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15-letter words that end in er

  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • matrix compiler — Early matrix computations on UNIVAC. Sammet 1969, p.642.
  • media converter — (networking)   A component used in Ethernet, although it is not part of the IEEE standard. The IEEE standard states that all segments must be linked with repeaters. Media converters were developed as a simpler, cheaper alternative to repeaters. However, in the 1990s the cost difference between the two is negligible.
  • medical officer — a doctor of medicine who serves in the armed forces in a medical capacity
  • mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.
  • merchant banker — A merchant banker is someone who works for a merchant bank.
  • mersenne number — a number of the form, 2 p −1, where p is a prime number.
  • metallic luster — luster1 (def 8).
  • microcontroller — A microcomputer on a single chip, used to control some device such as an automobile engine or a toy.
  • micromillimeter — Synonym of nanometer.
  • microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • mining engineer — a person whose job is to carry out mining engineering
  • minority leader — the party member who directs the activities of the minority party on the floor of a legislative body, as of the U.S. Congress.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • mole salamander — ambystomid.
  • mortgage broker — agent who matches house buyer with mortgage lender
  • mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
  • mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
  • mount vancouver — a mountain on the border between Canada and Alaska, in the St Elias Mountains. Height: 4785 m (15 700 ft)
  • mountain beaver — a burrowing rodent, Aplodontia rufa, of W North America: family Aplodontidae
  • multiple master — (text, tool, software)   (Or "Multiple Master Font") A font that is a mixture of two or more other fonts. A Multiple Master font is a single font containing from two to sixteen master designs (the current implementation limit). A weight factor specifies the contribution of each master design for the creation of a multiple master font instance. A Multiple Master instance is a single interpolation of a multiple master font as created by a user or application.
  • mustard plaster — a black mixture of mustard and rubber placed on a cloth and applied to the skin as a counterirritant.
  • mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
  • narcotrafficker — One who traffics in illegal narcotics.
  • native compiler — (programming, tool)   A compiler which runs on the computer for which it is producing machine code, in contrast to a cross-compiler, which produces code for a different computer.
  • negative number — a number that is less than 0
  • neural computer — a computer or a software program that uses a neural network simulating the human brain and can be trained to perform specific tasks, as pattern recognition.
  • new brunswicker — a native or inhabitant of New Brunswick
  • new westminster — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada, on the Fraser River: suburb of Vancouver.
  • new world order — the post-Cold War organization of power in which nations tend to cooperate rather than foster conflict.
  • node of ranvier — a gap occurring at regular intervals between segments of myelin sheath along a nerve axon.
  • non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • norfolk terrier — one of an English breed of small short-legged hunting terriers having a straight, wiry, red, black and tan, or grizzle coat, and dropped ears that distinguish it from the Norwich terrier.
  • north vancouver — a city in SW British Columbia, in SW Canada.
  • norwich terrier — one of an English breed of small, short-legged terriers having a straight, wiry, red, gray, or black-and-tan coat, and erect ears that distinguish it from the Norfolk terrier.
  • nuisance caller — someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
  • number cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • number-cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
  • oil of lavender — an essential oil distilled from lavender flowers, especially Lavandula angustifolia and L. stoechas, and used in perfumery.
  • oil tanker pier — An oil tanker pier is a structure over water where oil tankers can stop and load or unload.
  • opposite number — counterpart; equivalent: New members with an interest in folk art will find their opposite numbers in the association's directory.
  • optical printer — a film printer used in making optical effects, consisting basically of a camera that photographs the image with special lenses to enlarge, reduce, distort, etc., and a projector that transfers the image to the print stock, as distinguished from a contact printer.
  • optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • orderly officer — Military. officer of the day, as in the British army or, formerly, in the U.S. Army.
  • outer barrister — a barrister belonging to the outer bar.
  • outreach worker — a person who does work designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
  • outside caliper — a caliper whose legs turn inward so that it can measure outside dimensions, as the diameter of a rod.
  • overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
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