12-letter words that end in ter
- prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
- prose writer — a person who writes prose
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- pulp plaster — plaster containing shredded wood fiber.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- re-encounter — to encounter again
- respirometer — an instrument for measuring the extent of respiratory movement.
- rhythmometer — a type of metronome that gives or marks the beat or time in musical movements
- right-footer — (esp in Ireland) a Protestant
- rock lobster — spiny lobster.
- rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
- round-lotter — a buyer or seller of round lots.
- salescritter — /sayls'kri"tr/ Pejorative hackerism for a computer salesperson. Hackers tell the following joke: Q. What's the difference between a used-car dealer and a computer salesman? A. The used-car dealer knows he's lying. [Some versions add: ...and probably knows how to drive.] This reflects the widespread hacker belief that salescritters are self-selected for stupidity (after all, if they had brains and the inclination to use them, they'd be in programming). The terms "salesthing" and "salesdroid" are also common. Compare marketroid, suit.
- scene master — (on a switchboard) a master switch that controls several lighting circuits.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- screenwriter — a person who writes screenplays, especially as an occupation or profession.
- scriptwriter — a person who writes scripts, as for movies, radio, or television.
- self-starter — starter (def 3).
- semidiameter — half of a diameter; radius.
- sensitometer — an instrument for testing the sensitivity of various types of film, consisting of an apparatus for exposing successive parts of the film to a light of standard intensity at successively increasing lengths of exposure.
- serendipiter — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shirt-lifter — a homosexual
- shirtwaister — a tailored blouse or shirt worn by women.
- sidesplitter — something that is uproariously funny, as a joke or a situation.
- simple meter — any time signature in which the upper figure indicates two, three, or four beats per measure, as 2/8, 3/2, 4/4, etc.
- small letter — a lower-case letter
- snail darter — a tan, striped, snail-eating perch, Percina tanasi, 3 inches (7.5 cm) long, occurring only in the Tennessee River: a threatened species.
- snollygoster — a clever, unscrupulous person.
- snow scooter — a small open powered vehicle mounted on skis for travelling on snow
- solenogaster — any of a group of wormlike mollusks, class Solenogastres (formerly Aplacophora), inhabiting deep ocean layers and having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- space heater — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
- space writer — a journalist or copywriter paid according to a space rate. Also called space man. Compare stringer (def 6).
- spectrometer — an optical device for measuring wavelengths, deviation of refracted rays, and angles between faces of a prism, especially an instrument (prism spectrometer) consisting of a slit through which light passes, a collimator, a prism that deviates the light, and a telescope through which the deviated light is viewed and examined.
- speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
- sphygmometer — a device which measures the rate of the pulse
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- sportscaster — A sportscaster is a radio or television broadcaster who describes or comments on sporting events.
- sportswriter — a journalist who reports on sports and sporting events.
- spring water — water from natural underground source
- square meter — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. 2 , sq. m. Abbreviation: m.
- stabat mater — (italics) a Latin hymn, composed in the 13th century, commemorating the sorrows of the Virgin Mary at the Cross.
- stabilimeter — stabilograph.
- star cluster — a number of stars of common origin held together as a group by gravitational attraction. Compare globular cluster, open cluster, stellar association.
- static water — water collected and stored in reservoirs, tanks, etc., as for urban use.
- steam fitter — a person who installs and repairs steampipes and their accessories.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- storm center — the center of a cyclonic storm, the area of lowest pressure and of comparative calm.