2-Letter Words Ending in R

Sole trader on the 24 (wordplay)

Sole distributor (wordplay)

Sole trader (wordplay)

False miterwort

A female ancestor.

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

""FORMULATE To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement or expression.""

Lady Chatterley's lover, for one

Lucky poacher (wordplay)

Breeder of birds for shooting

GLAMORIZE

Bottle creator (2 words)

One whose job blows

English word

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

Measurer of g

Barbershop quartet man

Barbershop-quartet member

Big fish in a school (wordplay)

Education wallah read them as ordered

Prep-school V.I.P.

Abbr. hm A metric unit of length equal to 100 meters. See Table at measurement .

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.

Seven-foot line

7-foot line

A bit lucky, perhaps, for Half a Sixpence

Heating system attachment.

Mister in the bedroom

Health spa putting limit on rule for lab equipment

Radiator-coolant & battery-electrolyte tester

Instrument for measuring humidity

The merry-go-round instrument

Instrument of geometry replaced in short time

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

""An instrument for measuring heights by observation of barometric pressure; esp., one for determining heights by ascertaining the boiling point of water. It consists of a vessel for water, with a lamp for heating it, and an inclosed thermometer for showing the temperature of ebullition.""

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.""

Operator of a metal plant

Abraham Darby's remains rot, sadly

He's nuts!

Seller of metal goods

Dealer in household goods

Manly pneumatic tool (wordplay)

Men's club craftsman (wordplay)

It pounds the pavement

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

An aircraft crew member in charge of loading and unloading cargo or heavy weapons.

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

""A large letter, either capital or uncial, used in writing or printing.""

Criminal testosterone (wordplay)

Fellow-broker may be a gangster

Agent in pursuit of man is a criminal

Person who's lying in bed, perhaps

Shirker of duty.

One pretending to be ill

MALTREAT to treat badly

Lower jaw-related

Of the lower jaw

Relating to the jaw featured in bird manual

Dodger (wordplay)

MANIFEST to show clearly

One with a staggered start, perhaps

He may hit the wall

Olympic entrant in the 26-mile race.

One who masticates.

Test God as Cupid (wordplay)

Dolly Levi, for one

Boxing's Don King (wordplay)

MECHANIZE To cause to be mechanical.

One who meliorates.

King Cole (wordplay)

King Cole?

One revels in tight score, getting runs

One who mesmerizes.

""∨ tre The point of intersection of a vertical line through the center of gravity of the fluid displaced by a floating body which is tipped through a small angle from its position of equilibrium, and the inclined line which was vertical through the center of gravity of the body when in equilibrium.""

""METHYLATE An alcoholate of methyl alcohol in which the hydroxyl hydrogen is replaced by a metal, after the analogy of a hydrate; as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa. as, sodium methylate, CH3ONa.""

""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.

One that flies off shelves (wordplay)

Central bank breadwinner (wordplay)

Bread producer has a profitable business

Nocturnal climber scrambling from new loo

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

A mythologist.

Agent noun (-or)

Gossip - Mr Owen's gen (anagram)

Gossipy sort

Arena handout, perhaps

Souvenir of New Year's Eve.

Item for a lively party.

ADMIRER one who {admires=v}

One likely to drown in water

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

Like nerves acting on eye muscles

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

The process or craft of making paper.

Indian pipe smoker (wordplay)

Indian pipe smoker?

Keep camera rolling for arbitrator

Verse line of 20 ac feet

Line of verse with five metrical feet

Typical Shakespearean line

""An instrument for measuring the intensity of light, or, more especially, for comparing the relative intensities of different lights, or their relative illuminating power.""

An instrument for measuring the compressibility of liquids.

""An instrument for measuring the area of any plane figure, however irregular, by passing a tracer around the bounding line; a platometer.""

Print-shop employee

Official in charge of sorts (wordplay)

Kind of general (wordplay)

Man of letters (wordplay)

Currier or Ives

One who proclaims.

Writer of computer code

Scott Adams job before "Dilbert"

Computer coder

Royal Albert Hall regular

Walker - concert goer

Square dancer, at times

""A course of study for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in a college or university, conducted in the manner of a seminar.""

A specific gravity bottle; a standard flask for measuring and comparing the densities of liquids.

English word

Quagmiry

One who has all the answers (wordplay)

One who asks a lot (wordplay)

One asking a lot of questions

Measurer of, eg, X-rays

Electromagnetic energy measurer

It measures intensity of radiant energy.

RANDOMIZE

One who remembers.

REMINISCE

Chief whip, say, an expert on telephone

Jeweler's second career (wordplay)

Boxing referee's other job (wordplay)

Tailed amphibian related to the newt

Lizard-like amphibian

Mythical fire lizard

Schmalzy

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

Note house tremble

Sixteenth note

Musical note

He exhorts

A relay apparatus;

A man in control of his craft (wordplay)

One i/c vessel - tramp is she, perhaps (wordplay)

Skipper

Comparative adjective or agent noun

""SHMALTZ excessive sentimentality, also SCHMALTZ, SCHMALZ""

SIMPLE to gather medicinal plants

Light infantry member

One discovers how much inspiration there has been

→ sidérurgiste m steel mill

Non-blood relation

A relation by marriage

Stereotypically wicked member of 3

Time in training device may be encouraging man

Deputy grabbed by Tuareg, an ambush backfired

Member of the U.S.N.

Member of the navy

One's business is taking a dive

Recap writer, for example

Recap giver

One who symbolizes.

Recorder of speed? Move me to the car!

Teacher Tom (anagram)

Device for measuring speed

One in charge of jobs (usually hard)

Imposer of hard work

Slave-driver teacher after a job

Fashion authority (see letters 3-6)

Fashion arbiter

Fashion VIP

""One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer.""

He finishes off James Cameron character

Traitor involved with men becomes killer

Iron matter turned into cyborg

A polymer that consists of three distinct monomers.

Four-footed form of vehicle to wobble about

One has four feet, is encountered in wild retreat

Move unsteadily around vehicle in a sort of line

Part of circuit training beginning with the morris dance (wordplay)

Watch the conductor

Watch or clock

One with a stopwatch

Cynical changer of their opinions

Person without convictions? Yes and no

Vicar of Bray, for example

Hourly wage earner

Linnaeus's opening sentence dissecting brown herbaceous plant

Uncommon

Fun novel about airmail novel

Foreign or strange

Strange, regularly funny friend

Unseemly

Happening at a more unsuitable moment

A small hydrometer for determining the specific gravity of urine.

""An instrument for comparing magnetic forces, esp. in the earth's magnetic field.""

""Of or pertaining to a worm or worms; resembling a worm; shaped like a worm; especially, resembling the motion or track of a worm; as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic. as, the vermicular, or peristaltic, motion of the intestines. See Peristaltic.""

Cheat

An instrument used to measure viscosity. Also called viscosimeter .

Rolex, for example

Horologist to keep eye on manufacturer

He has time on his hands

Sporting dog from Germany.

German hunting dog

Sporting dog from Germany

The objective of whosoever. See Whosoever. whosoever. See Whosoever.

Large sailing vessel

Large merchant sailing-ship

A large merchant sailing ship

Power in terms of the women available to a particular group or required for a particular task.

A writer or speaker who uses language pretentiously or carelessly.

Railroad supervisor

Railroad boss

Top British policeman looks after those setting things in train perhaps

Bet; large battery cell

Battery - type of bet

Electric cell; bet

An instrument for measuring the direct heating power of the sun's rays.

""An instrument to ascertain the strength of alkalies, or the quantity of alkali in a mixture.""

""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.""

One who ameliorates.

Small room leading to a larger room

Lobby one college with sign of caution

Small entrance room

ASSIMILATE To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

Many an early aviator.

Many an early aviator

Itinerant actor.

Metal detector user, maybe

Shore patroller (wordplay)

One with a metal detector

Substitute player: Slang.

Seldom-used substitute

*Sub in the dugout

""Pertaining to, involving, or formed from, two molecules; as, a bimolecular reaction (a reaction between two molecules).as, a bimolecular reaction (a reaction between two molecules).""

Perry Mason's prey.

Criminal with dirt on someone

So the unions would ban Norman? That's criminal!

Beer-and-whiskey cocktail

Whiskey with a beer chaser

Whiskey-beer combo

Broomball

Mayor in Germany, Austria, etc

Mayor, in Mainz

Mayor.

Heat measuring device

Heat-measuring device

Apparatus to measure quantity of heat

One who calumniates.

Palm reader

Man of music.

Church music leader

Lifter of voices

Metal casing on timer? No, I'm timer

Instrument measuring time

Watch to find the enemy's position

One who performs circumcision.

Revolving about or surrounding the moon.

""About the pole; applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars. as, circumpolar stars.""

Percolator, machine for making hot drinks

""An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.""

Sports match reporter

One who reports on sports event

Broadcaster describing sports events

""One who, or that which, compensates; a name applied to various mechanical devices.""

One who compromises.

Financial official's title

(Generally) financial officer

New York office held by Fillmore when he was elected U.S. vice president

""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.""

CONSUMMATE Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

""An electronic device which extracts the modulation from a radio carrier wave, and outputs the original information-bearing signal.""

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

MORALIZER One who moralizes.

It's fractionally down

Lower half of fraction (could be common!)

Brooklyn political convention VIP (wordplay)

""An instrument for measuring the dilatation or expansion of a substance, especially of a fluid.""

Free from busmen drunk with cider

To fail to remember; to forget.

Ace in the hole business (wordplay)

Person who barks (wordplay)

Overseer of private practice

Dumbfound

Power-measuring instrument

Instrument for measuring force

Engine output measuring machine

One who sets free from slavery

Epithet applied to Lincoln.

Lincoln, on January 1, 1863

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

Decorator, for example

One who embroiders.

Silver-tongued bandit (wordplay)