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12-letter words that end in ter

  • lithotripter — a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
  • looked-after — (of children) brought up by the state in institutions because their parents are dead or not able to care for them properly
  • lyric writer — someone who writes lyrics
  • magnetometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of a magnetic field, especially the earth's magnetic field.
  • makeup water — Makeup water is water which is added to compensate for losses, especially losses caused by evaporation.
  • manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
  • maple butter — thickened maple syrup
  • media center — a library, usually in school, that contains and encourages the use of audiovisual media and associated equipment as well as books, periodicals, and the like.
  • melanogaster — Any of several fungi of the genus Melanogaster.
  • metacomputer — an interconnected and balanced set of computers that operate as a single unit
  • methanometer — an instrument that measures the concentration of methane in the air of mines
  • microammeter — an instrument for measuring extremely small electric currents, calibrated in microamperes.
  • middlebuster — Southern U.S. lister1 (def 1).
  • milliammeter — an instrument for measuring small electric currents, calibrated in milliamperes.
  • minicomputer — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
  • motorscooter — A motorcycle or moped with a step-through frame.
  • nai register — (in Britain) a list of children deemed to be at risk of abuse or injury from their parents or guardians, compiled and held by a local authority, area health authority, or NSPCC Special Unit
  • nanocomputer — (architecture)   /nan'oh-k*m-pyoo'tr/ A computer with molecular-sized switching elements. Designs for mechanical nanocomputers which use single-molecule sliding rods for their logic have been proposed. The controller for a nanobot would be a nanocomputer. Some nanocomputers can also be called quantum computers because quantum physics plays a major role in calculations. Richard P. Feynman is still cited today for his work in this area.
  • nephelometer — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nerve center — a group of nerve cells closely connected with one another and acting together in the performance of some function.
  • newton-meter — joule.
  • night letter — former name of overnight telegram. Abbreviation: NL.
  • night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
  • non-computer — a programmable electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Mainframes, desktop and laptop computers, tablets, and smartphones are some of the different types of computers. Compare analog computer, digital computer.
  • noncharacter — someone who is not a character
  • north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
  • objectcenter — A product offering similar facilities to CodeCenter for the C++ language, plus class browsing facilities etc (formerly Saber-C++).
  • oil minister — a government official responsible for the oil industry in their country
  • olfactometer — a device for estimating the keenness of the sense of smell.
  • on the outer — excluded or neglected
  • open cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
  • optic center — a point about ten percent above the exact center of a printed page or layout.
  • oscillometer — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
  • page printer — Computers. a high-speed, high-resolution printer that uses a light source, as a laser beam or electrically charged ions, to print a full page of text or graphics at a time.
  • panel beater — a person who beats out the bodywork of motor vehicles
  • paper cutter — any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.
  • paper-cutter — any device for cutting or trimming paper, typically a weighted, powered, or spring-hinged blade mounted on or over a ruled board or table on which many sheets of paper may be aligned for cutting at one time.
  • pearl oyster — any of several marine bivalve mollusks of the family Pteriidae, some of which form pearls of great value, inhabiting waters of eastern Asia and off the coasts of Panama and Baja California.
  • pen computer — a computer, as a personal digital assistant, having pattern-recognition software enabling it to read handwritten text or drawings input on the screen by means of a stylus.
  • penetrometer — a device for measuring the penetrating power of x-ray or other radiations.
  • pi character — any special character, such as an accent or mathematical symbol, which is not normally obtained in a standard type fount
  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • plant-cutter — any of several South American, passerine birds of the family Phytotomidae, superficially resembling grosbeaks but having serrated edges on the bill that aid in cutting leaves and other plant food.
  • pole vaulter — A pole vaulter is an athlete who performs the pole vault.
  • politicaster — an ill-suited or disliked politician
  • port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
  • postal meter — a postal franking machine
  • pre-disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
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