14-letter words that end in ter
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- spark arrester — a device, consisting of wire netting or other material, used to stop or deflect sparks thrown from an open fireplace, a smokestack, or the like.
- spiny anteater — echidna.
- square shooter — an honest, fair person.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stephen foster — Stephen (Collins) 1826–64, U.S. songwriter.
- storage heater — an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
- strabismometer — an instrument that measures strabismus
- street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
- street theater — the presentation of plays or other entertainments by traveling companies on the streets, in parks, etc., often with the use of temporary or mobile stages.
- sub-postmaster — (in Britain) a man who runs a sub-post office
- subject matter — the substance of a discussion, book, writing, etc., as distinguished from its form or style.
- summer theater — a theater that operates during the summer, especially in a suburban or resort area, usually offering a different play or musical comedy each week.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- swinging voter — a person who does not vote consistently for any single political party
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
- telephotometer — an instrument for measuring the amount of light emanating from a distant object.
- teletypesetter — a keyboard device whose output can either be punched tape, which can be used directly to operate a line-casting machine, or be transmitted by cable or wire to operate such a machine indirectly
- teletypewriter — a telegraphic apparatus by which signals are sent by striking the letters and symbols of the keyboard of an instrument resembling a typewriter and are received by a similar instrument that automatically prints them in type corresponding to the keys struck. Abbreviation: TTY.
- test the water — If you test the water or test the waters, you try to find out what reaction an action or idea will get before you do it or tell it to people.
- the deerhunter — a film (1978) about the Vietnam War, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken
- thick register — chest register.
- ticket counter — the place where you buy a ticket for public transport, the theatre, cinema, etc
- to know better — If someone knows better than to do something, they are old enough or experienced enough to know it is the wrong thing to do.
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- verticillaster — an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged in a seeming whorl, consisting in fact of a pair of opposite axillary, usually sessile, cymes, as in many mints.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- western writer — a person who writes westerns