Words ending with or

abator means: a person who abates a nuisance

abbreviator means: one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work

abdicator means: one who formally relinquishes an office or responsibility

abductor means: a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line

abductor means: someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

abettor means: one who helps or encourages or incites another

abhor means: find repugnant

abies concolor means: medium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft wood

abnegator means: one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something

abominator means: one who hates or loathes

apocrypha means: 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status

bloodletting means: indiscriminate slaughter

bloodletting means: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of the four humors of medieval medicine)

deferentially means: in a respectfully deferential manner

deferentially means: in a servile manner

disposable means: an item that can be disposed of after it has been used

disposable means: designed to be disposed of after use

disposable means: free or available for use or disposition

double reverse means: (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse

emotion means: any strong feeling

essence means: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

essence means: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

essence means: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

essence means: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

ethel waters means: United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

gunslinger means: a professional killer who uses a gun

hexose means: a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule

indomethacin means: a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin)

musculophrenic vein means: veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen

northern storm petrel means: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean