8-letter words that end in or
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- melchior — one of the three Magi.
- mercator — Gerhardus [jer-hahr-duh s] /dʒərˈhɑr dəs/ (Show IPA), (Gerhard Kremer) 1512–94, Flemish cartographer and geographer.
- messidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.
- metaphor — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- migrator — (computing) A computer program that helps move objects between locations, e.g. from a legacy system to a new technology.
- miniator — to illuminate (a manuscript) in red; rubricate.
- miscolor — to give a wrong color to.
- mistutor — to teach badly or wrongly
- narrator — a person who gives an account or tells the story of events, experiences, etc.
- neighbor — a person who lives near another.
- nextdoor — Also, next door. to, at, or in the next house on the street, especially if it is very close by, or the adjacent apartment, office, room, or the like: Go next-door and get your sister. Your sister is next-door. Her brother lives next-door.
- nitrator — A reaction vessel in which nitration takes place.
- nonactor — a person who is not an actor
- noncolor — That which is not a color.
- nonjuror — a person who refuses to take a required oath, as of allegiance.
- nonlabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- nonmajor — not related to or counting towards a specialist subject or course
- o'connor — Frank (Michael Donovan) 1903–66, Irish writer.
- objector — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- obsessor — to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of (a person); beset, trouble, or haunt persistently or abnormally: Suspicion obsessed him.
- obviator — a person who obviates
- occlusor — a muscle that closes an aperture when it contracts
- of color — person: not white
- olfactor — A smelling organ; a nose.
- operator — a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator.
- outhumor — to exceed in humouring
- overdoor — situated above a doorway: an overdoor panel.
- palpator — a type of beetle with long maxillary appendages
- parachor — a scientific quantity defined by a formula involving surface tension, mass, and density
- pass for — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- patentor — a person or official agency that grants patents.
- phosphor — the morning star, especially Venus.
- piscator — fisherman.
- pisspoor — of extremely inferior or disappointing quality or rating.
- play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
- predator — Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms.
- previsor — to foresee.
- proditor — a traitor
- prolabor — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- promisor — a person who makes a promise.
- pronator — Anatomy, Zoology. any of several muscles that permit pronation of the hand, forelimb, or foot.
- provisor — a purveyor
- pull for — favour, support
- pulmotor — an apparatus for pumping oxygen into the lungs during artificial respiration
- pulsator — something that pulsates, beats, or throbs.
- pundonor — a point of honour
- purveyor — a person who purveys, provides, or supplies: a purveyor of foods; a purveyor of lies.
- q factor — See Q (def 6).
- q-factor — See Q (def 6).