12-letter words that end in ter
- circumcenter — the center of a circumscribed circle; that point where any two perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a polygon inscribed in the circle intersect.
- civic center — In a city or town, a civic center is a building or buildings that contain local government offices and often recreational or cultural facilities for the public.
- club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
- cock lobster — a male lobster
- cocoa butter — a yellowish-white waxy solid that is obtained from cocoa beans and used for confectionery, soap, etc
- color filter — colored glass, dyed gelatin, etc., used to produce certain color or light effects, as in photography
- color-caster — an announcer, especially in sports, who provides supplementary information or comment.
- complementer — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenter — a person who compliments
- contradicter — One who contradicts.
- controverter — One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
- counteracter — Something that counteracts.
- cover letter — A cover letter is the same as a covering letter.
- crank letter — a hostile or fanatical letter, often sent anonymously.
- crime writer — a writer who writes detective fiction
- crime-buster — a law officer who specializes in fighting large-scale organized crime
- crook rafter — a rafter for maintaining the angle between a principal rafter and a tie or collar beam.
- crown cutter — a hollow, thin-walled cylinder having teeth formed radially on the end and used for cutting round holes out of thin, flat stock.
- cub reporter — A cub reporter is a young newspaper journalist who is still being trained.
- daisy cutter — a powerful shot that moves close to the ground
- daisy-cutter — Sports Slang. a batted or served ball that skims along near the ground.
- david souter — David H. born 1939, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1990–2009.
- declinometer — an instrument for measuring magnetic declination
- defragmenter — (computing) That which defragments; a program that performs defragmentation.
- deli counter — a display case in a delicatessen, or one in a supermarket that sells delicatessen
- densitometer — an instrument for measuring the optical density of a material by directing a beam of light onto the specimen and measuring its transmission or reflection
- derwentwater — a lake in NW England, in Cumbria in the Lake District. Area: about 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- discomforter — One who causes discomfort.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- dog's letter — the letter r, especially when representing a trill.
- draft letter — the first version of a letter
- drawn butter — melted butter, clarified and often seasoned with herbs or lemon juice.
- drift netter — a person who uses a drift net in fishing.
- drum printer — a line printer that uses a rotating drum with raised characters, against which the paper is pressed.
- dust counter — any instrument used to measure the size and number of dust particles per unit volume in the atmosphere.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- ebulliometer — a device used to determine the boiling point of a solution
- effusiometer — an apparatus for determining rates of effusion of gases, usually used for measuring molecular weights
- electrometer — An instrument for measuring electrical potential without drawing any current from the circuit.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- endosmometer — an instrument for measuring the action of endosmosis
- enterobacter — Any bacterium of the genus Enterobacter.
- experimenter — A person who experiments.
- extensometer — An instrument for measuring the deformation of a material under stress.
- fence-sitter — a person who remains neutral or undecided in a controversy.
- firstnighter — a person who often or usually attends the theater, opera, etc., on opening night.
- flour sifter — a container in which flour is sifted
- food counter — a counter in a shop, bar, cafeteria, etc where food is sold or served
- front matter — all material in a book that precedes the text proper, as the title page, copyright page, table of contents, dedication, and preface.