathkeeping Noun Tabasheer Noun Uchee Noun Vaccinee Noun Zaffree Noun (Obsolete Spelling) Zafree Noun

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1. Is 'abandonee' a common word for everyday casual speech?

Yes, very common No, it is mostly legal and formal Only in British English Only for children

2. How is the word 'need' pronounced in American English?

NID (short i) NEED (long ee, rhyming with seed) NAYD NUHD

3. What is 'rabbitweed tea'?

A brand of black tea Tea grown for rabbits Iced tea with rabbit meat A folk herbal tea made from the eastern plant

4. How many syllables does 'gadbee' have?

One Two Three Four

5. How is 'gadbee' stressed?

gad-BEE No stress GA-dbee GAD-bee

6. Which word is a DIFFERENT kind of organism from oarweed?

Kelp Tangle Sugar kelp Seagrass

7. Which sentence uses 'zafree' naturally?

The old inventory lists two sacks of fine zafree. She zafreed across the stage. Two zafrees of sugar, please. My zafree is named Zafree.

8. Which sentence is correct?

The Uchee are a living people. The Uchee is extinct. The uchee speaks Muskogee. An Uchee is a European.

9. What is the origin of the noun 'keep' in a castle?

The dungeon The strongest tower for defense The kitchen The gatehouse

10. What is the simple past tense of 'keep'?

Keeped Kept Keeps Keeping

11. Which spelling do modern dictionaries prefer?

Zaffar Zafree Zaffee Zaffre

12. How many syllables does 'rabbitweed' have?

One Two Three Four

13. How many sons were in the Maccabees' household?

Three Five Seven Twelve

14. Which sentence uses 'need' correctly as a main verb?

I need to going. I need for going. I need to go. I need go.

15. What useful substance is extracted from oarweed and its relatives?

Latex Turpentine Alginate Glycerol

16. In your own modern prose, the best substitute for zaffree is what?

Saffron Zaffre or zaffer Sapphire Smalt

17. What does 'gableended' mean?

A roof covering material A window style Ending in a gable or gables A type of foundation

18. Which word is the exact opposite (antonym) of 'abandonee'?

Victim Abandoner Recipient Insurer

19. Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

Sabbathkeeping are rare now. They sabbathkept quietly. Sabbathkeeping shaped the town's week. A Sabbathkeepings was observed.

20. The word Sabbath ultimately comes from a Hebrew root meaning...

to rest or cease to gather to anoint to sing

21. What do the Uchee call themselves?

Ute Tsoyaha (Children of the Sun) Euchre Yuchiwan

22. Which word means a person who keeps the Sabbath?

Sabbathkeeper Sabbathkeeping Sabbathless Sabbatia

23. What is tabasheer made of, mostly?

Calcium carbonate Hydrated silica Dried sap Ground pearl

24. Which suffix in 'abandonee' indicates the recipient of an action?

ab- -don -ee -onee

25. How many syllables does the word 'keen' have?

One Two Three Four

26. What does the phrase 'in need of' mean?

To be rich To require something To offer help To desire strongly

27. Which sentence is grammatically correct?

The abandonee filed a claim for the lost ship. The abandonee was filed a claim. She abandonee the claim. The abandonees the property.

28. Which phrase is grammatically correct?

Two tabasheers Two grains of tabasheer Two tabasheer's A tabasheer of rice

29. In German, the verb 'klatschen' can mean to gossip and also to...

Applaud Cook Drive Sleep

30. How many syllables does 'freedom' have, and which is stressed?

One syllable Two syllables, first stressed Two syllables, second stressed Three syllables, first stressed

31. What does the phrase 'keen as mustard' mean?

Very spicy Extremely eager and enthusiastic Yellow-colored Slightly confused

32. In what kind of writing is 'zafree' most likely to appear today?

Weather reports Reprints of old craft and trade texts Sports pages Cookbooks

33. 'Sabbathkeeping' is built like which pair of words?

Housekeeping and beekeeping Sunshine and rainfall Baker and bakery Quiet and quietly

34. What is special about the Uchee language?

It has no verbs It is written in hieroglyphs It is a language isolate with no demonstrated relatives It is spoken only in ceremonies

35. The plural of Sabbathkeeper is...

Sabbathkeepers Sabbathkeeps Sabbathkeeper's Sabbathkeepen

36. How should the compound be written?

Oar weed Oarweed Oar-weed Oarwede

37. In historical usage, a Sabbatarian was...

a musician someone who insisted on strict Sabbath observance a follower of a Roman cult a kind of monk

38. Which group is most often associated with the word Sabbathkeeper in America?

Zen Buddhists Unitarians Seventh-day Adventists Quakers only

39. Which of the following is a common collocation with 'keen'?

Keen weather Keen interest Keen metal Keen gravity

40. Who described tabasheer to the Royal Society around 1790?

Charles Darwin Carl Linnaeus Edmund McIlhenny Sir Joseph Banks

41. Which word rhymes with 'vaccinee'?

Machine Window Hero Trustee

42. A Sabbathkeeper is best described as someone who...

avoids all religious services observes the Sabbath as a weekly day of rest and worship keeps a record of sermons fasts every weekend

43. What part of speech is the word 'keep' primarily used as?

Noun Adjective Verb Adverb

44. How many syllables does 'gableended' have?

Three Four Two Five

45. How many syllables does 'Sabbathkeeping' have?

Two Three Five Four

46. Where does the secondary stress fall?

On 'end,' the third syllable On the final syllable Nowhere; the word has only primary stress Equally on every syllable

47. Which sentence uses 'abandonee' correctly?

He abandonee the dog. The insurer acted as the abandonee for the cargo. She is a very abandonee person. The abandoneer left the house.

48. What is the stress pattern of 'tabasheer'?

ta-ba-SHEER ta-BA-sheer TAB-uh-sheer TAB-a-SHEER

49. The word 'Jackeen' is attested from which century?

The 19th The 17th The 15th The 21st

50. Historically, the nickname was linked to Dublin's:

Sailing fleet Football team only Mountains Perceived anglicized or crown-loyal manners