12-letter words that end in er
- door scraper — a small horizontal bar fixed to the ground near a door where visitors can scrape mud from their shoes before entering
- door-knocker — a hinged fitting on a door that can be used to knock on it
- dope peddler — a seller of illegal drugs
- doppelganger — a ghostly double or counterpart of a living person.
- doppleganger — Misspelling of doppelganger.
- double ender — a double-ended vessel.
- doubledecker — Alternative spelling of double-decker.
- doubleganger — doppelgänger.
- doubleheader — Sports. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
- dow compiler — An early system on the Datatron 200 series.
- draft dodger — a person who evades or attempts to evade compulsory military service.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- draught beer — beer which is stored in bulk, esp in a cask, as opposed to being bottled
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- dreamcatcher — A small hoop containing a horsehair mesh, or a similar construction of string or yarn, decorated with feathers and beads, believed to give its owner good dreams. Dreamcatchers were originally made by American Indians.
- drift netter — a person who uses a drift net in fishing.
- drink-driver — A drink-driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- drunk driver — A drunk driver is someone who drives after drinking more than the amount of alcohol that is legally allowed.
- dumdum fever — a chronic, usually fatal disease occurring in tropical areas of Asia and the Western Hemisphere, characterized by irregular fever, enlargement of the spleen, anemia, and emaciation, caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani.
- duplex paper — paper with a different finish or colour on each of the sides
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dust wrapper — dust jacket (sense 1)
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- dutch clover — white clover.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- eager beaver — a person who is excessively diligent or overly zealous.
- early leaver — a person who leaves something early, esp someone who opts out of a pension scheme before completing all his or her contributions
- earth mother — the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
- earth-grazer — an asteroid in an orbit that takes it close to the earth
- earth-mother — the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
- eavesdropper — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- echo chamber — a room or studio with resonant walls for broadcasting or recording echoes or hollow sound effects.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edger-feeder — a machine used to sort letters automatically according to envelope size.
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- eiffel tower — landmark in Paris
- electrometer — An instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current from the circuit.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis