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12-letter words that end in or

  • disinhibitor — Something that causes a reduction in one's inhibitions; that makes people, or animals act more impulsively.
  • dispossessor — One who dispossesses.
  • disseminator — to scatter or spread widely, as though sowing seed; promulgate extensively; broadcast; disperse: to disseminate information about preventive medicine.
  • dissimulator — One who dissimulates.
  • door to door — calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like: a door-to-door poll.
  • door-to-door — calling, selling, canvassing, etc., at each house or apartment in an area, town, or the like: a door-to-door poll.
  • double major — a major with concentration in two separate fields of study
  • drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
  • dutch harbor — a U.S. naval base on Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands.
  • earth tremor — a relatively small or short-lived movement of the earth's surface caused by the same forces that produce earthquakes
  • electrofluor — a transparent material that stores electrical energy and subsequently releases it as light
  • electromotor — an electric motor
  • end effector — The end effector of an actuator is the part that comes into contact with the object being moved or controlled.
  • equilibrator — Lb rare A device that maintain equilibrium or balance, especially a part of a heavy gun (e.g. an artillery piece or a tank gun) which balances the barrel and other parts so as to enable the gun to be elevated easily.
  • exclusive or — (logic)   (XOR, EOR) /X or, E or/ A two-input function whose result is true if one input is true and the other is false. The truth table is A | B | A xor B --+---+-------- F | F | F F | T | T T | F | T T | T | F The output is thus true if the inputs are not equal. If one input is false, the other is passed unchanged whereas if one input is true, the other is inverted. In Boolean algebra, exclusive or is often written as a plus in a circle: "⊕". The circle may be omitted suggesting addition modulo two. In digital logic, an exclusive or logic gate is drawn like a normal inclusive or gate but with a curved line across both inputs: {exclusive or gate " />.
  • exterminator — Someone or something that exterminates.
  • exteroceptor — A sensory receptor that receives external stimuli.
  • falling door — flap door (def 1).
  • fast reactor — a nuclear reactor using little or no moderator, fission being caused by fast neutrons
  • folding door — a door with hinged sections that can be folded flat against one another when opened.
  • forest floor — the above- ground layer of a forest made up of tree roots, soil and decaying matter
  • fractionator — Chemistry. an apparatus for fractional distillation. Compare cracker (def 10).
  • fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
  • funambulator — a tightrope-walker; a funambulist
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
  • ground color — Also called ground coat. a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.
  • ground floor — the floor of a building at or nearest to ground level.
  • hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
  • heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
  • hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
  • horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.
  • horse-doctor — an informal word for a vet who specializes in treating horses
  • host adaptor — SCSI adaptor
  • house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
  • hybrid vigor — heterosis.
  • hyperreactor — a person who behaves in a hyperreactive manner
  • hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
  • impersonator — a person who pretends to be another.
  • impropriator — A person to whom a benefice is granted as their property.
  • improvisator — a person who improvises; improviser.
  • incarcerator — A person who incarcerates.
  • inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
  • incorporator — one of the signers of the articles or certificate of legal incorporation.
  • interlocutor — a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue.
  • interoceptor — a receptor, especially of the viscera, responding to stimuli originating from within the body.
  • interpolator — to introduce (something additional or extraneous) between other things or parts; interject; interpose; intercalate.
  • interrogator — a person who interrogates.
  • introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
  • investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
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