13-letter words that end in rs
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- katharometers — Plural form of katharometer.
- katzenjammers — Plural form of katzenjammer.
- kick upstairs — to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- klipspringers — Plural form of klipspringer.
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- magnetometers — Plural form of magnetometer.
- manufacturers — Plural form of manufacturer.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- mastersingers — Plural form of mastersinger.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- microcarriers — Plural form of microcarrier.
- midwesterners — Plural form of midwesterner, an alternative capitalization of 'Midwesterner'.
- minicomputers — a computer with processing and storage capabilities smaller than those of a mainframe but larger than those of a microcomputer.
- misdemeanours — Plural form of misdemeanour.
- moll flanders — (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders) a novel (1722) by Daniel Defoe.
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- money matters — issues concerning finances or money, esp your own finances or money
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- moneygrubbers — Plural form of moneygrubber.
- muzzleloaders — Plural form of muzzleloader.
- nail clippers — tool for cutting finger- and toenails
- nail scissors — small scissors with short curved blades for trimming the fingernails or toenails.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
- of all others — above all others
- officeholders — Plural form of officeholder.
- olfactometers — Plural form of olfactometer.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- orchestrators — Plural form of orchestrator.
- outperformers — Plural form of outperformer.
- overachievers — Plural form of overachiever.
- pairs skaters — two skaters, a man and a woman, or a boy and a girl, who skate together, esp in competitions
- parallel bars — (used with a plural verb) a gymnasium apparatus consisting of two wooden bars on uprights, adjustable in height, and used for swinging, vaulting, balancing exercises, etc.
- party manners — polite behaviour
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- pontificators — the office or term of office of a pontiff.
- potato eaters — a painting (1885) by Vincent Van Gogh.
- power workers — the people who work in the power industry
- rheoreceptors — a receptor of fishes and aquatic amphibians stimulated by water currents.
- roman letters — a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
- rose d'anvers — a gem having a rose cut of 12 or fewer facets.
- salad servers — kitchen utensils used as tongs to serve salad
- sealed orders — written instructions that are not to be read until a specified time