9-letter words that end in r
- alligator — An alligator is a large reptile with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws.
- allocator — anyone or anything that allocates something
- allow for — If you allow for certain problems or expenses, you include some extra time or money in your planning so that you can deal with them if they occur.
- almodóvar — Pedro. born 1949, Spanish film director. His provocative black comedies include Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), The Flower of My Secret (1995), Talk to Her (2002), Volver (2006), and The Skin I Live In (2011)
- almsgiver — a person who gives alms
- altdorfer — Albrecht (ˈalbrɛçt). ?1480–?1538, German painter and engraver: one of the earliest landscape painters
- althusser — Louis. 1918–90, French Marxist philosopher, author of For Marx (1965) and Reading Capital (1965): committed to a mental hospital (1981) after killing his wife
- altimeter — An altimeter is an instrument in an aircraft that shows the height of the aircraft above the ground.
- ambipolar — (of plasmas and semiconductors) involving both positive and negative charge carriers
- ambulator — a person who walks
- amplifier — An amplifier is an electronic device in a radio or stereo system which causes sounds or signals to get louder.
- angle bar — an iron or a steel structural bar that has an L-shaped cross section
- angle-bar — an iron or steel bar, brace, or cleat in the form of an angle.
- animalier — a painter or sculptor of animal subjects, esp a member of a group of early 19th-century French sculptors who specialized in realistic figures of animals, usually in bronze
- ann arbor — a city in SE Michigan: seat of the University of Michigan. Pop: 114 498 (2003 est)
- annotator — One who annotates.
- announcer — An announcer is someone who introduces programmes on radio or television or who reads the text of a radio or television advertisement.
- antechoir — the part of a church in front of the choir, usually enclosed by screens, tombs, etc
- anti-icer — a device fitted to an aircraft to prevent the formation of ice
- antiarmor — (military) Designed for attacking armored vehicles, such as tanks and armored personnel carriers.
- antibuser — someone who opposes busing
- antichlor — a substance used to remove chlorine from a material after bleaching or to neutralize the chlorine present
- antilabor — opposed to labor unions or to the interests of workers
- antilifer — a person in favour of abortion
- antimeter — (obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
- antinuker — a person who is opposed to nuclear weapons or energy
- antipater — ?398–319 bc, Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: regent of Macedon (334–323)
- antipolar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
- antiradar — (of a missile or other weapon) designed to destroy radar detection equipment
- antisolar — facing in the opposite direction to the sun
- antitumor — Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
- antiulcer — acting against ulcers
- apatosaur — a large, long-necked, herbivorous dinosaur
- aphorizer — a person who aphorizes
- apocenter — the point in the orbit of a heavenly body farthest from a primary other than the earth or the sun.
- apparitor — an officer who summons witnesses and executes the orders of an ecclesiastical and (formerly) a civil court
- appetiser — Alternative spelling of appetizer.
- appetizer — An appetizer is the first course of a meal. It consists of a small amount of food.
- applauder — One who applauds.
- appointer — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- appointor — a person to whom a power to nominate persons to take property is given by deed or will
- appraiser — An appraiser is someone whose job is to estimate the cost or value of something such as property.
- archosaur — any of a group of reptiles consisting of dinosaurs, pterosaurs, modern birds, modern crocodiles and extinct relatives of crocodiles, all having a diapsid skull
- arraigner — Lb legal One who arraigns.
- art paper — a high-quality type of paper having a smooth coating of china clay or similar substance on it
- arteether — Artemotil.
- articular — of or relating to joints or to the structural components in a joint
- artificer — a skilled craftsman
- ascendeur — a metal grip that is threaded on a rope and can be alternately tightened and slackened as an aid to climbing the rope: used attached to slings for the feet and waist
- ash color — ash gray.