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12-letter words that end in er

  • chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chair warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • chair-warmer — an officeholder, employee, or the like, who accomplishes little, especially a person who holds an interim position.
  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
  • checkweigher — a person or machine that measures the weight of commodities on a production line or in a colliery
  • cheese eater — an informer; rat.
  • cheese-maker — a person or thing that makes cheese.
  • cheeseburger — A cheeseburger is a flat round piece of cooked meat called a burger with a slice of cheese on top, served in a bread roll.
  • cheesecutter — a board with a wire attached for cutting cheese
  • cheesehopper — the larva of the cheese-fly, capable of a leaping movement using two claw-like mandibles which it also uses for digging
  • cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
  • cheesetaster — a small instrument for extracting a piece of cheese from a larger block for the purpose of tasting
  • child abuser — someone who abuses a child, esp someone convicted of this
  • child minder — a person who looks after children, esp those whose parents are working
  • child-minder — a baby-sitter.
  • chili pepper — chili (sense 1) chili (sense 3)
  • chili powder — Chili powder is a very hot-tasting powder made mainly from dried chilies. It is used in cooking.
  • chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
  • chloroformer — someone who administers chloroform
  • chook chaser — a small motorcycle, esp for off-road use
  • choregrapher — Alt form choreographer.
  • chorographer — Someone who desscribes a particular region or country.
  • chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
  • chromocenter — karyosome (def 1).
  • cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
  • cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
  • circumcenter — the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect.
  • city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
  • civic center — In a city or town, a civic center is a building or buildings that contain local government offices and often recreational or cultural facilities for the public.
  • claim-jumper — a person who seizes another's claim of land, especially for mineral rights.
  • clam chowder — chowder containing clams
  • cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
  • cloud banner — banner cloud.
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • coach driver — a person who drives a coach
  • coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
  • coated paper — a paper whose surface has been treated to take halftone impressions or color printing
  • cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
  • cock lobster — a male lobster
  • cocoa butter — a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
  • code grinder — (jargon, abuse)   A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
  • codiscoverer — a fellow discoverer
  • coffee maker — Also, coffeemaker. an apparatus for brewing coffee; coffeepot.
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