2-Letter Words Ending in R

Farmer

Pl. curricula (-l ) or curriculums All the courses of study offered by an educational institution.

CUSTOMIZE to make to specifications.

One who deciphers.

Jungle warfare weapon

""One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.""

""One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns. as, a demolisher of towns.""

One who defames

Character assassin

It gets the funk out

""That which removes oxygen; hence, a reducing agent; as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer. as, nascent hydrogen is a deoxidizer.""

Bicycle gear-changing mechanism

BICYCLE PART

""Computer Science A word, phrase, or alphanumeric character used to identify an item in an information storage and retrieval system.""

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

He nominates doctor, one Greats don

One who classifies or defines

One allocating tasks, for example

Something decisive to put off man in pit

Decision maker

One concluding check on underground worker

""One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.""

Denial of responsibility

Medic rails about refusal to take responsibility

Refusal to admit detective worked miracles

One's out to make reductions

One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.

Talent scout, perhaps

Marie Curie, for radium and polonium

U. S. satellite.

Discreet

ENDOWER one who {endows=v}

One who dishonors or disgraces; one who treats another indignity.

Soapstone ring wearer (wordplay)

Appliance used after dinner

Menial role of aerial nut and bolt ring (wordplay)

One who disparages or dishonors; one who vilifies or disgraces.

Radio-active employee

Railroad man.

One who blames or dispraises.

Phoney heartless Blair messed about

Nothing like this

Not like Iris, dismal when drunk

Contradictory girl I had rejected - naughty liar!

Wasteful father (wordplay)

Distinct

Same as Distrainor. Distrainor.

One who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels.

One who dogmatizes; a bold asserter; a magisterial teacher.

DOMINICK an American breed of chickens

DOWNHILL a downward slope

Letting in more air

Having more wind? Hardier gut possibly wanted!

King and I separately welcomed by child needing more protection from blows

Pigskin specialist of yore

Field goal attempter, once

DROUGHT a dry period

A little lift for Manuel, maybe

High-rise convenience, perhaps

Inept eatery server (wordplay)

Business machine.

User of outdoor air to reduce energy consumption

Heat making airmen toil

Device supplying current to a battery

"Legs" ZZ Top album

One who makes clear

He explains cryptic clue to arid characters

""ELUTRIATE To wash or strain out so as to purify; as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing. as, to elutriate the blood as it passes through the lungs; to strain off or decant, as a powder which is separated from heavier particles by being drawn off with water; to cleanse, as by washing.""

Photographer's agent

I'm sure life in storm is wetter

""Either of a pair of optical isomers of a chemical substance whose molecules are mirror images of each other, i. e., are related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal asymmetry.i. e., are related to each other as a right-handed to a left-handed glove; -- meaningful only for structures which have internal asymmetry.""

ENCIPHER to write in a secret code

Report topless camper seen around Bognor (wordplay)

Record.

One who enunciates or proclaims.

EPIGRAPH an engraved inscription

A creator? I'd set out to be different!

Rot and acid are sent back for one to exterminate

An instrument for the volumetric measurement of gases; so named because frequently used to determine the purity of the air.

""EUPHEMIZE To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions.""

One who unfolds or explains; an expounder; an explainer.

One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.

Liar

""A block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.""

FANTASIZE

""Pertaining to a fascicle; fascicled; as, a fascicular root. as, a fascicular root.""

Headgear fashionable to Africans

Knot a scarf into eye-catching headgear

Ladies' headdress

Feathery

Gardener's material

Garden center purchase

Garden enrichment

FICTION an invented or false story

Block the passage, so to speak

Delaying tactic to obstruct legislation

Intransigent senator's tactic

FILMSET to set by a process of typesetting

Finnicky

Randy Johnson, notably

Club ace, often

Nolan Ryan, notably

Sole trader on the 24 (wordplay)

Sole distributor (wordplay)

Sole trader (wordplay)

One who flourishes.

Ramblin' Jack Elliott, for one

Pete Seeger, for example

Peter, Paul or Mary

""Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles.""

Digit for pointing

Digit next to the thumb

Is on hand to forge finer settlement

""FORMALIZE To give form, or a certain form, to; to model.""

""An unmarried person, male or female, who has criminal intercourse with the other sex; one guilty of fornication.""

FRANCHISE Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

FRANCHISE Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.

More favorable.

More amicable

Drunk diner, one moving quickly around, becoming more affectionate (wordplay)

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

Comparative adjective or agent noun

GILLNET to catch fish in a gillnet

GLAMORIZE

""An instrument for measuring angles, especially the angles of crystals, or the inclination of planes.""

Measurer of g

Smilax

One adept at drawing (wordplay)

Billy the Kid, for one

Top drawer that opens up first (wordplay)

*Expert at drawing (wordplay)

Armed man turns friendly? Stick around!

Shooting star (wordplay)

Boat for stylists (wordplay)

Trimmer, perhaps

Barber.

Barbershop quartet man

Barbershop-quartet member

Headachy

Service chief (wordplay)

Restaurant employee, perhaps

He orders those who take orders

Heavenly

It's about 26.4 gallons

Cheer pilot going off in this (wordplay)

Igor Ivan Sikorsky's 1939 good idea

Sikorsky's brainchild

An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Animal with a winter home

Confidence man

Native of north or west Scotland, a Gael

Scot's exam covering state of Germany

Classy boat for a mountain sailor (wordplay)

One with a pick-up line (wordplay)

One looking for a free ride (wordplay)

Thumbs up for a seeker of cheap travel

Con artist

Deceptive one

Heating system attachment.

Mister in the bedroom

One who hybridizes.

"What's your sign?" perhaps

What's your sign? perhaps

Vacationer in Siberia (wordplay)

A person or thing that establishes the identity of someone or something

Trafficker retains a French solicitor

International dealer retains a French pimp

Licence in publishing

License to publish.

"Let it be printed."

One winging it

Demon dog is bound to be one deviating imaginatively (wordplay)

One able to wing it is person getting better all round

""IMPROVISE To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.""

One who inculcates.

Indecent

Innocent

Immunity bestower of sorts

Doctor, at times

One who vaccinates

Excessively harsh questioner

One in search of heretics

Torquemada was one

His gibes are snide

Artful gossip

""A kind of injector for forcing water by steam. See Injector, n., 2. Injector, n., 2.""

Riot-causing reptile (wordplay)

One who initiates (something)

Starter prepared by roasting it

An institutor.

""One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.""

Teacher measures hill after short climb

One who makes the grade

He trains this month with old policemen by the hill

One combining things

One used to find value in calculus objective written up in cast iron

Instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure

One who intercedes; an intercessor; a mediator.

Meddler.

""FIBER a threadlike cell or filament, also FIBRE""

LAYER to form a single thickness

One making a coat warmer, say

Nile porter disturbed uninvited guest

Person who meddles in others' affairs

Bury's runner, one entering uninvited

At the dark of the moon.

A time of invisibility from Margaret Atwood

Of the interval when the moon is invisible.

""One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties.""

Bury disabled archdeacon - he got in the way

Peacemaker, perhaps, put in grave situation, never agitated

""INTERVENE To come between, or to be between, persons or things; followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa.""

He makes acquaintances

Variety show emcee, for example

Operator of a metal plant

Abraham Darby's remains rot, sadly

He's nuts!

Seller of metal goods

Dealer in household goods

Laundry maid (wordplay)

Puddler approaching the green

Construction crew member

IRRADIATE To throw rays of light upon; to illuminate; to brighten; to adorn with luster.

Unconsolidated form of diatomite

Royal angler (wordplay)

Alan and Carrie's bird (wordplay)

Bird of Carole and Carrie (wordplay)

""Simultaneously labial and velar, as (kw) in quick.""

A chemical substance that causes tears to flow; same as lachrymator.lachrymator.

Noble dessert (wordplay)

Tirami su cake

Common item in a trifle's cake layer

One who languishes.

On trial, so perhaps I will make laws

Gorilla set to become an MP (wordplay)

Senator or representative

Biconvex

Customer service agent (wordplay)

Ray Lewis, for one

Party policy enthusiast (wordplay)

Printing A machine for casting metal type in lines.

Settler of an estate.

Property settler.

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

Plotter in country besieged by dull soldiers

Leader of men taking a country to right is seen as a plotter

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

Kind of fern

Fern - girl getting shock

This goes on ahead of a girl in Ferns

Beijing resident, in Taipei

Californian, to a Hawaiian

Many a Hawaiian tourist

One who takes care of things

Person who's lying in bed, perhaps

Shirker of duty.

One pretending to be ill

Lower jaw-related

Of the lower jaw

Relating to the jaw featured in bird manual

MANIFEST to show clearly

One who masticates.

MECHANIZE To cause to be mechanical.

One who meliorates.

One who mesmerizes.

""MICROLITE A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.""

Tiny distance measure

Precision instrument

Measure of the small-time crime waves engulfing capital

English word

Botany A minute opening in the ovule of a seed plant through which the pollen tube usually enters.

Central football player

World Cup player positioned halfway between the goals

Bush supports ascendant though unintelligent player

Having a background with a pattern of flowers and plants.

MILLIE (Irish) a young working-class woman

Very small measure of length

Small unit

About .04 inches

English word

Astounding occurrence

Fantastic movie

Something astounding

Punishment catcher

""An incorrect union of parties or of causes of action in a procedure, criminal or civil.""

One who modernizes.

Satellite spiffer-upper (wordplay)

Provider of criminal proof (wordplay)

White lightning maker

Windows multimedia program

Goby sometimes found on the beach

Goby that might be found on the beach

Damaging allegations by captain bringing fish

Coffeehouse employee (wordplay)

One making accusations

Campaigner of a sort

""Having many, or several, colors.""

Like onions

The "3" in "6 x 3 = 18"

Young producer, calculating type

Device for intensifying some effect

Like most brain neurons

Agitated till our MP pens article with numerous extreme points

Comparative adjective or agent noun

MYTHICIZE

One in discussions to reach an agreement

Seeker of compromise

Harriman's job in Iran.

Nitpicky

Arena handout, perhaps

Souvenir of New Year's Eve.

Item for a lively party.

ADMIRER one who {admires=v}

CARRIER one that {carries=v}

One avoiding spirits

Dry sort of northern 1 Euros note across the sea

Stays away from the locals as has no interest in 14 down

""The omission of some person who ought to have been made a plaintiff or defendant in a suit, or of some cause of action which ought to be joined.""

One likely to drown in water

""NORMALIZE To make normal; as, to normalize relations with China.as, to normalize relations with China.""

Ordinary

First former (wordplay)

One who starts by going on air to rig

Member of the avant-garde.

Electrical wave generator

Signal generator

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Strawberry, for one

Cricketer a long way off perhaps

DiMaggio was one

Comparative adjective or agent noun

Drug carried by town river with treatment to get through cold period

Insect's egg-laying apparatus

Egg-laying organ in insects and some fishes

Painful