11-letter words that end in er
- first mover — the Aristotelian conception of God as the unmoved mover of everything else
- first water — (formerly) the highest degree of fineness in a diamond or other precious stone. Compare water (def 13).
- first-order — Not higher-order.
- first-timer — a person who does, experiences, or attends something for the first time.
- fish farmer — someone who rears fish for commercial purposes
- fish finger — Fish fingers are small long pieces of fish covered in breadcrumbs. They are usually sold in frozen form.
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- five-finger — any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
- fixer-upper — a person who is handy at making repairs.
- flash meter — a meter that measures the light emitted by a flash unit
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flat silver — silver table utensils, as knives, forks, and spoons.
- flea powder — powder that is put on an animal's coat to kill or discourage fleas
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- flimflammer — a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- flock paper — a wallpaper treated with flock to emphasize a design or effect.
- floorwalker — a person employed in a store to direct customers and supervise salespeople.
- fluorimeter — fluorometer.
- fluorometer — an instrument for measuring fluorescence, often as a means of determining the nature of the substance emitting the fluorescence.
- flushometer — a device for flushing toilets that uses system pressure rather than gravity and automatically shuts off after a measured amount of water flow in order to conserve water.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- foam rubber — a light, spongy rubber, used for mattresses, cushions, etc.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- foot warmer — any of various devices, as a small stove, for keeping one's feet warm.
- footdragger — One who deliberately delays obligatory action.
- footscraper — a metal bar, set in a small frame and attached to a doorstep, used in cleaning mud from the bottoms of the shoes before entering a house.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- footsoldier — Alternative spelling of foot soldier.
- foraminifer — any chiefly marine protozoan of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
- forechecker — (ice hockey) A player who forechecks.
- forequarter — the forward end of half of a carcass, as of beef or lamb.
- forestaller — A person who forestalls, especially one who buys goods before they can be sold on the open market in anticipation of rising prices.
- forethinker — someone who forethinks
- fork-tender — (of food, especially meat) cooked so that it can be cut or pierced easily with a fork.
- form feeder — a device that mechanically feeds paper into a printer
- form leader — a pupil elected by other pupils to lead or represent their form
- form letter — a standardized letter that can be sent to any number of persons, occasionally personalized by inserting the name of each recipient in the salutation.
- form master — a teacher or member of a school's staff designated as being in charge of a certain form
- fort casper — a fort in central Wyoming, near Casper: an important post on the Oregon Trail.
- fort rucker — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in SE Alabama, NW of Dothan.
- fort sumter — a fort in SE South Carolina, in the harbor of Charleston: its bombardment by the Confederates opened the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
- forty-niner — a person, especially a prospector, who went to California in 1849 during the gold rush.
- foul matter — Printing. materials, as manuscript, galleys, or proofs, that have been superseded by revised proofs or galleys or by the bound book, and have been returned to the publisher by the printer.
- four-bagger — home run.
- four-banger — a four-cylinder engine.
- four-poster — a bed with four corner posts, as for supporting a canopy, curtains, etc.
- four-seater — a vehicle providing seats for four people
- fourdrinier — a machine for manufacturing paper.
- fourflusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fox terrier — either of two English breeds of small terriers having either a long, wiry coat or a short, flat coat, formerly used for driving foxes from their holes.