12-letter words that end in r
- 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 harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
- 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 colour — any of various brown pigments composed chiefly of iron oxides
- earth mother — the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility and the source of all life.
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- earth tremor — a relatively small or short-lived movement of the earth's surface caused by the same forces that produce earthquakes
- 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
- electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
- electrometer — An instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current from the circuit.
- electromotor — an electric motor
- electropolar — having, or relating to, electrical polarity
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- elevator car — a compartment which carries people from floor to floor in a building via a vertical shaft
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- encumbrancer — Alternative form of incumbrancer.
- end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis
- endovascular — Within a blood vessel.
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- entrepreneur — A person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- equigranular — (petrology) Composed chiefly of grains of similar size.
- equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
- espresso bar — a coffee house that specializes in espresso coffee and other coffee drinks with an espresso base
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- eure-et-loir — a department of N central France, in Centre region. Capital: Chartres. Pop: 412 094 (2003 est). Area: 5940 sq km (2317 sq miles)
- evening star — Venus as seen after sunset
- evening wear — smart clothing designed for wearing at formal occasions during the evening
- everywhither — (archaic,or,poetic) to everywhere.