17-letter words that end in er
- midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
- mississippi river — a state in the S United States. 47,716 sq. mi. (123,585 sq. km). Capital: Jackson. Abbreviation: MS (for use with zip code), Miss.
- montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
- mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
- multiline insurer — an insurance company that is engaged in more than two fields of insurance.
- multiplex printer — (hardware) A duplex circuit using time-division multiplexing to provide multiple duplex channels over one wire. For example, channels A, B, C, and D could be used for simultaneous transmission in both directions.
- nashville warbler — a North American wood warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, having a gray head, an olive-green back, and yellow underparts.
- nathaniel currier — Nathaniel, 1813–88, U.S. lithographer. Compare Ives (def 4).
- negative transfer — the obstruction of or interference with new learning because of previous learning, as when a U.S. tourist in England learns to drive on the left side of the road.
- new age traveller — New Age travellers are people who live in tents and vehicles and travel from place to place, and who reject many of the values of modern society.
- new england aster — a tall composite plant, Aster novae-angliae, of the northeastern U.S., the flowers of which have lavender to deep-purple rays.
- nine days' wonder — an event or thing that arouses considerable but short-lived interest or excitement.
- ninety-day wonder — an officer commissioned in a branch of the armed forces after an unusually short training period, especially after a three-months officers' training course during World War II.
- non-manual worker — a person whose job involves the use of their mind, rather than the use of their hands or physical strength
- nonalcoholic beer — Nonalcoholic beer is beer that does not contain any alcohol.
- nonimpact printer — a printer that creates images without mechanically impacting the page, as an ink-jet or laser printer.
- north-wall hammer — a type of ice axe that has a hammer as part of its head
- not lift a finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- notebook computer — laptop, portable
- noun pre-modifier — a noun that occurs before and modifies another noun, as toy in toy store or tour in tour group.
- object identifier — (programming) (OID) Generally an implementation-specific integer or pointer that uniquely identifies an object.
- observation tower — lookout, observation point
- official receiver — an officer appointed by the Insolvency Service to receive the income and manage the estate of a bankrupt pending the appointment of a trustee in bankruptcy
- old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
- old wives' summer — a period of fine, summerlike weather occurring in Europe in autumn.
- oyer and terminer — (in some U.S. states) any of various higher criminal courts.
- palette of narmer — a king of Egypt identified by modern scholars as the Menes of tradition and depicted as the unifier of Upper and Lower Egypt on an ancient slate tablet (Narmer Palette or Palette of Narmer) c3200 b.c. with relief carvings on both sides.
- pan potentiometer — a control on a stereo sound mixing desk by means of which the relative levels in right- and left-hand channels can be adjusted and hence the apparent position of the recorded or broadcast sound source within the stereo panorama can be controlled
- parallel computer — parallel processor
- paratyphoid fever — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
- pere david's deer — a medium-sized, reddish-gray deer, Elaphurus davidianus, of which stocks were obtained in Peking in 1865 and brought to parks in Europe before the remaining Chinese deer were killed in 1900: the species is sustained in captivity.
- personal computer — a compact computer that uses a microprocessor and is designed for individual use, as by a person in an office or at home or school, for such applications as word processing, data management, financial analysis, or computer games. Abbreviation: PC.
- personnel carrier — a vehicle used for transporting troops
- personnel manager — head of Human Resources department
- personnel officer — a worker responsible for recruiting employees and dealing with matters relating to them
- phlebotomus fever — sandfly fever.
- pillion passenger — a person who travels in a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
- pincushion flower — scabious2 (def 1).
- poison-pen letter — A poison-pen letter is an unpleasant unsigned letter which is sent in order to upset someone or to cause trouble.
- polarizing filter — a camera lens filter used to control the plane of polarization of light entering the lens.
- police helicopter — a helicopter used in police operations, for example in traffic control, or for observation
- portable computer — (computer) (Commonly, "laptop") A portable personal computer you can carry with one hand. Some laptops run so hot that it would be quite uncomforable to actually use them on your lap for long. The term "notebook" is often used to describe these, though it also implies a low weight (less than 2kg). A "luggable" is one you could carry in one hand but is so heavy you wouldn't want to. One that can by easily operated while held in one hand is a "palmtop". The computer considered by most historians to be the first true portable computer was the Osborne 1 but see the link below for other contenders.
- portfolio manager — a person employed by others to make investments for them
- potato leafhopper — any of various leafhoppers that are serious pests, damaging a wide variety of cultivated and wild plants, especially potatoes.
- potential divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- presiding officer — the person who presides over the Scottish Parliament or Welsh Assembly
- probation officer — an officer who investigates and reports on the conduct of offenders who are free on probation.
- production number — a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like.
- programme planner — someone who creates plans or schedules in regards to their line of work or occupation
- protocol analyser — (communications, hardware, networking, testing, tool) Any device that captures and interprets the network traffic between two or more connected computer systems. The traffic can then be decoded so that it is possible to see what processes are occurring. By examining the flow of traffic, protocol analysers can be used to find out where problems (such as bottlenecks or the failure of a network device) are on a LAN. Advanced protocol analysers can also provide statistics on the traffic that can help to identify trends that may in future lead to further problems with the network.