5-Letter Nouns Ending With ER

1. (often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

2. a degree in a continuum of size or quantity

1. possession of controlling influence

2. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

1. binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

2. the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

1. a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

2. an essay (especially one written as an assignment)

1. fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire

2. any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand

1. the verbal act of offering

2. something offered (as a proposal or bid)

1. a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something

2. bedding that keeps a person warm in bed

1. a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

1. the lower of two berths

1. a caretaker for an apartment house; represents the owner as janitor and rent collector

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

2. a person who owns something

1. a person who buys

1. the higher of two berths

2. piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot

1. an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an optical device that produces an intense monochromatic beam of coherent light

1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance

2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another

1. the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

2. any of various measuring instruments for measuring a quantity

1. a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

2. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

1. a person who makes things

2. a business engaged in manufacturing some product

1. a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn

2. coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

1. someone who bakes commercially

2. someone who bakes bread or cake

1. a fierce or audacious person

2. large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

1. large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes

2. liver of an animal used as meat

1. a deep yellow color

2. a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

1. a solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print

2. a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image

1. someone who saves something from danger or violence

2. someone who saves (especially money)

1. a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

2. an ardent follower and admirer

1. a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel)

2. a clause that is appended to a legislative bill

1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

2. a state of nervous excitement

1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life

2. an adult member of the Boy Scouts movement

1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

2. the state of being angry

1. a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end

2. (sports) an official who keeps track of the time elapsed

1. a person who is older than you are

2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

1. an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals

2. someone who tunes a musical instrument

1. an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution

2. someone who travels by air

1. an appliance that removes moisture

1. a party of people assembled to promote sociability and communal activity

2. club soda or fruit juice used to mix with alcohol

1. a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water

2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

1. an official stationed at the entrance of a courtroom or legislative chamber

2. someone employed to conduct others

1. a citizen who has a legal right to vote

1. a unit of magnetic flux equal to 100,000,000 maxwells

1. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter

2. a protective covering that protects an inside surface

1. a base hit on which the batter scores a run

2. an ancient Hebrew unit of capacity equal to 10 baths or 10 ephahs

1. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)

1. a cry or shout of approval

2. the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

1. someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

2. a fast car that competes in races

1. someone who fights with his fists for sport

2. a workman employed to pack things into containers

1. a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum

2. a simple machine that gives a mechanical advantage when given a fulcrum

1. a person who rides a bicycle

1. someone who plays the bagpipe

1. a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

1. offensive term for a homosexual man

1. a person who rules or commands

2. measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing straight lines and measuring lengths

1. a contestant who loses the contest

2. a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

1. someone who works underwater

2. someone who dives (into water)

1. workman employed by a moving company

2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion

1. laborer who works in a mine

1. a person eating a meal (especially in a restaurant)

2. a passenger car where food is served in transit

1. venomous Old World snakes characterized by hollow venom-conducting fangs in the upper jaw

1. an indication of potential opportunity

2. castrated bull

1. an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged

1. the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

2. any of a class of organic compounds that have two hydrocarbon groups linked by an oxygen atom

1. a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

1. someone who consumes food for nourishment

2. any green goods that are good to eat

1. the fur of an otter

2. freshwater carnivorous mammal having webbed and clawed feet and dark brown fur

1. organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water

1. garden tool for mowing grass on lawns

1. a small adhesive disk of paste; used to seal letters

2. a small thin crisp cake or cookie

1. an informal use of the Latin word for mother; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes

2. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

1. a person who pays money for something

1. the act of gambling

2. the money risked on a gamble

1. a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not

2. a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor

1. a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue

1. a convex shape that narrows toward a point

2. the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)

1. a worker who wipes

2. contact consisting of a conducting arm that rotates over a series of fixed contacts and comes to rest on an outlet

1. a person who designs and writes and tests computer programs

1. a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

2. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back

1. a camp defended by a circular formation of wagons

2. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast (usually by decoction mashing); originally it was brewed in March or April and matured until September

1. a large entrance or reception room or area

1. wood of any of various alder trees; resistant to underwater rot; used for bridges etc

2. north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

1. a person who rises (especially from bed)

2. a vertical pipe in a building

1. a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)

2. a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses

1. someone who asks a question

1. a person who adds numbers

2. a machine that adds numbers

1. flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

2. A kitchen appliance for deep frying; its size depends on intended use.

1. someone who skis

1. a framework that supports climbing plants

1. any of various chiefly fall-blooming herbs of the genus Aster with showy daisylike flowers

2. star-shaped structure formed in the cytoplasm of a cell having fibers like rays that surround the centrosome during mitosis

1. a party who files a notice with a law court

2. a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization

1. someone who devotes himself completely

2. person who makes a gift of property

1. a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide absorbs water and is used to remove moisture)

2. an appliance that removes moisture

1. a long flexible steel coil for dislodging stoppages in curved pipes

2. hand tool for boring holes

1. a foot traveler; someone who goes on an extended walk (for pleasure)

1. one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case

2. one who tries

1. one who accepts an offer

2. one who takes a bet or wager

1. someone with a promising future

2. someone who arrives (or has arrived)

1. someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

2. a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image)

1. someone who travels by air

2. someone who operates an aircraft

1. a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

1. contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words

2. someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

1. a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

1. any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

2. pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

1. a person who hates

1. a compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers

1. joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner

2. the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made

1. a horse used to set the pace in racing

2. a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one side leave the ground together

1. a person who weeps

2. (formerly) an official who made public announcements

1. person who does no work

1. an animal trainer who tames wild animals

1. a drill for penetrating rock

2. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

1. an earth pigment

2. a medium brown to dark-brown color

1. a participant in a rave dancing party

2. someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner

1. large powerful tractor; a large blade in front flattens areas of ground

1. (geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets

1. tangled mass of prickly plants

2. a thorny stem or twig

1. someone who plies a trade

1. a person who avoids the company or assistance of others

1. the concentration of a solution as determined by titration

1. a fleshy underground stem or root serving for reproductive and food storage

1. someone who rows a boat

1. edible red seaweeds

2. seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

1. an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

1. someone who races the luge

1. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

1. someone who communicates by waving

2. the act of pausing uncertainly

1. (used only in combinations) the length of something in miles

2. a runner in a one-mile race

1. someone who rouses others from sleep

2. a person who awakes

1. a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

2. a contemptuous or scornful remark

1. a person afflicted with leprosy

2. a pariah who is avoided by others

1. an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

1. money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

2. a life estate to which a wife is entitled on the death of her husband

1. an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation; an amplifier that works on the same principle as a laser and emits coherent microwave radiation

1. any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

1. mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)

1. a person who puts finishing edges on a garment

2. garden tool for cutting grass around the edges of a yard

1. moth having nonfunctional mouthparts as adults; larvae feed on tree foliage and spin egg-shaped cocoons

1. a worker who oils engines or machinery

2. a well that yields or has yielded oil

1. a person responsible for hiring workers

1. a United States bill worth 5 dollars

1. someone who sows

1. duck of the Northern Hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females

1. someone who bites

1. a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment

1. someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

1. offspring of a male lion and a female tiger

1. a person who gives a name or names

1. a large hardwood drinking bowl