8-Letter Nouns Ending With ER

Here's the list of all the 1292 8-Letter Nouns Ending With ER in the English Language.

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computer
1. a machine for performing calculations automatically
2. an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines)
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customer
1. someone who pays for goods or services
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register
1. an official written record of names or events or transactions
2. (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
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consumer
1. a person who uses goods or services
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transfer
1. the act of moving something from one location to another
2. someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
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minister
1. a person authorized to conduct religious worship
2. a person appointed to a high office in the government
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provider
1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
2. someone who provides the means for subsistence
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designer
1. a person who specializes in interior design
2. someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)
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daughter
1. a female human offspring
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employer
1. a person or firm that employs workers
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supplier
1. someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity
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explorer
1. someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
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engineer
1. a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
2. the operator of a railway locomotive
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disaster
1. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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producer
1. someone who manufactures something
2. someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)
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semester
1. one of two divisions of an academic year
2. half a year; a period of 6 months
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receiver
1. set that receives radio or tv signals
2. (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties
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reporter
1. a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories
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traveler
1. a person who changes location
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recorder
1. equipment for making records
2. someone responsible for keeping records
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reviewer
1. someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
2. a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day
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disorder
1. a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning
2. a condition in which things are not in their expected places
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shoulder
1. the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
2. a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
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diameter
1. the length of a straight line passing through the center of a circle and connecting two points on the circumference
2. a straight line connecting the center of a circle with two points on its perimeter (or the center of a sphere with two points on its surface)
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retailer
1. a merchant who sells goods at retail
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observer
1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
2. an expert who observes and comments on something
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composer
1. someone who composes music, usually as a profession
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compiler
1. a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
2. (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program
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reminder
1. a message that helps you remember something
2. an experience that causes you to remember something
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cylinder
1. a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases)
2. a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed line
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frontier
1. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
2. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
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beginner
1. someone new to a field or activity
2. a person who founds or establishes some institution
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stranger
1. anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
2. an individual that one is not acquainted with
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springer
1. the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs
2. a cow about to give birth
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thriller
1. a suspenseful adventure story or play or movie
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prisoner
1. a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war
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turnover
1. the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
2. a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling
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chandler
1. a retail dealer in provisions and supplies
2. a maker (and seller) of candles and soap and oils and paints
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taxpayer
1. someone who pays taxes
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lavender
1. any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
2. a pale purple color
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lecturer
1. a public lecturer at certain universities
2. someone who lectures professionally
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offender
1. a person who transgresses moral or civil law
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analyzer
1. an instrument that performs analyses
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laughter
1. the sound of laughing
2. the activity of laughing; the manifestation of joy or mirth or scorn
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examiner
1. someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications
2. an investigator who observes carefully
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listener
1. someone who listens attentively
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promoter
1. someone who is an active supporter and advocate
2. a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
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defender
1. a person who cares for persons or property
2. a fighter who holds out against attack
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whistler
1. someone who makes a loud high sound
2. large North American mountain marmot
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borrower
1. someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent
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exporter
1. a businessperson who transports goods abroad (for sale)
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teenager
1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
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islander
1. an inhabitant of an island
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stroller
1. someone who walks at a leisurely pace
2. a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
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gardener
1. someone who takes care of a garden
2. someone employed to work in a garden
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manpower
1. the force of workers available
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makeover
1. an overall beauty treatment (involving a person's hair style and cosmetics and clothing) intended to change or improve a person's appearance
2. a complete reconstruction and renovation of something
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splitter
1. a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone
2. a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics
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importer
1. someone whose business involves importing goods from outside (especially from a foreign country)
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believer
1. a supporter who accepts something as true
2. a person who has religious faith
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rollover
1. the act of changing the institution that invests your pension plan without incurring a tax penalty
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cucumber
1. a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit
2. cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons
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cavalier
1. a gallant or courtly gentleman
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attacker
1. someone who attacks
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inverter
1. an electrical converter that converts direct current into alternating current
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debugger
1. a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
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takeover
1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force
2. a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation
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purifier
1. an apparatus for removing impurities
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commuter
1. a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another
2. someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city
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preacher
1. someone whose occupation is preaching the gospel
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splinter
1. a small thin sharp bit of wood or glass or metal
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stripper
1. a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
2. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
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shredder
1. a device that shreds documents (usually in order to prevent the wrong people from reading them)
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launcher
1. armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship
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wrangler
1. someone who argues noisily or angrily
2. a cowboy who takes care of the saddle horses
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newcomer
1. any new participant in some activity
2. a recent arrival
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enhancer
1. anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities
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revolver
1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
2. a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
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catheter
1. a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
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modifier
1. a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb
2. a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising
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repeater
1. a person who repeats
2. someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)
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murderer
1. a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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intruder
1. someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission
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calender
1. a machine that smooths or glazes paper or cloth by pressing it between plates or passing it through rollers
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roadster
1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
2. a small lightweight carriage; drawn by a single horse
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inquirer
1. someone who asks a question
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canister
1. a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm
2. metal container for storing dry foods such as tea or flour
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reindeer
1. Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America
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maneuver
1. a military training exercise
2. a plan for attaining a particular goal
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smoother
1. a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
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cleanser
1. a preparation used in cleaning something
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gangster
1. a criminal who is a member of gang
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outsider
1. someone who is excluded from or is not a member of a group
2. a contestant (human or animal) not considered to have a good chance to win
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hangover
1. disagreeable aftereffects from the use of drugs (especially alcohol)
2. an official who remains in office after his term
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thatcher
1. someone skilled in making a roof from plant stalks or foliage
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sorcerer
1. one who practices magic or sorcery
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marketer
1. someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money
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forester
1. someone trained in forestry
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massager
1. someone who rubs or kneads parts of the body to stimulate circulation and promote relaxation
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labourer
1. someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
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crusader
1. a disputant who advocates reform
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screener
1. a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint
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fastener
1. a person who fastens or makes fast
2. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
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enquirer
1. someone who asks a question
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leftover
1. a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists
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follower
1. a person who accepts the leadership of another
2. someone who travels behind or pursues another
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wrestler
1. combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground
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retainer
1. a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
2. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
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pullover
1. a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head
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absorber
1. (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation
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switcher
1. a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip
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arranger
1. a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
2. a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
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searcher
1. someone making a search or inquiry
2. a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items
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answerer
1. someone who responds
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stringer
1. a member of a squad on a team
2. a worker who strings
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recliner
1. an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it
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adjuster
1. one who investigates insurance claims or claims for damages and recommends an effective settlement
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wanderer
1. someone who leads a wandering unsettled life
2. a computer program that prowls the internet looking for publicly accessible resources that can be added to a database; the database can then be searched with a search engine
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seawater
1. water containing salts
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verifier
1. someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement
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analyser
1. an instrument that performs analyses
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spreader
1. a hand tool for spreading something
2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
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handover
1. act of relinquishing property or authority etc
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redeemer
1. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)
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flounder
1. flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
2. any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
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expander
1. an electronic device that increases the dynamic range of the audio signal.
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reliever
1. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
2. a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
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silencer
1. short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing
2. a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
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schooner
1. a large beer glass
2. sailing vessel used in former times
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villager
1. one who has lived in a village most of their life
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reformer
1. a disputant who advocates reform
2. an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel
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decanter
1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
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diffuser
1. baffle that distributes sound waves evenly
2. optical device that distributes the light of a lamp evenly
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informer
1. one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
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convener
1. the member of a group whose duty it is to convene meetings
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gossamer
1. a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
2. filaments from a web that was spun by a spider
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finisher
1. (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game
2. a racing driver who finishes a race
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strainer
1. a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
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dulcimer
1. a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
2. a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
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odometer
1. a meter that shows mileage traversed
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sprinter
1. someone who runs a short distance at top speed
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collider
1. an accelerator in which two beams of particles are forced to collide head on
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proposer
1. someone who advances a suggestion or proposal
2. (parliamentary procedure) someone who makes a formal motion
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falconer
1. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
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thrasher
1. a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
2. thrush-like American songbird able to mimic other birdsongs
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croupier
1. someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
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streamer
1. light that streams
2. a newspaper headline that runs across the full page
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enforcer
1. one whose job it is to execute unpleasant tasks for a superior
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scrubber
1. a worker who uses a scrub brush to clean a surface (usually a floor or deck)
2. a brush with short stiff bristles for heavy cleaning
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occupier
1. someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there
2. a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country
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lawmaker
1. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws
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breather
1. a short respite
2. air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time
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airliner
1. a commercial airplane that carries passengers
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pacifier
1. someone who tries to bring peace
2. anything that serves to pacify
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balancer
1. an acrobat who balances himself in difficult positions
2. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight
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overseer
1. a person who directs and manages an organization
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squirter
1. plaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water
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softener
1. a substance added to another to make it less hard
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approver
1. an authority with power to approve
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beholder
1. a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
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eyeliner
1. makeup applied to emphasize the shape of the eyes
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pinscher
1. any of three breeds of dogs whose ears and tail are usually cropped
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cloister
1. residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)
2. a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)
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spinster
1. an elderly unmarried woman
2. someone who spins (who twists fibers into threads)
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venturer
1. a merchant who undertakes a trading venture (especially a venture that sends goods overseas)
2. a person who enjoys taking risks
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impeller
1. the blade of a rotor (as in the compressor of a jet engine)
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smuggler
1. someone who imports or exports without paying duties
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achiever
1. a person with a record of successes
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marauder
1. someone who attacks in search of booty
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sufferer
1. a person suffering from an illness
2. one who suffers for the sake of principle
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splatter
1. the noise of something spattering or sputtering explosively
2. a small quantity of something moist or liquid
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repairer
1. a skilled worker who mends or repairs things
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stopover
1. a stopping place on a journey
2. a brief stay in the course of a journey
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gatherer
1. a person who gathers
2. a person who is employed to collect payments (as for rent or taxes)
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engraver
1. a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching
2. a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate
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modeller
1. a person who creates models
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polisher
1. a power tool used to buff surfaces
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digester
1. autoclave consisting of a vessel in which plant or animal materials are digested
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enlarger
1. photographic equipment consisting of an optical projector used to enlarge a photograph
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acquirer
1. a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
2. a corporation gaining financial control over another corporation or financial institution through a payment in cash or an exchange of stock
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waggoner
1. the driver of a wagon
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thruster
1. one who intrudes or pushes himself forward
2. a small rocket engine that provides the thrust needed to maneuver a spacecraft
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hijacker
1. a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
2. someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination
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oleander
1. an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
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misnomer
1. an incorrect or unsuitable name
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jeweller
1. someone who makes jewelry
2. someone in the business of selling jewelry
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screamer
1. someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice
2. a sensational newspaper headline
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restorer
1. a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture
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pollster
1. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
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molester
1. someone who subjects others to unwanted or improper sexual activities
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imposter
1. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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utiliser
1. someone who puts to good use
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commoner
1. a person who holds no title
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stitcher
1. a garmentmaker who performs the finishing steps
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stumbler
1. a walker or runner who trips and almost falls
2. someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
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suborder
1. (biology) taxonomic group that is a subdivision of an order
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colander
1. bowl-shaped strainer; used to wash or drain foods
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hotelier
1. an owner or manager of hotels
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killdeer
1. American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
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polluter
1. a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
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declarer
1. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
2. someone who claims to speak the truth
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squatter
1. someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
2. someone who settles on land without right or title
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wayfarer
1. a pedestrian who walks from place to place
2. a traveler going on a trip
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bleacher
1. a worker who bleaches (cloth or flour etc.)
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banister
1. a railing at the side of a staircase or balcony to prevent people from falling
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oxidizer
1. a substance that oxidizes another substance
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clincher
1. an argument that is conclusive
2. a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
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ascender
1. someone who ascends
2. a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
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deceiver
1. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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whitener
1. an agent that makes things white or colorless
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deserter
1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
2. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
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rewriter
1. someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
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costumer
1. someone who designs or supplies costumes (as for a play or masquerade)
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stickler
1. someone who insists on something
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howitzer
1. a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
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courtier
1. an attendant at the court of a sovereign
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scrapper
1. someone who fights (or is fighting)
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clothier
1. a merchant who sells men's clothing
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reasoner
1. someone who reasons logically
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thresher
1. a farm machine for separating seeds or grain from the husks and straw
2. large pelagic shark of warm seas with a whiplike tail used to round up small fish on which to feed
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teamster
1. the driver of a team of horses doing hauling
2. someone who drives a truck as an occupation
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threader
1. a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops
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atomizer
1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
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attender
1. someone who listens attentively
2. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
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seafarer
1. a man who serves as a sailor
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signaler
1. someone who communicates by signals
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shuffler
1. the card player who shuffles the cards
2. someone who walks without raising the feet
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lavalier
1. jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck
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hardener
1. one that hardens, especially a substance added to varnish or paint to give it a harder surface or finish.
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holdover
1. an official who remains in office after his term
2. something that has survived from the past
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8-Letter Nouns Ending With ER