2-Letter Words Ending in R

Quagmiry

One who recognizes; a recognizor.

Make more efficient

Modify extensively

Design again from scratch (almost, except for letters 5 and 6)

PACKAGER one that {packages=v}

Enter again

Boxer's referee (wordplay)

Boss at the jewelry store (wordplay)

Sting target, maybe

Chief whip, say, an expert on telephone

Jeweler's second career (wordplay)

Boxing referee's other job (wordplay)

Harsh jockey (wordplay)

Teddy Roosevelt, for one

Epithet for one of the Roosevelts.

One gaining an edge by deceit

Deceitful one

Gangs bred a mongrel as surprise attacker

Scraggly

""SCRIMMAGE Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.""

Scroungy

Impresser of seamen

SHOTGUN to shoot with a type of gun

She's decomposed (wordplay)

Porter, perhaps, bending strong wire

Producer of music/lyrics

More wavy and twisting

Straggly

This grater works better!

Mad Hatter's rig is more respectable

Second rat reported and more in order

One who subjugates; a conqueror.

Deputy grabbed by Tuareg, an ambush backfired

""THOROUGH that which goes through, a passage etc""

One riding a coaster

Like some sails

Like sides of pyramids

Shape of a lateen sail.

Win following one up North - both sides admitting that is more awkward

TOGETHER in a relationship

""VARIEGATE To diversify in external appearance; to mark with different colors; to dapple; to streak; as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors. as, to variegate a floor with marble of different colors.""

""VULGARIZE To make vulgar, or common.""

A wage earner.

""A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.""

Ernest or Julio Gallo

A writer or speaker who uses language pretentiously or carelessly.

""One who aggrandizes, or makes great.""

""One who allegorizes, or turns things into allegory; an allegorist.""

""One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in contact with a body of mercury with which they form an amalgam.""

BURGLAR to enter a building to steal

Exploiter of market differences

Exploiter of stock market differences

Trader offers designer's latest little piece with passion in a very old city

Jean (wordplay)

""BOONDOGGLE a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.""

Spanish athlete in a ring

Waver of a red cape

Suit of lights wearer

Mayor in Germany, Austria, etc

Mayor, in Mainz

Mayor.

Same as Chronologist. Chronologist.

""GENERATOR One who, or that which, generates, begets, causes, or produces.""

""One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.""

Eg, prommer

One in stalls possibly put Queen on to sure thing in African republic

Banker entering African country: I'm doubtful he likes live music

CONGREGATE Collected; compact; close.

""The study of the characteristics of human populations, such as size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics.""

One who discourages.

Worker in the trenches (wordplay)

Employee with a pick and shovel

His work may take him underground

... converge - it somehow follows Euclid's first mathematical concept

Direction-finding line that is over Covent Garden and missing Barking

""Having equal angles; as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular. as, an equiangular figure; a square is equiangular.""

One who often works with big numbers

Hook and ladder rider

Hoser (wordplay)

Ladder company member

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Infantry soldier (on the march?)

Infantryman pays lumberjack

Infantry soldier

Organ beneath the liver

It stores bile

Organ attached to the liver

GALLERY to provide with a long covered area

Large mosquito

Biting insect

One who takes general or comprehensive views

Rig vote in plant across railway

*Rearrange electoral districts

He seeks a political advantage

Spirited author (wordplay)

Author of scary stories (wordplay)

Halloween correspondent (wordplay)

""A name given by old writers to the clove pink (Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white. Dianthus Caryophyllus) but now to the common stock (Matthiola incana), a cruciferous plant with showy and fragrant blossoms, usually purplish, but often pink or white.""

Expert in see-through design (wordplay)

Chihuly, for one

Artisan with strong lungs

Glasswork

Ranunculaceous plant of the genus Trollius

Man at home in D.C. (wordplay)

Tiny insect-eating bird

Insect-eating bird

She may have a "relative" with a wand

Drew Barrymore to Steven Spielberg

Sponsored one, often

""A greedy, voracious eater; a gormand; a glutton.""

Graceful

Napoleonic family name

An old-timer (wordplay)

Relative U clock

Clock or clause

Rose Kennedy to John Jr.

Rose Kennedy to John Jr.

Proverbially competent egg sucker

Wickerwork bin (wordplay)

Entomologist's cocktail (wordplay)

Insect (that won't stay still for long?)

Grateful

""One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments.""

Fruit and veg merchant

A certain storekeeper.

Muslim month of fasting

Golf course maintainer

One looking after a golf course

Golf course employee

Greenmail

Moisture found in rocks or soil

Spring source

Aquifer contents

""Clasping and squeezing of the hands, often in distress.""

Low-flying plane

Crop-dusting plane

Crop sprayer

Holograph

""HOMOGENIZE To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function.""

HOMOLOGIZE To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

IMPREGNATE To make pregnant; to cause to conceive; to render prolific; to get with child or young.

Swearing-in figure

Metaphorical father*

Proctor at an English school exam

Supervisor of those working on paper

INVIGORATE To give vigor to; to strengthen; to animate; to give life and energy to.

""A large predatory bird (Gypaetus barbatus) of the vulture family, ranging from the mountainous regions of southern Europe to China and having a wide wingspan and black plumage. Also called bearded vulture , ossifrage .""

""A very large vulture (Gypa\'89tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.Gypa\'89tus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle.""

Guy who worked at dusk in colonial times

He was always illuminating

Spill jam with more flimsy packaging

""LEGITIMATE Accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements; lawful; as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir. as, legitimate government; legitimate rights; the legitimate succession to the throne; a legitimate proceeding of an officer; a legitimate heir.""

LEGITIMIZE To legitimate.

""MESHUGGE crazy, also MESHUGA, MESHUGAH, MESHUGGA""

Tannhaeuser was one

REGISTER to record officially

MONOGRAM to mark with one's initials

""My lord; a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.) as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)""

Person with a second job

One with a second job

Worker otherwise employed as doctor on boat

""One, especially a robber or prostitute, who walks the streets at night.""

GRANULAR composed of granules

Motel patron, usually

Interior decorator, for one.

Interior decorator's hiree

Person who decorates as a profession

Writer of news items for newspapers

One who quibbles over trifles

One who quibbles

Picayune lawyer.

""PIGEONHOLE A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote.""

Prose appropriator

Polygraph

Choose classes early

One who promulgates or publishes.

A four-shaped, perhaps

Regal cat run (anagram) - right-angled

Of a certain shape.

Reformer's golden age described by viceroy in North

ORGANIZER One who organizes.

Dirt spreader

Gossip

Quidnunc

An alarming person

One spreading worrying rumours

Spreader of frightening rumours

Serigraph

One who slaughters.

Knockout blow: Slang

Knockout blow Slang.

Slang A conclusive blow or remark.

More animated.

Southern prude, dictatorial type, demoting one relatively active

Perils at sea crossing starboard make you more nimble

Clear quaff

Cooler drink

Perrier product

Foot-weary citizen.

Type of passenger.

Subway rider without a seat

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Morse-code user

He's seen at first nights.

Devotee of drama.

FIRST-nighter, for example

One who theologizes; a theologian.

One studying the features of an area

One setting up print

SIGHTLIER sightly

A whoremaster; a lecher; a man who frequents the society of whores.

One making engravings on wood

Comparative adjective or agent noun

ANTHOLOGIZE compile an anthology.

Background

A craftsperson of excellent character

He's a fine script writer

Corrupt Northerner of 1865.

Scalawag's confederate

Non-local candidate

One making maps

Occupation that the bad chef might be better at (wordplay)

Map-maker

Fast food - begs cure here (anagram)

Lunch-counter specialty.

Fast food product

One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

One who describes or makes a map of a district or region.

""One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.""

Fruit and veg seller

Fruit/veg seller

Barrow boy

""MAGNETIZER One who, or that which, imparts magnetism.""

""Inflected form of PROGRAMMER Inflected form of PROGRAMME That which is written or printed as a public notice or advertisement; a scheme; a prospectus; especially, a brief outline or explanation of the order to be pursued, or the subjects embraced, in any public exercise, performance, or entertainment; a preliminary sketch.""

Phonograph Records

Ghostly double of a live person

Living person's double

Ghostly lookalike of a human

Ethnic anthropologist

Firefighting apparatus

Firefighting equipment

FESTIVAL a time of celebration

Instrument for measuring small electric currents

Instrument for detecting small electric currents - mangrove et al (anagram)

Man got a lever working, device in physics lab (wordplay)

One who gesticulates.

Tittle-tattler

Good spoonerism made up about leader of group, a tattler

Show-off (1975-80)

*Showboating type

Show-off

He makes sure the rough isn't too rough

One who uses a stimpmeter

Golf course maintenance person

One of the writers of the hagiographa; a writer of lives of the saints.

""One skilled in the hydrography; one who surveys, or draws maps or charts of, the sea, lakes, or other waters, with the adjacent shores; one who describes the sea or other waters.""

Another name for an artist or illustrator

CHANGER one that {changes=v}

Inquisitor used terror to gain conversion

Questioner

One making a search or enquiries

One making a search or enquiry

Private eye

Type of printer

Instrument for measuring earth's field

Ho ho ho, maybe

Crime of unpremeditated killing

Bloke's mirth is killing

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries. They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm.

MICROMANAGE

A composer of fables.

""One who, or that which, mythologizes.""

Hot spot regular

ENGINEER to arrange or contrive

One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

Geology ()

One versed or skilled in phonography.

Snappy guy (wordplay)

One will put you in the picture

Job taking snaps

Comparative adjective or agent noun

""Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal.""

SLAUGHTER The act of killing.

To reign terribly following Victorian old ancestor

Victorian old chap conversely including one's forefather

Any game show contestant (wordplay)

Clay, for one.

Professional athlete.

Four-sided

It's cooler in Alaska

Keeps cool in kitchen

Where not to put your bananas.

""The process of reproducing, reprinting, or copying graphic material especially by mechanical, photographic, or electronic means.""

""The art of representing objects in perspective, especially as applied in the design and painting of theatrical scenery.""

SHORTCHANGE

Unsuitable nutcracker (wordplay)

R&B/rap duo Percy & MC (wordplay)

Big hitter trimmed hedge in prison

""Slang One, especially a politician, who is guided by personal advantage rather than by consistent, respectable principles.""

Copier of a dictator's words

One versed in shorthand

Court employee

Former union issue - awful pest, the guard found

Hair care item

Something making less weak

Power changed Rene into a strong supporter

Feature of many a dragster (NFL)

Power booster on '98 Buick Regal 3.8 V6

Mall goer, to the extreme

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Lawbreaker - grass snorter (anagram)

One who oversteps a mark

One who oversteps the limit

Device giving engine extra efficiency

Mechanism increasing an engine's power - brought racer (anagram)

Modifying racer brought extra speed with this (wordplay)

The art or practice of using a video camera.

Daydreamer (7th)

Absent-minded type, on the farm (wordplay)

Idle fancier.

Antiforeign

Certain scholarly person

Academic press worker

Compiler of a list of books on a particular subject or by a single author

The study of the geographic distribution of organisms.

Candlelight

I arrange steps (wordplay)

Robbins, for one

One skilled in arranging dances