7-letter words containing ter
- scatter — to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds.
- scepter — a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.
- scooter — a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard.
- scouter — a person who scouts.
- scutter — scurry.
- sextern — six gathered sheets folded in two for binding together.
- shafter — a shaft-horse, usually in tandem with another horse, that pulls a cart
- shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- sheeter — a machine used to form something into sheets, such as paper or cloth
- shelter — something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
- shifter — a person or thing that shifts.
- shooter — a person who shoots with a gun, bow, etc.: efforts to capture the shooter.
- shorter — something that is short.
- shunter — to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- shutter — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- shyster — a lawyer who uses unprofessional or questionable methods.
- sighter — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- sintery — containing sinter
- skeeter — mosquito.
- skelter — to scurry.
- skirter — a man who skirts fleeces
- skitter — to go, run, or glide lightly or rapidly.
- slanter — to veer or angle away from a given level or line, especially from a horizontal; slope.
- slatter — to be slovenly in dress
- slinter — a dodge, trick, or stratagem
- slotter — a person or thing that slots.
- smarter — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- smatter — to speak (a language, words, etc.) with superficial knowledge or understanding.
- smelter — a person or thing that smelts.
- snifter — Also called inhaler. a pear-shaped glass, narrowing at the top to intensify the aroma of brandy, liqueur, etc.
- snorter — a person or thing that snorts.
- snotter — to breathe through obstructed nostrils
- soutter — a person who makes or repairs shoes; cobbler; shoemaker.
- spatter — to scatter or dash in small particles or drops: The dog spattered mud on everyone when he shook himself.
- specter — a visible incorporeal spirit, especially one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition.
- spelter — zinc, especially in the form of ingots.
- spitter — brocket (def 2).
- sporter — an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
- spotter — a person employed to remove spots from clothing, especially at a dry-cleaning establishment.
- spouter — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- spurter — to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
- sputter — to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
- starter — a person or thing that starts.
- stenter — A stenter is a machine for drying cloth, in which sheets for drying are held by the edges.
- stereo- — indicating three-dimensional quality or solidity
- sterile — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- sterlet — a small sturgeon, Acipenser ruthenus, of the Black and Caspian seas, valued as a source of caviar.
- sternal — of or relating to the sternum.
- sterner — firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.
- sternly — firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline.