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12-letter words that end in er

  • autoanalyzer — any of various automatic devices that test and analyze chemicals, blood, etc.
  • award-winner — person or thing that wins an award
  • axe-murderer — someone who commits murderer with an axe
  • baby brother — a younger brother
  • baby carrier — a kind of sling or rucksack used to carry small babies either on one's chest or one's back
  • baby-bouncer — a seat on springs suspended from a door frame, etc, in which a baby may be placed for exercise
  • back scatter — the deflection of nuclear particles or of radiation in a scattering process through an angle greater than 90°.
  • back-slapper — the practice of making a loud and effusive display of friendliness, cordiality, etc., as by slapping persons on the back.
  • backgrounder — A backgrounder is a short article in a newspaper or magazine that provides background information about a particular subject.
  • bacon-slicer — a machine for cutting bacon into slices
  • bag snatcher — a thief whose main tactic is to grab women's handbags and run off with them
  • bairnsfather — Bruce. 1888–1959, British cartoonist, born in India: best known for his cartoons of the war in the trenches during World War I
  • ball breaker — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
  • ball-breaker — an arduous, often unpleasant task.
  • ball-carrier — the offensive player having the ball and attempting to gain ground.
  • balladmonger — (formerly) a seller of ballads, esp on broadsheets
  • ballot paper — A ballot paper is a piece of paper on which you indicate your choice or opinion in an election or ballot.
  • bank manager — A bank manager is someone who is in charge of a bank, or a particular branch of a bank, and who is involved in making decisions about whether or not to lend money to businesses and individuals.
  • bar sinister — the condition, implication, or stigma of being of illegitimate birth
  • barcalounger — a type of reclinable armchair with an extendable footrest
  • barcoo river — a river in E central Australia, in SW Queensland: joins with the Thomson River to form Cooper Creek
  • barking deer — muntjac.
  • barley water — Barley water is a drink made from barley. It is sometimes flavoured with orange or lemon.
  • baryta water — an aqueous solution of barium hydroxide, used chiefly as a reagent.
  • basal reader — an elementary-school textbook that teaches reading by combining stories with practice exercises: The Dick and Jane series was the most famous basal reader.
  • basket maker — a member of an early Native American people of the southwestern US, preceding the Pueblo people, known for skill in basket-making
  • basketballer — (informal) A basketball player; a person who plays basketball.
  • basketweaver — a person who advocates simple, natural, and unsophisticated living
  • beach-comber — a person who lives by gathering salable articles of jetsam, refuse, etc., from beaches.
  • beamsplitter — Alternative spelling of beam splitter.
  • bean counter — You can describe people such as accountants and business managers as bean counters if you disapprove of them because you think they are only interested in money.
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • beautifuller — (obsolete) Comparative form of beautiful.
  • beaver fever — an infectious disease caused by drinking water that has been contaminated by wildlife
  • beche-de-mer — trepang
  • beer drinker — a person who drinks beer
  • bell heather — an ericaceous shrub, Erica cinerea
  • belly dancer — A belly dancer is a woman who performs a Middle Eastern dance in which she moves her hips and abdomen about.
  • belly-buster — belly flop.
  • bench-warmer — a substitute who rarely gets to play in a game.
  • bengal tiger — a large tiger found in S. Asia
  • beta blocker — A beta blocker is a drug which is used to treat people who have high blood pressure or heart problems.
  • beta emitter — a radioactive element, either natural or artificial, which changes into another element by emitting a beta particle
  • beta-blocker — any of various substances that interfere with the action of the beta receptors: used primarily to reduce the heart rate or force in the prevention, management, or treatment of angina, hypertension, or arrythmias.
  • betel pepper — a tropical Asiatic climbing plant (Piper betle) of the pepper family
  • bible banger — Bible-thumper.
  • bible-banger — Bible-thumper.
  • billy wilderBilly (Samuel Wilder) 1906–2002, U.S. film director, producer, and writer; born in Austria.
  • bingo caller — the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
  • bird fancier — a person who keeps, breeds, or sells birds
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