9-letter words that end in ter
- ledbetter — Huddie [huhd-ee] /ˈhʌd i/ (Show IPA), ("Leadbelly") 1885?–1949, U.S. folk singer.
- leicester — 1st Earl of, Robert Dudley.
- limewater — an aqueous solution of slaked lime, used in medicine, antacids, and lotions, and to absorb carbon dioxide from the air.
- low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- machmeter — a device that indicates airspeed relative to the speed of sound.
- man-eater — an animal, especially a tiger or lion, that eats or is said to eat human flesh.
- man-hater — someone, esp a woman, who dislikes or hates men
- manhunter — an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- manometer — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a fluid, consisting of a tube filled with a liquid, the level of the liquid being determined by the fluid pressure and the height of the liquid being indicated on a scale.
- mcalester — a city in E Oklahoma.
- mecometer — a caliperlike instrument for measuring the length of newborn infants.
- megaliter — Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters.
- megameter — Alternative spelling of megametre.
- mekometer — a device that accurately measures distance by measuring the polarization of a reflected beam of light
- meltwater — water from melted snow or ice.
- memoriter — by heart; by memory.
- midwinter — the middle of winter.
- mililiter — Misspelling of milliliter.
- milimeter — Misspelling of millimeter.
- milometer — An odometer graduated in miles.
- mishanter — a misfortune; mishap.
- misquoter — a person who quotes others inaccurately or incorrectly
- mixmaster — a disc jockey
- monoester — a single esterified polybasic acid.
- monometer — a line of verse of one measure or foot.
- nailbiter — the act or practice of biting one's fingernails, especially as the result of anxiety or nervousness.
- nanometer — one billionth of a meter. Abbreviation: nm.
- neglecter — A person who neglects, or takes no notice of something.
- net meter — an energy meter that can run both forward and backward so as to measure the net power the customer will pay for.
- nilometer — a graduated pillar by which the rise and fall of the Nile can be measured
- no matter — the substance or substances of which any physical object consists or is composed: the matter of which the earth is made.
- no-hitter — a no-hit game.
- nonhunter — a person or thing that does not hunt
- nonrioter — a person not participating in a riot
- nonskater — a person who does not skate
- nonwriter — a person who does not (usually) write or cannot write (well); a person who is not a writer
- noreaster — Alternative spelling of nor'easter.
- nutbutter — a food substance for spreading that is made from nuts
- octameter — consisting of eight measures or feet.
- octometer — octameter.
- oedometer — an instrument for measuring the rate and amount of consolidation of a soil specimen under pressure
- oenometer — an instrument for measuring the percentage of alcohol in wine or other liquors
- oncometer — an instrument for measuring the size of body organs
- one-acter — a short play consisting of one act.
- optometer — any of various instruments for measuring the refractive error of an eye.
- orthopter — ornithopter
- osmometer — an instrument used in osmometry.
- outfitter — an assemblage of articles that equip a person for a particular task, role, trade, etc.: an explorer's outfit.
- outmaster — to surpass