6-letter words that end in ter
- dorter — a dormitory, especially in a monastery.
- dotter — a small, roundish mark made with or as if with a pen.
- douter — an implement for snuffing out candles, consisting either of a scissorlike device with two broad flat blades or of a cone at the end of a handle.
- duster — a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
- easter — an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on the Gregorian calendar and in Orthodox churches on the Julian calendar.
- elater — That which elates.
- emoter — One who emotes.
- épater — to startle or shock, as out of complacency, conventionality, etc.
- erster — (New York City, and, New Orleans) eye dialect of oyster.
- exeter — a city in SW England, administrative centre of Devon; university (1955). Pop: 106 772 (2001)
- falter — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- farter — Someone or something that farts.
- faster — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- fatter — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- feater — apt; skillful; dexterous.
- felter — To clot or mat together like felt.
- fester — to form pus; generate purulent matter; suppurate.
- fetter — a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
- filter — any substance, as cloth, paper, porous porcelain, or a layer of charcoal or sand, through which liquid or gas is passed to remove suspended impurities or to recover solids.
- fister — Someone partakes in fisting.
- fitter — the manner in which a thing fits: The fit was perfect.
- fluter — a person who makes flutings.
- footer — British Informal. Rugby (def 3). soccer.
- foster — to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
- fouter — something that has no value (used in expressions of contempt): A fouter for the world, say I!
- frater — the refectory of a religious house.
- futter — To fuck.
- gaiter — a covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep and sometimes also the lower leg, worn over the shoe or boot. Compare upper1 (def 7).
- garter — Also called, British, sock suspender, suspender. an article of clothing for holding up a stocking or sock, usually an elastic band around the leg or an elastic strap hanging from a girdle or other undergarment.
- gaster — (in ants, bees, wasps, and other hymenopterous insects) the part of the abdomen behind the petiole.
- genter — elegant; graceful.
- getter — a person or thing that gets.
- gifter — One who gives a gift.
- goiter — an enlargement of the thyroid gland on the front and sides of the neck, usually symptomatic of abnormal thyroid secretion, especially hypothyroidism due to a lack of iodine in the diet.
- goster — to laugh uncontrollably
- grater — a person or thing that grates.
- gunter — Edmund, 1581–1626, English mathematician and astronomer: inventor of various measuring instruments and scales.
- gutter — a channel at the side or in the middle of a road or street, for leading off surface water.
- hafter — (obsolete) A caviler; a wrangler.
- halter — Archaic. lameness; a limp.
- hatter — a person who has become eccentric from living alone in a remote area.
- hauter — high-class or high-toned; fancy: an haute restaurant that attracts a monied crowd.
- heater — any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water or the air in a room.
- helter — (northern England, obsolete) alternative spelling of halter (rope, cord, or similar thing that fastens around the neck). (15th and 16th century).
- herter — Christian Archibald, 1895–1966, U.S. politician: secretary of state 1959–61.
- hester — a female given name, form of Esther.
- hinter — an indirect, covert, or helpful suggestion; clue: Give me a hint as to his identity.
- hitter — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hooter — a person or thing that hoots.
- hoster — (computing, Internet, neologism) A provider of online hosting, especially web hosting.